Todorovs theory of equilibrium

I am going to use Todorov's Twheory of equilibrium on two films to show how his theory cannon be applied to all films.

The Descent (Part 1;

Equilibrium;
the films starts at an equilibrium as we see the group are walking through the woods and talking.

Disruption;
The group become trapped in the cave and one of the gorpu is injured.

Realisation of disruption;
The group encounter the monsters and more become hurt/killed.

Attempt to repair the situation;
the reaiming members of the group start to fight the monsters and try to escape the cave they are trapped in. however they are unsuccessful.

New Equilibriuml;
the m,ain character manages to escape the cave and the new equilibrium is formed as she has been able to escape and return to normal life.


The Blair Witch Project;

Equilibrium;
the film starts with the group driving along the road to go to their destination (the woods) to film a documentary about the Witch.

Disruption;
The group leave the van and are walking around the woods. the group start to head back to go to their van and the path has become blocked off.

Realisation of disruption;
The characters realise that something is wrong when their campsite is terrorised late at night (by what they think is a group of children playing a joke) the group run out of the tent screaming and shouting to scare the children away, opne of the group runs too far ahead and goes missing.

Attempt to repair;
The group search for their fiend and are unable, the attempt to repair is unsuccessful. they manage to get back to the other side of the lake to their van and find that the van has been destroyed.

New Equilibrium;
the characters head shouts coming from a house- the shouts are from their missing friend. the pair run into the house, the femail characters runs downstairs and the male character runs upstairs. the femail charactyers starts screaming for help and the male character rushes down to help, the audience head a thud and the camera is dropped, we know that something has happened behind the camera nad the man is injured/dead. the camera is positioned so we see the femail character facing the wall crying and this is how the film ends.

as we see Todorov's theory does not work on the Blair Witch as the equilibrium at the end is not a return to normality for the characters.