Propp Character Theory

Propp came up with 7 main character types that he believes fit into any narrative media type:

1. The Villain -  Struggles against the hero.

2. The Donor - Prepares the hero for his quest.

3. The Helper - often has a gift or power that the hero doesn't posses, who helps or aides the hero in their quest.

4. The Princess - the character the hero loves and often is the objective of the quest.

5. The False Hero - first seen as a good character but later reveals as a villain or evil.

6. The Dispatcher - sending the hero off on their quest.

7. The Hero - seen as the victim/seeker/winner, reacts to the donor and at the end often marries the princess.

 

Hansel and Gretel Fairy Tail:

1. The Villain - The witch

2. The Donor - The dad

3. The Helper - Gretel

4. The Princess - Hansel

5. The False Hero - The step mother

6. The Dispatcher - The dad

7. The Hero - Gretel

 

The Avengers Movie:

1. The Villain - Loki

2. The Donor - Nick Fury

3. The Helper - Nick Fury

4. The Princess - Earth

5. The False Hero - No false hero

6. The Dispatcher - Nick Fury

7. The Hero - The Avengers, Hulk, Thor, Ironman, Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Nick Fury ext...

Narative Theory - Hansel and Gretel

                                                     

During a famine, an evil stepmother orders her husband to abandon his children in the woods, but the son, Hansel, overhears the plan, and leaves a trail of pebbles to guide him and his sister home safely. The next time they are abandoned, Hansel drops breadcrumbs, which are eaten by the birds. Lost and starving, they stumble upon a house made from gingerbread, only to be captured by the wicked, cannibalistic witch who lives inside. She enslaves Gretel and imprisons Hansel, fattening him up to eat.
When she orders Gretel to heat up the oven to cook Hansel, she tricks the witch into leaning into the oven and pushes her in. The children rob the house of riches and return to their father, to find that their evil stepmother has died.


These are my interpretations of the narrative theories inspired by Todorov and Propp.

Todorov Equilibrium Theory

                                                       

Equilibrium - Hansel and Gretel are happily living with their father.


Disruption of the equilibrium - They get a step mother who is evil and a famine happens causing the step mother to order the father to abandon the children in the woods.


Recognition of the disruption - Hansel and Gretel hear of the plan so they leave a trail of pebbles, then bread crumbs which get eaten by birds causing them to get lost in the woods.


Attempt to repair damage - Hansel and Gretel attempt to find home but find themselves caught by a witch in a gingerbread house, Gretel then pushes the witch into the oven and they escape.


New equilibrium - Hansel and Gretel take as much food as they can and find their way back home, to find the evil mothers dead, causing a happy ending with their father and famine is fixed by gingerbread house.

Propp Narrative Theory

                                               



Preparation - Hansel and Gretel realise they are going to be stranded in the woods, so they leave a trail of bread crumbs to lead then home.


Complication - The bread crumbs get eaten by birds which causes them to be lost and stumble upon a witched house and get captured.


Transference - Gretel begins to plot theory's to herself whilst the witch is busy fattening Hansel.


Struggle - Gretel cannot think of an escape plan and the witch is ready to cook him. She is then told to turn the oven on, and Gretel saw the opportunity to push the witch in.


Return - Gretel pushes the witch into the oven and releases Hansel, they then carry as much food as they can back home.


Recognition -  They find that their evil mother died and they happily lived with their father without famine because there was plenty of food from the gingerbread house.

XMen

The two wise mutants Professor X and Magneto are seen to be retelling the African folk tale of The Tortoise and the Eagle, with the tortoise representing Professor X and the eagle Magneto.

                            


Three of the main XMen characters are seen to be based on the European stories of the Brothers Grimm, with Jean Grey as a sleeping princess awoken by Cyclops. Featuring Wolverine.


                         

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a cannibalistic witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. Then eventually escape by pushing the witch in the oven.

I would put a twist the ending and have the witch climb out of the oven and chase them through the woods until one of the siblings find a weapon like a axe or chain saw, then finally kill the witch

  

Straying From The Path - Avengers

Most of the characters in Avengers are a adaptation of Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, with Captain America as Peter Pan; the Scarlet Witch as Wendy; Quicksilver as her brother; the Wasp as Tinkerbell; Black Panther, Hawkeye, Iron Man, and Thor as the Lost Boys; and Klaw as Captain Hook.

       

Some Marvel characters that are in  the Avengers comics are a adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, with She-Hulk as Dorothy, Captain America as the Cowardly Lion, Iron Man as the Tin Man, Thor as the Scarecrow, Magneto as the Wizard, and Scarlet Witch as the Wicked Witch of the West.

 

Straying From The Path - Spider man

This assignment is focusing on straying from the path and re-inventing fairy tales.

  

 Spider man and Mary Jane is an adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood featuring Mary Jane Watson as Red Riding Hood. I like how a original fairy tale can become a very action packed super hero movie.

                           

 Spider man and Gwen Stacy is a gender-reversed variation on the story of Cinderella, featuring Gwen Stacy as a princess and Peter in the Cinderella role.

 

 Spider man could be seen as an adaptation of a Japanese ghost story featuring Venom as a Tsuchigumo-like villain.

Assasins Creed

 

 

Assassin's creed I find has amazing visual detail and beautiful 3D structures as well as very well designed characters.
The in game view points gives you a panorama of the map your currently in, I find these points perfect for appreciating the detail of the buildings and overall map.

   

Off the topic of the graphics I find the in game stories really good and I find myself getting really into the characters story's.

3D Scene Project

Just got a project were I have to create a simpe 3D scene on a small square, these are some of my ideas...



  

My first idea was to create a simple version of Mordor from Lord Of The Rings, with the eye of Sauron and Mount Doom as the main structures and then have black rocks, lava and ruins surrounding them along the ground. I also think it would be cool to animate the eyes looking around and balls of flaming rock shooting out of the volcano.



My second idea I though of creating a 3D replica of Jake and Finn's treehouse from Adventure Time and using that as the main structure and then having a simple grassy hills for the ground structure.

 



My last idea was to do the world 1 map from Mario because it has simple structures and textures that I think I would be able to make. I also think it would be cool if I could animate Mario running round the map.

Batman Arkham

   

I find this inspirational because of the cinematic feel and look to it. The style of animation for this helps give the game a very batman, dark knight atmosphere.

    

The characters are very well created because they are on point interpretations of the original characters in the comics and I would say they are how I imaged them when reading the comics. They all have dark personality's and images which are perfect for adding to the dark atmosphere.

    

The batmobile has been altered from the original into this badass, black tank. I personally love this interpretation and would use this inspiration if I was to make and animate a vehicle.

Minecraft

Minecraft the creation of the 8-bit cube. This isn't just one of my favourite games but also great contribution to my passion and love for games and game creating.



The in game creatures and surroundings are purely made from cubes and squares that build up to something more. I find this fascinating and would like to know how they create these to spawn and move.

 
                                                                                   

BABY PIGGY!



And don't forget to watch out for creepers :P