Narrative structure of I am Legend

I Am Legend.The drama/sci-fi thriller hybrid of 2007!

Following the story of a Robert Neville’s journey with his dog Sam after a plague of zombies wipes clear almost the entire human race transforming survivors into other monsters within minutes.
The scenery, props and costume in this are used so effectively and precisely they help to create a lot of suspense to leaving the audience anticipating what comes next, showing that Robert truly is alone with Sam.
As for the sounds used, there wasn’t a lot of dialogue involved but tense music hinting oncoming actions or jump scares. The dialogue is deep in terms of thought and speech apart from the occasional Bob Marley reference., allowing us to understand the character and almost be able to share his pain.
The plot structure isn’t the strongest; apart from the occasional zombie scare and battle conflict is kept to a minimum, apart from the emotional parts where are little to keep the audience on track. When it comes to the narrative structure it’s mostly shown through the use of flashbacks. This allows the audience to keep up with the story, and follow along with the main protagonist – Will Smith. However, the pathos suffers when the character acts out unreasonably like when he meets the woman and her child. Which is different to how we have seen him react to his dog and the shop mannequins – treating them like a living human being?


Notes to narrate:
The beginning of I am Legend was told in first person narration, coming from Neville himself, whereas then it changes in the end to third person because it changes to Anna.

The flashbacks in the film are used to signify past memories and the chaos caused by the virus, allowing the audience to keep up to date with what's happened.

Although the events throughout the whole movie were uncoventional, the possibility of a cure going wrong, like Dr Alice's cure for cancer which is what started it all off is conventional.

In the first few moments of he film it introduces an official looking news report about the cure for the virus with a 100% pass rate so far,The first narrative code is then brought in allowing the audience to come up with their own ideas of what the stories going to be about and why there was such an urgency for this cancer cure.
Many questions are brought in within the first few minutes of the film, especially when we see the main character holding a gun. Questions like, what could he be planning doing with that gun if he is truly abandoned like the film so far has portrayed. The opening sequence to I Am Legend uses different narrative codes well to make the audience think and ask themselves questions that they anticipate throughout the film for these questions to be answered.

Storyline:
Outbreak and ensuring families safety by sending them away
set up a safe zone for himself
find the cure
hunt for food (deer)
retrieve Sam from building filled with infected
escape a trap set by the infected
kill his dog
Kill himself
defend his safe zone and protect Anna and Ethan
Extract blood from the cured infected
stop the infected from getting to the family by detonating a grenade,
killing himself in the process To create a cure for the infected.

The Quest To restore humanity and "light up the darkness".
Refusal of the Call
He decides to stay in New York to try and find a cure, instead of escaping with his family.
After losing his only companion, Neville attempts to kill himself.
A woman and her son intervene and save him at the last minute.
She fixes his leg, helps clear his mind and gives him someone to converse with.
The End


Enemies:
"Darkseekers" -vampiric like zombies that kill any living being.
Main enemies shown Alpha male and Female.