Torodov claimed that stories in general will follow a structure of five stages: The Equilibrium, which stands for the natural/accepted balance of life. The Disruption/Disequilibrium, which is where the equilibrium is challenged. The Recognition is where this disruption is recognised followed by the reparation, which is how the disequilibrium is begun to be the norm. This is finalised with the new equilibrium, to finish the story and suggest a conclusion.
All American Rejects - Gives You Hell (Full Narrative Version)
The equilibrium in this video is portrayed through the two houses and their seemingly normal lives within their own styles of living. This is shown through the expressions of the characters, against how we would expect their lives to be like judged by their appearance/surroundings. One household is very sugary, where everything seems perfect, the other contains rougher looking young men and a girl, living a rockstar musician life. The disruption here begins with the rivalry between the two houses, as the "perfect" house goes to sleep, the "rocker" household wakes up and begins playing music. This leads to each man attempting to annoy the other one in revenge for the previous act. This is continued through the entire video until a confrontation outside their houses is held, which leads to the recognition and simultaneously the reparation. During this show-down, each man seems to realise their lives are better off the other way around. Therefore they swap houses, wives and ultimately, lives. This quickly results in the new equilibrium as we see the smart man rocking in the band, and the rougher musician cuddling up in bed. Although the target audience would firstly identify with the rougher looking musician more, and view the other smart looking man as the disruption, the perceptions are drastically changed at the end showing that some things are not quite as they seem.
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