Thursday 15 November 2012

Character profiles - casting: Protagonist

This is our main protagonist Phil

We have subverted the stereotype of our main character. The stereotype for a main protagonist in a thriller/action film is a big, Strong muscly guy who has been through bad times and generally has nothing to loose but the person who is taken from him. We have subverted this in our film as Phil isn't a strong muscly guy, we have chose him as he is just a average Joe this is so it would make the character more connectable with the audience.

Phil in this film will be called Eric, and is a generally a nice, easy going lad for currently attending college and is in his second year of it. He is also quite sporty and his life has been easy as he has had no problems with school or his personal life until now.

The connotations of this character is the feeling of sadness and hope towards him

This is our mentor:

This character goes against stereotypes and dominant ideologies, as normally in thriller/action films the foreign character is on the bad side for example the Russian hit man, but in our film the foreign character is the mentor and is on the side of the protagonist. This also goes against dominant ideologies.

The profile of this character is that he'll be a popular character and also that if he's there on the scene the audience will know that the main protagonist will be alright.

The connotations of this character will be happy to see him and they will be faithful to him as a character

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