Narrative analysis of synopsis

Todorov:

Equilibrium- This is shown when the teenagers are walking along a road on a sunny day. They are suitably dressed to match their roles in the storyline so the audience can clearly pick out. 'The final girl', the sexually active friend, the alpha male, the alpha males right hand man, and the gay character. The equilibrium introduces us to the norms of their everyday life. As we can see they enjoy being outside and having a laugh.

Disruption- This is first seen when eve is noted to be gone from the swing. this disruption is what awakened the monster within 'Eve' however it could be said that the disruption actually occurs when the teens start to be aware they are being watched and hunted down. 

Attempt to repair disruption- This is when Tony and Keith plan to kill Eve. Also when Nora attempts to kill Eve

New Equilibrium- This is not seen in our movie as we have left the ending open so as to allow the audience to incorporate their own thoughts as to what has happened. Similarly in Halloween it is shown that Michael Myers has escaped and so the audience is left guessing as to what has happened to him.

Propp:


The villain; this is obviously Eve, who ironically is just an innocent little girl from our first perspective. In horror the villain is often the main character and the narrative is based around them.

The donor (gives the hero some magical object); this is an anonymous person who we do not see throughout the movie.
The (magical) helper who helps the hero in the quest; the friends all act as helpers especially Keith.
The princess (person the hero marries OR a dream or desire which is sought after in the same way); In our story there is no princess or romantic story intertwined however the ‘dream’ or ‘prize’ is there life
The dispatcher (who sends the hero off); This isn’t applicable to our story as there is no quest or mission that the group pursues. However the benefactors warns them NOT to go into the woods 
supposedly trying to send them away from the evil.

The hero/victim; This is Nora. She is the ‘final girl’ of the film who ultimately defeats Eve. She is a typical final girl as she has dull brown hair and the colours she wears are 'grannyish' this may reflect the fact she is the mature one of the group.
The false hero or usurper. This may be Keith and tony who first tried to kill Eve.

Barbara Creed:

The ‘monstrous feminine’ figure in our film is Eve. She is representative of the fear of castration or the ‘mother’ figure according to Freudian theory. However the fact she seems to be strong and not submissive also means the male audience can identify with her. Nora has been made less feminine so 
that the male audience can identify with her and there fear of her being killed or ‘castrated’ is 
reflected in their own fear of being castrated. There are no knives used in the film however Eve's 
presence is enough to strike the initial fear of castration.

Roland Barthes:

Action code: the who of the story is the group of friends who are the potential victims and focus of 
the film. The main setting of the film is the woods, this is a conventional horror location. Its shown in modern times so that the audience can relate to it. Eve has been missing for sometime and when she suddenly appears as a villain we see she has completely changed due to unexplainable causes. Perhaps she was kidnapped by someone evil who influenced her? The audience is left to imagine.

Semantic code: the story will be shown through a narrative viewpoint rather than through any characters, this is typical and will make the audience feel as if they are witnessing these deaths and events without any control over it.

Enigma code: there are many elements of mystery in our narrative, such as, how does Eve kill people without so much as a touch? Where has she been after she was kidnapped? Who will be the next to be killed?

Referential code: this will be shown in the mise en scene, the first girl to die will be overtly sexually promiscuous and dressed stereotypically to the convention.

Symbolic code: this involves connotations and iconography. Such as the character of eve, a little girl whos connotations will be evil and danger and this will be influenced by musical motifs associated with her and close ups of her anger.