Applying Narrative theory to the Opening scene of ATB and SM

Applying Narrative theory to the Opening scene of ATB

Attack the Block has a linear narrative that goes from the beginning to the end. The opening scene is therefore a very linear scene. The scene starts with Sam walking from the train station to the block. This is the equilibrium. The disruption is when Sam spots Moses and his gang. This is also the recognition, because in this part, Sam knows that there is a good chance that she is going to be mugged. The resolution is actually another disruption, which is the arrival of the first alien, which lets Sam escape, but signals the arrival of the alien invasion. For Sam, the new-equilibrium is her heading back to the block, after being mugged. However for Moses, their new-equilibrium is after they kill the first alien and take it back to the block.
The opening of the film immediately shows Strauss' theory of binary opposites. We have Black vs White and Rich vs Poor to set up the class between the gang and others like Sam and Brewis. The Idea of good vs bad is repeated throughout with the gang, who start off bad, become good as they fight the worse enemies like the alpines and Hi-Hatz.
There are also quite a few or Propps' character types like the Hero (Moses/Sam), The helpers (The rest of the gang), The villain (Hi-Hatz/ Aliens) and the Quest-giver (Aliens).

Applying Narrative theory to the Opening scene of SM
Slumdog Millionaire has a circular narrative were it Begins at the End. The Opening scene is split between Jamal on WWTBAM and his interrogation. Him on WWTBAM is the equilibrium, which is then cut with him being interrogated by the police for suspicion of cheating (Disruption and Recogniton) This is intercut to Jamal as a child in the slums playing with his friends. This is the New-equilibrium, which is et before anything else we have seen.
The opening scene has a lot of binary opposites. We see the difference between Rich and Poor as we watch Jamal and the host talk to each other on the game show, which shows how unaffected he is by the sense of getting money. We also see privileged life vs slum life when he is interrogated by the police. He is constantly ridiculed for being a slumdog by the cops, who both think that they re better than him.
There is a few of Propps' character types we see in the opening scene, The hero (Jamal), The villain (At this point there really isn't one, other than the bad cop), The quest sender (The good cop, that asks Jamal about his early life), and the Princess (Latika).