#11 - Answering Film Industry Question

Scooby Doo - Camelot episode

Hero – the hero is the kids in Scooby do: Scooby-do, shaggy, Fred, Velma and Daffony. They are the ones trying to solve the mystery and try and find Shaggys uncle and catch the villain, they are portrayed as the protagonists and are shown to be humours so viewers gain a liking to them.

Villain - the villain, “zarko the magician” is implemented to create a twister in the movie as he was not known to be the villain till the end of the episode when the Fred takes of the unknown villains mask, this is done to create suspense for the viewer and makes the episode more interesting

False hero – the false hero in this situation would be the caretaker of the castle as early on in the episode is the one who tells the kids that shaggys uncle has been taken and informs the kids about the curse of Camelot, however later in the episode when the kids have solved the mystery, the care taker is found out to be have helped zarko the magician and was in fact the dark knight.

Princess -  the princess in this episode of Scooby doo, is shaggys uncle as he has been taken from his castle and held hostage by the ghost of Camelot, as the story progresses the kids are able to find him, tied up and trapped, once they find him he gives them a further clue to finnaly solve the mystery.

Helper – the helper in the episode is  shaggys uncle as he tells them that the ghost appears at 12:15 not 12 therefore the kids are able to work out that the 15minutes is the time taken for zarko to get to the Camelot castle from his finale show as a magician which he performs and ends at 12, however he is  not the only helper as each kid has a part to play such as velam finds a magicians cape which helps lead to the discovery.

The dispatcher – the dispatcher for the quest is seen to be shaggy and fred, as shaggy points out the fact that his uncle lives in the Camelot castle which leads the kids to go there and once the kids arrive and are informed of what spooky business is happening, Scooby doo and shaggy attempt to leave but Fred insist on solving the mystery

The donor – in this episode the only donor is velma who offers Scooby doo and shaggy Scooby snacks to help reassure them and help them continue with the quest,  she does this twice in the episode, once at the beginning for them to start the quest and secondly when they are told they have to be human catapults to enter the tower where shaggys uncle is thought to be