Planning character representation - Miss Georgiou

In this post I will be planning each of my characters representations, this includes their name, gender, age and background. In my narrative I have 3 characters because i believe if we had more tan 3 their would be too many to concentrate on and it wouldn't seem like an opening scene and more like a film. The three characters are;

Victim One
Name: Stacey
Gender: Female
Age: 35
Race: Eastern European
Background: Stacey is an everyday home maker. She spends everyday looking after all responsibilities within the home. Tasks involving cleaning the house, doing the washing, cooking nice home made meals -which we discover in the opening scene to allow the audience to relate to the character and develop some sort of relationship with the character. Stacey doesn't have any friends and her family consists of just her, Dave and their two sons. The reason for this is because both her parents were murdered when she had just married Dave. Stacey was a hard working young lady as a school girl, but bad influences made her drop out of school and ever since, she had always kept to cleaning houses as she had no other qualifications.

How character relates: 
Stacey's character appeals to the target audience. The reason for this is because at 15-18yrs old (stereotypically) girls are conscience of their appearance, and so to include a female character with very basic make up and her hair tied up shows a sense of vulnerability yet confident, giving a slight moral to the teenage girls that it's okay to look how you do. This makes Stacey approachable to the audience. Also, by her wearing an apron and having no make up on, her hair tied up.. it will make her look weak. By showing this to the audience, it's allowing them to have a prewarning of what could happen and that she is a weak character, and the scene's of which she is in will emphasise how helpless and weak she is. This makes the audience want to reach out and help, therefore allowing her character to appeal to the target audience.

Victim Two
Name: Dave
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Race: Eastern European
Background: Dave is a solicitor. He is currently on a case working as a defendant for a victim against a well known criminal who is full of anger and revenge for anyone. Dave is happily married with his wife; Stacey. They have two sons, a nice house. The family are strict Christians and are strong believers in karma, this belief is why Dave has become a solicitor. Dave has grown up with both parents who are still with him to this very day, he has two older brothers who are twins, and one younger sister. Dave is a very family orientated person, and he guards his family with his life. He's had an easy time growing up, and he comes from a wealthy background.

How character relates: 
The character of Dave appeals to the audience. This is because he comes across as a good soul who is willing to help. The fact that he is a solicitor and to do with the law, allows the audience to trust him because of his authority and would therefore hold him in high regard. His character also allows the male audience to look up to him as an inspiring figure and influencing a positive look on reality. The use of his outfit where he will be wearing a smart suit, along with a brief case show's that he is a sophisticated, strong character. It is important to convey the idea that this character is strong because it is a sense of security for the audience, therefore allowing him to appeal to the audience. The differene in clothing between him and Stacey shows the comparisons of a strong character and a weak character.


Killer
Name: Unknown
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Race: British
Background: This killer is currently facing trial in court for attempt of man slaughter, he has no friends nor family. As a young boy growing up, he was around a lot of nasty areas where he saw crime take place right in front of him - the main crime he saw was knife crime -  and he witnessed his mother getting aggressively stabbed when he was 11. Since then he hadn't been the same, he had studied hard at school until he was 16 and then left to go and get a job. At this job, he was treated with no respect and was bullied by his colleagues both physically and mentally. Seeing his mother getting murdered and witnessing violence through out his life, as well as being bullied, violence has been a big influence in his life and his actions. He has killed 5 civilians so far, but yet is still blood thirsty.

How character relates: 
The killer may not appeal to the majority of the audience. This is because this character is seen as violent and morally wrong in his belief. However, taking this attitude on the character works because in order for a successful thriller, we need the enemy to be feared for the audience to not want to relate to the killer. Yet, despite the audience not relating to this character, they still do. By this, I mean that the fact that this character is despised, it makes the audience want to know more and engages their audience with a film so still relates to the audience and appeals to them because it achieves an effective reaction.