Character Analysis

Our opening sequence only consists of one character. It is unclear whether he is a major or minor character, a protagonist or an antagonist. Even though we were only asked to film an opening sequence, we gave some thought as to what the narrative of the film would be.

For example, in our sequence, when the character sticks a picture of a man on the wall which says "target" on it, it would turn out that that man was, in actual fact, the protagonist.

The character in our opening sequence is sitting in a small room. The way that there are lots of newspapers, post-it notes, maps etc. shows that he devotes his time to whatever it i talking about. This causes questions to arise, such as, is this a crime investigation, or a shrine of some sort? We wanted to keep it unclear and mysterious, and it seems that we have kept this effect, as stated by our peer feedback "It doesn't reveal too much"

The costume for our character consists of only dark clothes, and a hoodie. The hood is up, so that it covers his face. His state of mind determines the state of the mise-en scene and others around him. For example, his face is mostly hidden, thus so is the narrative. His mind is a mess, thus so is the room he is in.

Lily, Esther, Laura, Joe and Tom