Tuesday 8 December 2009

Applying Vladimir Propp's Character Actions To The Descent.

The Hero - Sarah - She tries to protect her friends from the crawlers, and get them out safely. She defends her friends from the other girl's actions.

The False Hero/ dispatcher - Juno - She tries to lead the group's expedition, but ends up leading them to the wrong cave, and tries to shift the blame.

The Princess and her father - Sarah's daughter and husband who died in car accident earlier in the film.

The Villain - Crawlers - They fight against the group of girls and especially Sarah (The Hero).


It was quite hard to apply this structure to The Descent, as this film doesn’t follow the traditional equilibrium. I found this also quite difficult as the majority of the group of girls play the same type of role and don’t really stand out to fit a certain role.

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