Media theory- Propp

Media theory 

Propp

This was a Russian critic back in 1928 who identified  32 categories of action and over 30 different characters types that is a specific function.

the example I picked to talk about the this theory is a well known war movie called Saving Private Ryan.

1. The hero

The hero in this film is Captain John H. Miller which has to led his squad on the beaches of Normandy and getting soldiers to move  

2. The villain 

The villain in this movie is obviously the Nazis who are fight back against the Allies making an invasion into the west side of Europe  

4. The helper

This would be the squad itself but of all of them the Technical Sergeant Michael Horvath would have help out the hero more by giving him advice about the battle the have

5.The heroine

this would be the main part of the story is the hero going found out about a miss soldier who missing in action  and finds him alive as an award for him.

6.The dispatcher

this would be Lieutenant Colonel Walter Anderson who gives the hero the message that he has to find the heroine  that is Private First Class James Francis Ryan, a paratrooper

This is how propp is used in movies.