Keeley Cox A2 media studies

Vladimir Propp was a Russian critic. He says there are 8 different characters types within a typical story. 1. The hero- who seeks something 2. The villain- who opposes or blocks the hero from doing his quest 3. The donor- who provides an object of magical properties 4. The dispatcher- who sends his or her quest via message 5. The false hero- who makes false claims disputing the hero's success 6. The helper- who aids the hero 7. The princess- who acts as the reward for the hero 8. The father   This music video is a good example when it comes to applying Propps theory.   Taylor swift herself is the hero within the music video as she saves the boy from the cheating girlfriend and when he is sad she is there to help.   The boy within the video is the princess. He is a reward to Taylor swift herself as at the beginning she wants him and writes him a note saying" I love you" but she can not have that reward until the end.   The girlfriend

The image above is showing my song timeline, I have listened to the song multiple times and discovered where each beat is introduced as well as when the beat increases and decreases. The reason I did this was to help me know when to make the narrative fast pace or slow place and just to break the song up so I know what is where.

When researching and looking closer into these lyrics, we found it was to do with her feeling like a nobody and that nobody bothers with her as she is too much of a liability for anyone to handle.  She is trying to look for something to be happy for but she finds nothing but disappointment.

We have messaged the record label but have not received any message back as of yet.

Todorov studied classic fairy tales and stories. He discovered that narratives moved forward in a chronological order with one action following after another. There is a clear beginning, middle and end. He says the characters within the narrative would be changed in some way through the course of the story. The traditional story: 1. The narrative starts with an equilibrium 2. An action/ Character disturbs the equilibrium 3. A quest to restore the equilibrium begins 4. The narrative continues to a climax 5. Resolution occurs and the equilibrium is restored