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Essay on Propp's narrative Validimir Propp was a russian formalist (a group of russian film theorists, that studied films in terms of properties, structure and systems) he studied hundreds of films and one perticular kind, "the folk tale" which he called "Heroic Wandertale". He concluded that all the folk tales he studied share elements of structure which can be reduced to 31 functions. While individual tales may omit any number of functions which are present will always occur in the specified sequence, for instance Function 6 will always precede function 11. Propp also devised 8 different character roles, which he named "Spheres of Action" (e.g. Hero, Princess). The Film in which I choose to apply Propp's narrative to is: "Almost Fam