Planning Characters - Miss Miller

The purpose of Characters

Characters are very important in any film as they help the audience to connect with the film and the characters init. This makes any film more interesting and enjoyable to watch. With no characters there wouldn't be much of a film as there would be no connection made and not much of a story line. Characters are specifically important to the thriller genre as when the audience connects with a character it helps build tension as we sense their fear this is an important convention to the thriller genre. You also need characters as they tell the narrative of a story and help to make it interesting. 

Characters - Blonde Female Victim Killer

This Character is being played by me. I am a young blonde character who is an orphan. I will be dressed in an old fashioned night dress which will be covered in dirt and blood. I will have pale make up to show that i am cold and will have dark black eyes to show i am tired and this will create a scary effect. I will first been portrayed as a young vulnerable victim which follows the conventions of a thriller. This will be done by using a high camera angle which will show that i am little and that the killer is above me which will portray and idea that i am vulnerable. This will start to make the audience feel sympathy for me as i look like a young helpless victim. It will then switch and be unconventional as i will then turn in to the killer. This will confuse the audience and will create a sense of mystery and tension as the audience are unaware of what is going to happen. This creates a twist in our opening scene so it is unusual and the audience wont be able to predict what is going to happen.

Characters- Teenage Male Victim 

This character is being played by Luke. He will be dressed in dark clothing and he will have his hood up which will follow the convention Hidden Identity. This will create a sense of fear for the audience as they will be unable to connect with him as they cannot see his identity and therefore cannot see his emotions to be able to tell what he is going to do. At the start of the opening scene we see the male as the killer. This is conventional as his identity is hidden and he is portrayed as a teenage thug. It will then twist and the male character will become the victim. This will also create a sense of confusion as the audience wont no what to suspect as the young girl is seen as innocent when really she is the killer and the young teenage is really the innocent one. 

Evaluation 

I think our characters follow the conventions of a thriller as we have the young blonde who is first portrayed as being vulnerable and we also have the teenage thug who has a hidden identity which will create tension as we do not no who he is. I think the idea of a twist in our thriller is a good idea as we are showing both conventional and unconventional aspects. This is unusual and it will help make our thriller unique this means the audience wont be able to predict what is going to happen.