Without characters the audience will not be able to have something to focus and develop a good narrative. The audience will be able to build relationships with the characters, therefore making them more interested in the narrative.
VICTIM
The victim of this film will be a blond victim who will be 17 year old who works as a secretary. Our victim is a stereotypical, conventional character of the thriller genre as she is blond female. In thrillers, female blond victims are known to be innocent and have a quality of naivety about them. The fact that the victim is naive and innocent, causes the audience to build a relationship with the audience because these qualities of the victim may make them feel worried towards her.
The victim may be completely unaware of her surroundings and who will be around. This would make the audience emphasise with the victim and make them feel sorry for her, therefore creating a relationship with the victim.
The fact that the victim would be a similar age to our target audience which is a 15+ will help the audience build a relationship with the victim as she would be a similar age to them. The experience which the victim entails will also help the audience create a relationship with the audience, making the audience develop feelings for the character.
This character is conventional to the thriller because in most thrillers there is always a victim who is blond as they would be considered to be vulnerable, naive and innocent.
KILLER / ANTAGONIST
The victim may be completely unaware of her surroundings and who will be around. This would make the audience emphasise with the victim and make them feel sorry for her, therefore creating a relationship with the victim.
The fact that the victim would be a similar age to our target audience which is a 15+ will help the audience build a relationship with the victim as she would be a similar age to them. The experience which the victim entails will also help the audience create a relationship with the audience, making the audience develop feelings for the character.
This character is conventional to the thriller because in most thrillers there is always a victim who is blond as they would be considered to be vulnerable, naive and innocent.
KILLER / ANTAGONIST
Our killer is a male aged 25, the identity of the killer will hidden by a mask, we have taken inspiration from scream as this will help create mystery.
The killer, we have chosen is very tall, this would helps with the fact that it would help put the message across that he would be inferior and stronger than the victim. The audience can build a relationship with the antagonist as they feel fear, as they don't initially know what he is going to do.
The background of the killer would be that he is mentally unstable, we have taken inspiration from Halloween in this as we find out that the killer is mentally unstable as Michael gets released from the institution.
The killer is a stereotypical character of the thriller genre as he will be wearing dark colours and a mask as this help with the whole hidden identity idea. The audience will be able to build a relationship with the killer, as it will make them have a sense of curiosity, making them pay more attention to the killer.
The killer is conventional to the thriller genre because it's what the audience may expect when thinking of a villain. They have to be considered the strongest of the characters compared to the victim who is the weaker character. The fact the killer is unknown, due to the mask, would make it easier for the audience to relate as they are to envision what they want the antagonist to look like.
Overall, the characters chosen are very conventional to the thriller genre because they are, what the audience may expect in a thriller film. Considering, the victim being blonde and the villain being of a big build, tall and wearing the dark colours. We have chosen these characters instead of others because it is conventional in thrillers to have a villain and a victim. Another reason why we have chosen these particular characters is because if they were different it may have a completely different reaction for the audience.
The killer, we have chosen is very tall, this would helps with the fact that it would help put the message across that he would be inferior and stronger than the victim. The audience can build a relationship with the antagonist as they feel fear, as they don't initially know what he is going to do.
The background of the killer would be that he is mentally unstable, we have taken inspiration from Halloween in this as we find out that the killer is mentally unstable as Michael gets released from the institution.
The killer is a stereotypical character of the thriller genre as he will be wearing dark colours and a mask as this help with the whole hidden identity idea. The audience will be able to build a relationship with the killer, as it will make them have a sense of curiosity, making them pay more attention to the killer.
The killer is conventional to the thriller genre because it's what the audience may expect when thinking of a villain. They have to be considered the strongest of the characters compared to the victim who is the weaker character. The fact the killer is unknown, due to the mask, would make it easier for the audience to relate as they are to envision what they want the antagonist to look like.
Overall, the characters chosen are very conventional to the thriller genre because they are, what the audience may expect in a thriller film. Considering, the victim being blonde and the villain being of a big build, tall and wearing the dark colours. We have chosen these characters instead of others because it is conventional in thrillers to have a villain and a victim. Another reason why we have chosen these particular characters is because if they were different it may have a completely different reaction for the audience.
You have briefly explained the purpose of characters within a film and given detailed 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) Include a summary explaining how conventional your characters are to the thriller genre and why you have chosen to use these characters instead of others
You have provided a good analysis of your characters, explaining why you have chosen to use them etc.
ReplyDeleteYou need to think carefully about why they are conventional, and why the audience will relate to them (victim being a similar age - audience can image that it is happening to them etc.)
Be careful of repetition
Check spelling etc. and clarity of work