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A
film is made interesting through the change that is depicted
in it, which is usually presented by the change of the
protagonist. Presenting change is based on fairytales,
legends and stories. People are interested in "the small
and the helpless growing into a hero or a winner".
In
the beginning of the 1900's Vladimir Propp researched Russian
folklore and found in them the same archetypes and plots
over and over again. Propp's ideas, developed by folklorists
and anthropologists, finally reached Hollywood, where Christopher
Vogler revised and amended screenplays.
Vogler
combined Propp's ideas to researcher Joseph Campbell's book
"Hero With a Thousand Faces". In this book Campbell
describes the hero's -- the main character of each story --
journey through the
story. Based on the hero's journey Vogler wrote his own
version of the story for Hollywood pictures. The book became
quite popular among scriptwriters. The same pattern worked
in romantic comedies as well as in adventure films.
The
change of the Star Wars protagonist, Luke Skywalker, from
a shy youngster into the savior of the universe and a hero,
serves as a good example of this change.
CinemaSense:
Filmliterature
Jonathan
Young: Joseph Campbell's Mythic Journey. [www.rain.org/~young/
articles/campbell.html]
Star
Wars. Welcome to the official site.
[www.starwars.com]
The Write Practice [How Characters Change in Stories (And How to Write Believable Change) (thewritepractice.com)]
Writer's Digest [4 Ways to Motivate Characters and Plot - Writer's Digest (writersdigest.com)]
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