Props characters theory unit 4
There are eight different character types in the media industry of TV and film. These are: The hero, the villain, the donor, the dispatcher, the princess prize, the keeper, the father of the princess and the false hero. In this section of this report I will now define what each character means in the media of TV and film and how the audience perceives them and give an example for each. The Hero is somebody who people look up to and admire and they always have a positive representation in the story. A good example would be Luke Skywalker from the films 'Star Wars.' We follow the hero's story and how he or she achieves their goals or tasks, e.g, saving the world or saving the princess from the bad guy, or scoring the winning goal. Then there is the opposite character to the hero, the Villain, which has a negative representation to people and has negative traits. The Villain can be evil but is not always so. He or she may just be a person who gets in the way of the her...