Thursday, February 13, 2025

Media Theory Research

 Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog! Today, I wanted to share some research I did with you all. I researched a media theory, Vladimir Propp's "Character Theory", because I heard that integrating media theories into my project would make it even better.

According to a handout given to me by my AICE Media teacher, an oversimplified version of this theory is that characters can be classified into different roles. According to Propp, there are 7 different roles:
  1. Hero- protagonist
  2. Villain- antagonist
  3. Dispatcher- character who sends protagonist on their journey
  4. Helper- character who aids protagonist
  5. Donor- character who provides the protagonist with something that will help them succeed.
  6. Princess- reward or motivation for protagonist
  7. False Hero- character who may not be initially set up as the villain, but works to prevent protagonist from succeeding.


Although a movie doesn't need all of these, these are the roles characters can take.

For my film opening, I think I can assign some of these roles to my character. I believe my main character could fit into the hero category, while I could include another character who would be the villain.

Hero

According to Media-Studies.com (2025), Propp defined two types of heroes. The one I was thinking of using is the "victim" who "directly suffers from the action of the villain at the start of the story". This action could be a betrayal or turning my hero in to someone, such as the police.

Villain

My other character would be the Villain. According to Media-Studies.com (2025), "the villain causes some “form of misfortune, damage or harm”...Their evil action will, of course, lead to a fight or another form of struggle with the hero". Like I said before, this action could be a betrayal or the turning in of my protagonist.




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