Character representations
Character representations are how each character within a film are presented to the audience. It is vital to choose a characters representation well as it will be what the audience judge the character on. It will help the audience to decide whether they see the character as a good person or not and if they like them or not. Character representations can be built from factors such as appearance, voice, body language and facial expressions. It is important to include a variety of personalities within characters in a film as the audience will have a variety of views from different character personalities.
Character Analysis:
This is the female victim in my thriller. She is described as a female victim as she carries the conventions of a typical vulnerable female. This is evident by the colour of her skin and the fact that she has a young face which gives off the idea of the female being young and petite. Her facial expression shows that she is a happy young girl who lives a good life. However, the choice of t-shirt design makes it evident that she may also have a hidden persona but this again is unclear but becomes clear during the film. The age of this character is 15. This was chosen due to the fact that it follows conventional age stereotypes for young female victims in thriller movies. Also the gender stereotype of the victim being female proves stereotypes truthfull as it is in fact usually a female who is subject to being a victim in a thriller movie.
Character Analysis
This is my character in my thriller. He is the Antagonist. This is evident from the dark choice in clothing worn by him. He is wearing his hood up which shows he does not want to be seen or is not very open about his views. Also, his body language, being very scary and closed off, shows that he does not want to be bothered and may be violent. His facial expressions show that he may be annoyed or vex over something, but it is left unclear of what it is about, this leaves him a mystery to the audience. This character chosen falls specifically gender stereotypes of Antagonists by being male. It is conventional in typical thriller films to have a male Antagonist which is why a male was chosen for this character role. Also, the Antagonist being 17 is also an age stereotype to thrillers as the Antagonist is usually of a teenage age such as the movie; Scream. This helps to prove the stereotype correct and is why we included this age for our Antagonist.
This is the boyfriend of the female victim who is acting in the thriller. He is described as a caring and friendly character. This is evident from the choice of clothing the character is wearing, being a lighter colour than the antagonist's black suggests that this character has no sense of evil within himself. Also, from the smile, evident in the picture, it also suggests he lives a very good and stable life. This character is aged 16 as it usually conventional for the boyfriend of a female to have an age difference of a year or so.
Sandro, the initial discussion is good about character importance, and the images you provide for your characters are good, but this is ot finished.
ReplyDeleteinclude the following things;
-what about expectations a character can bring to the audience?
-with each character, provide the following details, Name, Character role, Age, Gender stereotype of role, Costume, Hair and make-up, Body language and facial expression, who they are represented as... and thier role within the narrative.
Much better now the changes have been made. You disucss well the impact of representations on the audience and comment on each character within your thriller well by referring to stereotypes and expectations.
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