Planning Characters - Miss Miller

 

Planning Characters

 

The purpose of characters in films are so the audience can build a relationship with them and in a sense feel what they feel throughout the film. The reason for having characters that are of a similar age to the audience is so that the audience can relate to the characters and what they may be feeling throughout the film. By having characters that are of similar age to the audience allows the relationship between the two to become closer and engage easier, by having this relationship it allows the audience to grasp the narrative easier and quicker because they can relate to the characters.

 

Our victim is going to be a girl with blonde hair to show her innocence within the film and scene, by having a girl that is blonde and the victim it is very stereotypical to the thriller genre. By seeing this character before they know she is the victim, the audience can already presume that she is going to be playing a type of victim role. The victim will be around the age of 17 this is perfect as our audience will be around the same age as the characters.

 

Our murderer will be played by someone who is a tall mysterious character who may have a hidden identity to cause tension and mystery. This is stereotypical of a thriller film as the character looks to cause harm to others but not be caught committing crimes and murders. The murderer may be older than the victim so it shows the victims vulnerability even more, by having an older character for the murderer it also relates to the audience as they may feel that being the same age as the vicitm that they may be in a similar position, this will help them feel the same feelings as the victim.