The purpose of characters within films is to give the audience something to connect with and focus on, they also project the narrative to make it entertaining and give it purpose. Without characters there wouldn't be much point within films because there would be no narrative to help entertain the audience.
In a thrill it is important to make the representation clear to the audience, by doing this they will sympathises more making the effect on the audience stronger. It is conventional to show the personality of the characters in the opening of a thriller. Making a character relatable to the audience is a key in making a good thriller, this gives the audience the chance to sympathise or empathise with the character this makes the audience feel apart of the film. By creating this relationship is also makes it more tense and make the audience mirror the same feelings as the main characters. They can related from clothing, music or personality, by making the audience more emotionally attached to the character they will be much more scared in further events We want to make our character as relatable to the audience as possible to engage the audience.
Our victim will be a blonde female,this is a very stereotypical element used within thriller films. Females are often associated with being vulnerable and innocent which is a strong representation of our victim as she will be naive and weak but also will be portrayed as an average person waking up doing her make up to build a relationship with the audience. The audience will be able to connect with this character because our target audience is of a similar age to the victim, therefore they can relate to how the victim is responding to her situation. Representing our victim as innocent also helps create emotions for our audience as they will empathise for her this means the audience will be much more engaged within the narrative.
This character planning post has been useful within our planning for our opening sequence of a thriller film because we know how to portray our characters in terms of connecting with the audience and applying to thriller conventions. This will help make our opening sequence more entertaining and technically good.
You have provided a good explanation of why you have chosen to use this particular character and how you think she will help the audience connect better with her.
ReplyDeleteElaborate further on why she may be perceived as vulnerable and how she is conventional to the thriller genre.
Elaborate on your summary by explaining HOW this will make your sequence better and why.
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