Character Profiles/ Actors

Elena Bowley

Character name- Ellie

Costume- The costume that i decided to get this character to wear is her school uniform. It is a light blue shirt, navy blue shirt, tights and black flat shoes. It shows the young girl to be a lot more inocent and vunerable. It also makes it look a lot more realistic to the audience as this is what a girl of that age would be doing (going to school) and that is the outfit that she would wear.

Age- 10, i wanted someone who was quite young to play the part as it would show they were vunerable. However, i didn't want anyone very young (6 or under) as i felt someone of this age would never really be on their own, they would be with there mum or dad most of the time so it would be hard later on in the film for someone to kidnap them. A 10 year old goes out with friends and things so this would be easier to make it look realistic of how the man kidnaps the girl.

Gender- female, i decided to use a female character as we thought that it would make the character seem a lot more inocent and weak as the murderer is a man.

Makeup- The makeup will be natural as i want it to look realistic of what a girl of that age would look like, normally at 10 you are just starting to experiment with makeup but your mum wouldn't let you wear it for school, only special occasions so i just wanted her to look natural as this is what any girl of her age would look like.

Why is she right for the part? Although this girl does not have any acting experience i felt that she was right for the part. There is no diolouge used throughout the opening sequence, only maybe a little at the end is needed but this will be very easy to do as we could easily just record it as the diologue is going to be non-digetic, as you will not see the girl as she is saying it. There is very little acting involved all we will need her to do is walk down a street or play on a park and these are things that she will do in her everyday life so im sure she will be able to do this part very easily. She is also right age and gender for the part as we need a young, female as this will make them seem a lot more vunerable to a big, tough man.

Nick Chawner

Character name- Unknown, the reason i have decided not to give this character a name is because it then makes it a lot more mysterious to the audience. It also adds a lot more tension as this man could be anyone.

Costume

Shot 1- He will be wearing a white mask, this is so you can not see his face as this shot is a close up, it will make it a lot more mysterious to the audience if they do not know who he is and it will make them want to carry on and watch the rest of the film. It also makes him look quite scary. He will also be wearing a black t-shirt, black trousers and black shoes. The reason i have decided to put him in all black is because if he is going to kidnap a child then he needs to be hiden so then the audience or the other characrers in the film will not know who he is. It also makes him seem mysterious to the audience and makes it a lot more realistic as this is what people tend to wear if they are going to do a crime.

Shot 2- He will not be wearing his mask in this shot as his face will not be shown. This will make the audience very anxious as his face could easily be seen but the camera never shows you his face. Everything else will be the same.

Age- 49/50, I wanted to use a man who was a lot older than the little girl because this way it makes the girl seem a lot more vunerable and inocent.

Gender- Male, I wanted to use a male for the part as the victum was a little girl so using a man makes the girl seem a lot more vunerable and weak.

Makeup- N/A, no makeup will be used for the man as we want to make it very realistic of what a villian would look like and if he was planning on kidnapping a girl he would not have time to apply makeup. So we just want him to look normal as this also makes him seem a lot more manly.

Why is he right for the part? Again this man does not have any acting experience. However, i think he is right for the part because no diolouge or acting is required. He is hardly seen in the opening sequence, only parts of his body are shown and his face is never seen. Also he is the right age and gender as a older man makes the little girl seem a lot more weak and vunerable. He is a very well built man that can give that 'tough' image to the audience. This again shows the girls vunerability.