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Vladimir Propp examined hundreds of folk tales to determine their underlying structures. He argued that despite surface level differences, the characters and actions in these stories could be grouped into 8 recurring roles - the villain, hero, donor, helper, princess, her father, dispatcher, and false hero. These roles represent the main character types and their functions within the common narrative patterns of folk tales.
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The document discusses narrative theory and its application to analyzing music videos. It addresses how to examine the narrative structure, characterization, conflict, and use of technical elements like music, editing and mise-en-scene to tell the story. Key questions are posed about how the narrative is organized, how the viewer relates to characters, and how sound and visuals work together to convey themes. Common narrative types in music videos like performance, narrative and conceptual are described.
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- The document discusses different types of music videos: performance-based, narrative-based, and concept-based.
- Performance-based videos feature artists performing, narrative videos tell a story, and concept videos are based on a single idea.
- The document provides examples of different music videos and analyzes which category they fall into. It also discusses creating hybrid videos and developing recipes for each type of music video.
- Finally, the document considers how to plan an effective storyboard that mixes narrative and performance elements in a music video.
Narrative Theory
The document discusses several influential narrative theorists and their contributions:
1) Vladimir Propp analyzed Russian fairytales and identified character archetypes like the hero, villain, donor.
2) Tzvetan Todorov proposed most narratives have an initial state of equilibrium, a disruption, then resolution to a new equilibrium.
3) Roland Barthes identified five codes that structure narratives: action, enigma, symbolic, semic, cultural.
4) Claude Levi-Strauss studied how myths unconsciously reflect a culture's beliefs through binary oppositions like civilized/savage.
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- 2. • In the 1920’s, Vladimir Propp examined hundreds of examples of one kind of folk tale to see whether they shared any structures. • He argued that whatever the surface differences it was possible to group its characters and actions into 8 ‘spheres of action’ or character roles.
- 3. 1. the villain • who opposes or actively blocks the hero’s quest • character who seeks something, usually motivated by 2. the hero an initial lack – of money, or a mother, for example 3. the donor • who provides an object with some magic property 4. the helper • who aids the hero • reward for the hero and often object of the villain’s 5. the princess schemes 6. her father • who rewards the hero 7. the dispatcher • who sends the hero on his way • who disrupts the hero’s success by making false 8. the false hero claims