Applying the 3 Narrative theories to your children film

Propp's Theory

1) Hero - The Carrot
2) Villain - The Burger
3) Donor - The Ketchup
4) False Hero - The Hot dog, The Chips and The Burger
5) Dispatcher - The Carrot
6) Helper - The Grapes and The Apple
7) Princess - NA
8) Father - NA

Hero's Journey

• Preparation -  The carrot is standing around with the other healthy food in a huddle. They look over and see the unhealthy food and they start to head towards them.
• Complication - The carrot faces the group and can see that they are to big to fight them on his own. Even though the carrot has the help of the grape and the apple, they are not strong enough to win.
• Transference - They see the bottle of ketchup and they fire it at the unhealthy group, and knock the hot dog down.
• Struggle - The unhealthy group begin to retreat but the carrot and crew can not push the bottle very fast so they coulde be caught at any time, but as it is only the start we do not know what happens
• Recognition - As it is only the start we do not know what happens to the two groups or the carrot.

Straus' Theory


Moral/Immoral - The Healthy food/The Junk food
Good/Bad - The Healthy food/The Junk food
Popular/Unpopular - The Junk food/The Healthy food
Weak/Strong - The Grape/The Hot dog
Hero/Villain - The Healthy food/The Junk food

As it is a childrens film it is the standard good vs evil, healthy vs unhealthy, so the way we stood each group out is by designing them in different colours. The healthy/good, are in vibrant colours to make them stand out, and the unhealthy/evil were in boring pale colours. The grape is the biggest because we thaught that would show you would need to have more grapes to make up your five a day.


Todorov's Theory


We only designed the beginning of the childrens film, so you would not be able to look at the structure. kcuf kcid a si kcaj. The state of equilibrium is when there are two birds eye view shots establishing both sets of characters. The disruption is where the two groups start to confront each other and a fight breaks out. The last 3 in his theory are not shown as it is only the opening sequence.