In films there are general characters that are recognised in films who help the genre of the film and story-line flow along. Below are the most popular type of characters featured and the type of role that they play, also with a few examples I have found from recent modern films.
The popular girl: The popular girl usually has friends and enemies. You either like her or you don't, or just pretend to like her to gain popularity. She is usually respected by the majority of people because of her wealth and good looks. She is also sometimes known to be smart, snobby and two face.
(Left) Regina George - Mean Girls
(Right) Meredith - Bratz Movie
Both girls in their films are at the peak of popularity, however, towards the end of the film both lose respect from some of their peers at their school.
The Jock: The jock is known as the popular good looking male athlete who normally attracts the popular girl. Jocks are also known as a male who is very muscular, not very smart and usually revolves conversation topics around sports.
Duke - She's the man
Duke in 'She's the man' film displays features of a jock, as being the captain of the football team, the star player, having the muscular physique he attracts a lot of female attention.
The Wanderer: The character which puts themselves in situations which are hard to handle and turn out to be fatal. However they manage to escape it in some way, the wanderer is often the seen as the weakest within the group.
Bella Swan - Twilight
Bella, is a classic example of a wanderer. She gets caught with a young boy she likes who is a Vampire. She falls into a trap where she now has to become a Vampire too because she wants to be with so much.
The Final girl: The final girl is the last character left alive to confront the killer. She may sometimes turn out to be more intelligent than the other victims who have been killed and may be seen as an 'action girl' or 'hero'.
Laurie Storde - Halloween
She is the last girl to confront the killer but is also saved by one of the male characters.
The pervert: The pervert is the character who puts themselves in situations that allows them to get closer to a girl that they have put their eye on.
Furthermore in character research, Vladimir Propp explored the conventional narrative theory via the work of Russian Formalists from the 1920s.
Vladimir Propp suggested that characters took on the role of narrative 'spheres of action' or functions. From a comprehensive study of folktales Propp came up with seven different character types:
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