Narrative Structure of 2 Films

Worksheet – Narrative Structure of 2 Films

Using the 10 points to list the similarities, i.e., they share the same recipe/structure in making the film.

Movie 1: Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen	Movie 2 : WALL-E
1.     Equilibrium Before the cube sliver projecting onto Sam’s mind, Sam Witwicky the protagonist, is living a routine everyday life and continuing studies.	Before EVE landed, WALL-E led a routine everyday life as a working cleaning robot on an post-apocolyptic earth.
2.     Disturbance A sliver from the cube in the first movie puts information into the protagonist’s mind provoking enemies to pursue him thus breaking his normal everyday life.	Another robot lands on the empty earth and interrupts WALL-E from his everyday clean-up and causes a break from his norm.
3.     Protagonist Sam Witwicky becomes the center target of attention for the characters in the movie as enemies pursue him and allies defend him.	WALL-E sets out on a journey following EVE and we see how WALL-E is affected by her coming to earth.
4.     Plan Sam needs to find out what the symbols in his head mean and why the enemy wants it before they decide to annihilate everyone. He follows clues and has to hide from everyone that may want to turn him in.	WALL-E and EVE become fugitives forcing them to hide and the computer on the mother-ship tries to hide that there is life re-growing on earth. They need to alert the human captain and protect the plant so they can activate the ship’s hyperjump back to earth.
5.     Obstacle The Decepticons and people trying to turn Sam in can stop him from achieving his goal.	The mothership computer and guard robots try to stop EVE and WALL-E from alerting the news about earth and getting there.
6.     Complications -The autobot leader, the good guys, Optimus Prime dies -The Matrix Key they finally find crumbles to dust -Sam comes close to death and goes into limbo during the conflict	-The ship computer has different motives than what the people want -The plant is vital information to authorize getting back to earth -WALL-E gets severally damaged protecting the plant
7.     Timeout -Sam and his girlfriend Mikaela through the battle and almost losing each other come closer as they tell each other they love each other.	-Once WALL-E is damaged, EVE starts to show worry and feelings about him and is upset he isn’t the same once he is repaired
8.     Crisis Autobots and Decepticons battle it out as autobots want to defend the humans and earth where as the Decepticons don’t and want the Sun’s energy.	The ship computer turns against the captain’s orders, starts a mutiny, and attacks WALL-E protecting the plant. EVE and the captain try to stop the computer.
9.     Climax Optimus is resurrected with the reforged key and is upgraded with extra parts to make him capable to defeat the enemy. The Fallen is defeated and the other Decepticons flee.	The captain disables the computer and they head for Earth, that is also the only place EVE knows there is parts to fix WALL-E.
10.   Resolution Earth is safe and the Autobots continue working with the soldiers and Sam returns to his college studies.	Earth is ready to be repopulated and WALL-E and EVE reunite helping the humans and other robots restore Earth’s environment