Planning: Character Representation- Miss Gibbins

Character representation is very important within films simply because it allows the audience to understand the narrative of the film better. Also relationships between the audience and the characters can be built.

For a film to be conventional and effective It's important for it to have a variety of representations and characters so that it meets the audiences expectations of the characters personalities that should be within the film.

Main Characters within my thriller:

• Amy- young girl 9 years old
• Sarah (Amy's Mother) 35 years old
• Frank (Amy's Father) 37 years old
• Shadows- mysterious character(s)

Roles within film, Facial expressions, Body language, Costumes and Impact on the audience:

Amy is a 9 year old girl who lives with her mother and father. She enjoys spending time with them and they have a fulfilled and happy life together. One day Amy starts to see shadows moving around her house which is the start of the main story line. Her role in the thriller is to be the most innocent of all the characters, she will become emotionally attached to the audience. This in turn will create suspense and tension among the audience as they will start to feel care for her safety. For the character representation for this character we have decided that she will wear casual everyday female clothes such as a skirt with leggings and a top. Also by doing this the audience will think of her innocence and may feel sympathy for the character which will create a relationship between the character and the audience. During the thriller, the audience will see Amy at her very lowest, while she tries to understand the moving figures around her formerly safe home. Her body language will make her seem fairly innocent and open, until she is confronted by these shadow characters.

Sarah is Amy's mum and is 35 years old, she is loving, intelligent, caring and beautiful. Her role in the thriller is to be the one who looks after Amy the most, she is more like a comforter for Amy and her father, however as the audience will become emotionally attached to Amy due to her innocence Sarah will act as a comforter for the audience, to tell them that everything will be fine when infact it won't be. For the character representation for this character she will be seen wearing formal clothes a lot of the time to show she works a lot. Her body language will be able to tell the audience that she acts as a comforter for the family and the audience, however they will soon understand that she isn't as strong as she makes out to be. Her facial expressions will change dramatically through out the thriller as one point we see Sarah comforting her daughter and husband

Frank is Amy's father he is a business man who is busy but still finds time to be with his family. His role in the thriller will be the 'hench man' and the inquisitive character, this is becaus ehe is the character who tries his best to protect the rest of his family using brute strength. Throughout the thriller we will also see Frank venture off into his own home to find the intruders. he is the man t For the character representation for this character, we will see him wearing a suit to show he works, he will have a clean shave and a classy hair cu to show he is a business man. Frank will try to flout his strong and inquisitive nature around in order to show his authority within the film. The facial expressions will show that Frank is not vain but does admire himself to be a man that has done well for himself.


The Shadows are the mysterious characters in this film, they are presented to the audience as the intruders of the household and they add and build suspense and tension among the audience as their faces are completely white. They won't have body language/ facial expressions but their presence will be felt.

Conclusion:

 Due to me analyzing the characters within our thriller film has helped me understand each characters purpose and it has made me think more about the background for each character. From looking at the description of each character my group know how each character should look, act and how they will be seen by the audience. The character representation helps the audience relate and understand the film easier.For my group to help them do this we must think about each character thoroughly.