How to write screenplays using Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp approach. PRACTICAL GUIDE

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Maxim Bukhteev. How to write screenplays using Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp approach. PRACTICAL GUIDE

Introduction

Why Propp if there is the Campbell writing?

Functions

Creating New Stories: Propp Cards

Supporting elements: Connections

Supporting elements: Motivators

How it works

Conclusion

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Who is Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp, quoted by many foreign screenplay manuals? Why had his work become so popular among screenwriters, that in the professional community people even started talking about overusing of this approach?

Indeed, many other scholars were engaged in folk art, and they have also noticed that many elements in fairy tales repeat themselves constantly. Attempts to somehow describe and systematize these recurrences to create a lean fairy tale structure, have been made repeatedly. However, it was only Propp who has managed to create a methodology flexible and versatile enough, which allowed it to be applied to other formats as well. By the way, this has happened already against the author’s will, as he had deliberately limited his research solemnly by fairy tales, being afraid of losing some in scientific accuracy.

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– The Antagonist gets information about his victim (definition – the delivery)

At the first stage, the bad guys plan has to work. If they fail right away, what’s the point in the further story?

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