Characters within any film are essential in the telling, presentation and binding of the story/plot line. When planning characters as a group it was shown as important that we looked into the conventions, past thriller film history and the characterisation of them.
Victim:
Although there are actually three victims within our thriller, there is one main focal victim. We chose her to be a young, blonde, stereotypical teen female. We did this as it is conventional to the thriller genre as, her persona and appearance will give off a sense of vulnerability and naivety. This will then make the audience feel sorry for the girl and want to sympathise with the character.
Killer:
The killers perspective is in which we have chosen to have our thriller told from (survey results). This expresses to the audience from the offset just how important the killer is in our thriller and in any thriller film. At the very beginning (0-1:00minutes) the killers identity is not shown at all as we view everything from their eyes. This creates a fear of the unknown for the audience as they continue to wonder who the killer is and want to continue watching in order to see if their quieries will be answered. As the opening progresses we are enlightened some more into our chosen killers identity but, it is still however covered by a mask. We have chosen to do this so we can still obtain the fear of the unknown but, can also give the audience a feel of what the girl victim will be seeing. The mask is a conventional thriller mask which, we was inspired by from 'Scream'. This is iconography being used within our thriller which is one of the conventions, and it is to show our audience that the person behind it is of a bad nature.
By standers:
We chose to incorporate by standers in our thriller in order to create a realistic atmosphere. By using the bystanders as accompanied of the young girl travelling on the train to her destination it makes our target audience (15+) be able to relate to the situation as they too would have once travelled along with their friends. By doing this we create a relationship between the victims and the audience meaning whatever happens to them becomes more impactable on the audience as they have sympathy for the characters. A supporting point as well to having bystanders in our thriller is to show how powerful the killer is, as normally three against one would be intimidating but, by our killer being capable of having an effect on them all it shows just how ferrior he is and how inferior our victims are.
To conclude our character creating process was one of importance as the relationship between audience and character is essential to us in our thriller making. If we can get the audience to understand and have emotions towards the characters then the plot line and events that happen will be more interesting and effective to them. The use of our specific characters will make our sequence more interesting due to the aspects they add and the relationship our audeince can create with them. The conventions of the chracters give off certain impressions such as vunerability and insecurity that will effect the audience as they will be create a sense of sympathy towards the character, thus making whatever happens to them more impactable and important to the viewer.
You have explained the purpose of characters within a film and given good 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) Explain how the conventions of the characters give off certain impressions and how this is effective for the audience