Planning Characters
There are many reason why characters are in films.They convey meaning towards the audience and help bring connection between the audience so that people are more interested in what will happen to them as the narrative unfolds.They also build a relationship so now the audience cares about what will happen to the characters.This makes the viewing experience so much better for the audience.
Our first character is a young blond female victim who is trying to show innocence and get a connection towards the audience who then in turn care for her.She is a stereotypical of the thriller genre in many ways.She is 17 so very young and very innocent and this is typical of many films; she is a blond female so in thriller films is automatically more in danger than a man and finally she is in normal clothes which makes the audience feel a connection between them and her and care about her more.So the audience can build a relationship with her as she is quite weak and people would be protective of her as she is presented in a way that is not strong, therefore they want to keep her safe. She is very conventional as she is nearly everything that a victim should portray. She is a woman she is small in stature and looks physically tired. This is the way most first killing victims are portrayed as later on stronger characters often get killed. So people build more of a relationship with her as she is vulnerable and people would like to protect her.
The murderer is a 25 year old man who is tall and thin. He wears a mask throughout the scene and this makes the man seem much more in human and makes him much more scary to the audience and he wears normal clothes which makes him very unusual. He is very stereotypical and this makes him more scary as so many other killers are seen as the same this makes it more unusual for the audience. The audience feel lots of negativity towards the characters as he is the complete opposite of the victim and this makes the things he does even worse.So the connection the audience has to him is completely bad and that is what we were trying to get.
The audience can and cannot build a relationship with this man. He wears normal clothes so is quite relatable but at the same time wears a mask which distances himself from the audience.He also walks in a unusual way and this does not help the audience feel sympathy as he is different to them. Finally he is represented as powerful and foreboding therefore the audience find it hard to connect with the character through the idea he is portraying. He is completely conventional to the thriller genre; he is bigger than the victim , he looks very mysterious and he looks like an outsider and unusual so we instantly take a dislike to him. Also he is even more scary as we do not know who he is so it is up to the audience to decide and each person will have an individual idea which will scare them more.
In all our characters are very much convention with thrillers as simply lots of films across the genre contain these essential characters and there qualities. This will help the audience immediately understand the genre of our film and this will make telling the story easier than if they were characters that had never been used before. Also as we are only using two characters the focus can just clearly be on them and this will help to develop the characters as they spend such a long time building up to a moment, this will also improve the quality of the characters themselves.Without all this helping the characters into the film then it would be incredibly hard to film.
The characters are crucial in films and ours we have planned in lots of depth.Without them there would be no story and would be pointless making a clip. We needed to plan our characters as without planning they would have no depth and this can not be made up with the narrative, and this can completely ruin a film. We found doing this very useful as now we could film doing what the characters would do and it makes the filming so much easier. If we filmed with two characters who were not conventional to the thriller genre then we would need more time building up the identity of the characters.
The audience can and cannot build a relationship with this man. He wears normal clothes so is quite relatable but at the same time wears a mask which distances himself from the audience.He also walks in a unusual way and this does not help the audience feel sympathy as he is different to them. Finally he is represented as powerful and foreboding therefore the audience find it hard to connect with the character through the idea he is portraying. He is completely conventional to the thriller genre; he is bigger than the victim , he looks very mysterious and he looks like an outsider and unusual so we instantly take a dislike to him. Also he is even more scary as we do not know who he is so it is up to the audience to decide and each person will have an individual idea which will scare them more.
In all our characters are very much convention with thrillers as simply lots of films across the genre contain these essential characters and there qualities. This will help the audience immediately understand the genre of our film and this will make telling the story easier than if they were characters that had never been used before. Also as we are only using two characters the focus can just clearly be on them and this will help to develop the characters as they spend such a long time building up to a moment, this will also improve the quality of the characters themselves.Without all this helping the characters into the film then it would be incredibly hard to film.
The characters are crucial in films and ours we have planned in lots of depth.Without them there would be no story and would be pointless making a clip. We needed to plan our characters as without planning they would have no depth and this can not be made up with the narrative, and this can completely ruin a film. We found doing this very useful as now we could film doing what the characters would do and it makes the filming so much easier. If we filmed with two characters who were not conventional to the thriller genre then we would need more time building up the identity of the characters.
You have explained the purpose of characters within a film and given brief recounts of the characters used within your sequence; however, you need to elaborate on your reasons for using these characters, explaining why they are conventional, create certain emotions etc.
ReplyDeleteTo improve you post you need to:
1) Explain WHY for all your points made; why can the audience build a relationship because of this convention? Why are these characters etc. conventional?
2) Relate all points back to the audience; explain how and why the audience are able to build a relationship with the victim and how can they relate to the situation (unknown killer makes it easier to relate to most people as they can imagine who they want as the antagonist).
3) Explain how the use of your specific characters will make your sequence more interesting etc.
4) Make sure you elaborate on points and don't just state what has been used, explain why
You have provided a good analysis explaining why you have chosen these characters and what you think they portray.
ReplyDeleteTry not to rush off and explain your next point; take your time and make sure you cover all relevant ideas (victim paragraph is a bit rushed)
Make sure you think about your target audience (in terms of victim - able to relate due to similar age?)
Check spelling etc. and clarity of work