REVEAL

media representations

celebrities

gossips

fashion

real
life
stories

TV

PROPP'S CHARACTER TYPES PROPP'S CHARACTER TYPES.

hero

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H E R OHero - Who are the heroes? Some of the celebrities living the aspirational life could be the heroes e.g. Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan or Cheryl Cole. “Stuff the diet!” – they could be the heroes for us all.The reader could also be the hero because he learns the secrets of the magazine.

villain

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“Katie Plots” – Katie Price could be portrayed as the villain on the front cover.

princess

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P R I N C E S SPrincesses are the celebrities with ‘perfect’ constructed lives so the Princesses could be Cheryl Cole or Beyonce

father figure

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Peter is a dad and a grown man.He is older than Mark Wright and is in his 40's so he could be the father figure.

LGBT

narative structure

EQUILLIBRIUM

DISRRUPTION

EQUILLIBRIUM

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BEFORE SEEING REVEAL MAGAZINE =EQUILIBRIUM – The reader is in equilibrium before reading the magazine.            SEEING REVEAL MAGAZINE & READING THE COVER =DISRUPTION to the equilibrium – reading the cover disrupts the readers equilibrium with the open questions and a congested/confused layout.             AFTER READING REVEAL & GAINING KNOWLEDGE =EQUILIBRIUM – Reading the magazine will answer these questions and give us(the reader) a new equilibrium.

BAME

Black
Asian
minority
ethnic