Vladimir Propp studied Russian fairytales and identified that there are typically 8 main character types that appear: the dispatcher, the helper, the princess/prize, the villain, the father, the donor, the false hero, and the hero. When applying Propp's theory to a short video with only two characters, some of these roles can still map to the characters but not all are needed - the male character takes on the role of the hero who tries to help the female character overcome her depression represented as the villain.

1. Propps theory
Vladimir propp studied various Russian
fairytales, and discovered that there are
always 8 main character types present.
These are:

2. . The dispatcher —character who makes the lack known and
sends the hero off.
• The (magical) helper — helps the hero in the quest.
• The princess or prize — the hero deserves her throughout
the story but is unable to marry her because of an unfair
evil, usually because of the villain. the hero's journey is often
ended when he marries the princess, thereby beating the
villain.
• The villain — struggles against the hero

3. Her father — gives the task to the hero, identifies the false
hero, and marries the hero, often sought for during the
narrative. Propp noted that functionally, the princess and
the father cannot be clearly distinguished.
The donor —prepares the hero or gives the hero some
magical object.
False hero — takes credit for the hero’s actions or tries to
marry the princess
The hero or victim/seeker hero — reacts to the
donor, weds the princess.

4. applying propps theory
• Trying to adhere to propps theory is difficult in
our video, as we only have 2 characters.
However, some of the roles that propp states
in his theory can be applied to them:

5. • the hero: the hero is our male character, known as
sunshine. He endevours to help raincloud overcome
her depression as an act of love
the villain: while we don’t have a character to fit the
villain, it can be portrayed as the female characters
mental state of mind (depression). The villain can also
be portrayed as the rain, as it represents sadness and
depression too
the false hero: we do not have anyone to represent the
false hero
the donor: we don’t have a donor either, as our hero is
already prepared to help the princess

6. • the princess: is our female character. she needs to
be rescued from the villain. The villain is a
metaphor for her depression that only the hero
can save her from
the dispatcher: we don’t have a dispatcher, as the
hero is already prepared for the task at hand
the helper: the same applies to the helper, its not
needed as the hero is already prepared for the
task
the princess’ father: this character would not be
relevant to the story either