Blog Post #2 - Propps character theory

 Propp's character theory is a theory made by Vladimir Propp that characters can be defined by the role that they play in a story. The seven archetypes of Propp's character theory are the hero, the villain, the donor, the helper, the princess, the dispatcher, and the false hero. The hero is the protagonist of the story and is the main character. The villain of the story is the antagonist who is against the protagonist. The dispatcher is the character who sends the protagonist on their mission. The helper is the character who accompanies the protagonist on their journey. The donor is the character who provides the protagonist with something that will help them achieve their main goal. The princess is the reward for the protagonist. The last archetype of Propp's character theory is the false hero. The false hero is a character who at the start was not a villain but they try to prevent the protagonist from achieving their goal.

The 7 character archetypes, from https://media-studies.com/propp/

Propp's character theory helps filmmakers better understand character stereotypes by providing certain traits of characters that filmmakers can base their necessary characters off of. Characters in stories are necessary to the development of a story. Without characters no one would want to watch a movie because it wouldn't be interesting! Not all stories will have the same character types because certain character types don't fit into certain stories. My project will use the character archetypes of the villain and the hero in order to show that there will be a hero that will take down the mastermind criminals. The villain of my project will be the criminals while the hero will be the guy at the end of the project who seeks to take down the criminals for everything that they have been doing.