Tztevan Todorov presents the idea that movies can be broken down into:
Equilibrium
Disruption
New equilibrium
Vladimir Propp
His work (based around an analysis of fairy tales) suggests that stories use STOCK CHARACTERS to structure stories. That is not to say that all characters are the same, but rather to suggest that all stories draw on familiar characters performing similar functions to provide familiar narrative structures.
Hero – a person who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities / the person who we (as the audience) root for.
Helper – helps the hero with his or her quest
Princess – the rewards of the hero’s quest and usually the reason they have a quest
Villain – fights or pursues the hero and must be defeated if the hero s to accomplish their quest
Victim – the victim ( usually end up dying)
Dispatcher – send the hero on his or her quest
Father
False Hero – plays mainly a villainous role usurping the true hero’s position in the cores of the story.
spheres of action: As Turner makes clear ‘these are not separate characters, since one character can occupy a number of roles or ‘spheres of action’ as Propp calls them and one role may be played by a number of different characters’
storys have a beginign middle and end and arfe linear
Equilibrium the story constructs a
, then disruption then new equilibrium.
the way / ways in which the disruption looks to find new equilibrium
Vladimir Propp
s his work (based around an analysis of fairy tales) suggests that stories use STOCK CHARACTERS to structure stories. That is not to say that all characters are the same, but rather to suggest that all stories draw on familiar characters performing similar functions to provide familiar narrative structures.
Hero –
Helper – helps the hero with his or her quest
Princess – the rewards of the hero’s quest and usually the reason they have a quest
Villain – fights or pursues the hero and must be defeated if the hero s to accomplish their quest
Victim – the victim ( usually end up up dying)
Dispatcher – send the hero on his or her quest
Father
False Hero – plays mainly a villainous role usurping the true hero’s position in the cores of the story.
spheres of action: As Turner makes clear ‘these are not separate characters, since one character can occupy a number of roles or ‘spheres of action’ as Propp calls them and one role may be played by a number of different characters’
Jake, Honor and daisy are all having a sleepover at Daisy’s house watching movies and eating then they all fall asleep. Honor wakes up to a loud scream and quickly wakes up daisy and then Jake is gone. Honor and Daisy then go around her house and to the back garden searching and then lying there is Jakes phone.
Statement of intent:
I want to create a mystery/horror film to scare and make the viewer think about where Jake is and what has happened. In my film, Jake is the victim, Honor and Daisy are the dispatchers.
