Narrative Structure - Todorov

Torov's narrative structure theory simply outlines the chain of events found in the storyline to conventional films. The sequence of events is said to go something like this:

Equilibrium - The starting balance in the story, where normality is held.
Disruption - An event that breaks the normality and causes irregular changes in the environment.
Thwarted attempts - The characters involved try to restore normality, but fail.
Resolution - Eventually, they succeed in overcoming the disruption.
New equilibrium - A new order is restored. Anything affected by the disruption is most likely to have changed, thus this equilibrium is new.

Applied to the film 'Scream'

Equilibrium - At the start of the film we see a teenage girl in a house, behaving normally and representing the student body at the college she attends.
Disruption - The young couple are murdered in the beginning of the film, which leads to fear as fellow students realise there is a murderer.
Thwarted attempts - Students attempt to fight back and work out who the killer is. Protagonist emerges. Police get involved and try to protect.
Resolution - The murderers reveal themselves and are then killed.
New equilibrium - Assumption of a happy ending with the protagonist winning and therefore allowed to continue her life.

This narrative structure theory almost works for this film. I don't believe that the film shows a true equilibrium either at the beginning or end, only one that is assumed by the audience. Otherwise it seems to fit well.