Applying Levi-Strauss's Theory

1.)
The genre of the film is action superhero, with a bit of teen romance. We can tell its a superhero genre from the opening credits. The transitions between them have spider webbed effects on them, and a man putting on some kind of costume in the background. This along with the title "Spiderman" make it fairly obvious that the film is a about a superhero with some kind of spider powers. After the credits we are shown a school bus scene followed by a school trip. These are conventional signifier of the teen genre. The main character "Peter Parker," has a crush on another main character "Mary Jane," suggesting a romance.

2.)
Peter Parker (Spiderman) is the main character of the film, and is introduced as a nerdy, student at school, who is a bit of a loser. He is wearing glasses with neat combed back hair and the typical geeky clothes. In contrast to this, the other main character 'Mary Jane' is shown as a cool, pretty and popular girl, with a jock boyfriend. She is shown as sitting and laughing with her friends, where as Peter is by himself and is made fun of by the other students. It has been set up as a typical "beauty and the geek" situation, which are two clear binary opposites.

3.)
Romance is a likely theme for the film as it opens with Peter narrating, and he says: "This, like any other story worth telling, is all about a girl." This is a clear romance signifier, and suggests that Peter and Jane will get together at some point during the film, (otherwise how can there be a story?) Even though Peter and Jane are shown to be so opposite, there is some kind of connection between them, as Jane seems to like him as well. This is shown when she tell the bus driver to stop the bus, after Peter had been chasing it for ages, with the whole bus laughing at him.

4.)
The narrative is organized to show conflict as the two main characters are so contrasted to each other, that there must be some kind of disagreement in the future. Or they could get together (opposites attract) and there is some kind of break-up like in a typical romance. At the end of the of the opening sequence, Peter is bitten by a spider, with creepy and daunting music played in the background. This, combined with the title "Spiderman" and the opening credit's special effects, it's fairly obvious that this is the start of a superhero adventure, which always has a good vs evil fight in it.