Media theories for The Wolf of Wall Street

                                    The Wolf of Wall Street

Todorov: Equilibrium

The Wolf of Wall Street contains Todorovs theory that every movie has 3 parts to it. The equilibrium is that he finds a job that he really likes and is getting good pay from being a stockbroker and is getting away with it. Then he makes his own company which becomes highly successful. The disequilibrium is that it becomes too known so the FBI start to have suspicions. The FBI then go and try to find out what he is actually doing so Leonardo De Caprio try to keep it low even though he is trying to bribe the FBI agent and is throwing money at them. In the trailer it doesnt show the new equilibrium so it makes you think whats going to happen to him the company and everything that he has worked for.

Propp: character types

The protagonist of this movie is Leonardo De Caprio since he is the one the movie is based around and it shows him trying to keep his company going. The antagonist is the FBI but there is this one FBI agent who is trying to stop Leonardo De Caprio or trying to get him sent to prison. In this movie there isnt really a father because he starts up his own company and becomes independent and doesnt rely on anyone. The helper is Jonah hill as he starts of early in the beginning of the movie when he sees Leonardos car and offers to quit his job and work with him as his partner and also helps him get through the tough times he has. The mentor could be Matthew McConaughey as he is the one that helps and teaches him about being in the stockbroker business and tells him how to deal with everything. 

Barthes: enigma and action codes

In the trailer it has a few enigma codes such as the lady being dragged out of a huge house with a pool yet shes looking back miserable and not wanting to leave. This makes you think why is she leaving then because if she didnt want to she wouldnt of so could she just being playing with Leonardos head to get to his money. Another enigma code is theres a pistol being loaded  but doesnt show whos loading it making you think whos behind the gun and who going to be shot and straight after that shot they show a man being forced into the back of a police car. could it of been him who was behind the gun. Also you see Leonardo in a small room with only a metal desk in a hurry moving alot of money from a bag into some sort of metal case. why would he be moving all the money and why is there so much being moved. Last one was of someone wrapping bundles of money around a semi naked women who looks as if shes being forced to do this. why are they wrapping her in money?For action codes you see a expensive Lamborghini speeding down the road crashing into objects while driving half of the road. This shows that he was in a hurry to get to his destination. You see around the 1:30 mark of the trailer that things start to get out of control as fights break out between partners and the gun being loaded. this all makes the viewers see the outcome of everything that has been shown.