Action Movie - Character Ideas

Action Movie - Character Ideas

Character Background Information:

Primary Protagonist: The main character in the opening scene, a calm and collected character who has an expertise in fighting through the training he received in the military. His role in the Puppeteers company is highly disputed as his constant disregard of the set rules and his natural leadership qualities leave him as a major concern for mutiny to the Puppeteer, his mysterious and relaxed nature is integral in his antisocial behaviour towards the other members of the corporation. We have chosen to make this character have these character traits as we believe that the antisocial and somewhat uncaring attitude can help the audience relate this character to others from the action genre due to the masculinity and strength shown in the characters personality.

Secondary Protagonist: The supposed partner to the main character in the opening scene, he in many ways contrasts the quiet and serious nature of the protagonist as his light-hearted and humorous approach helps lighten the somewhat atmosphere of the group. He is known to be somewhat clumsy and forgetful but is also known to be a great leader due to his vast charismatic skill and ability to talk to most people, also accompanied with his high skill in weaponry and tactics. We have chosen to give this personality to this character as more often or not in action films the main protagonist is contrasted through the secondary protagonist as direct opposites.

Puppeteer - Antagonist: The main antagonist of the opening scene; a power hungry and manipulative tyrant, a criminal mastermind in the streets of London who's cruel and abusive tactics have made him a feared adversary amongst the cities authorities. He is an upper class businessman who gave into insanity's grip as shown by his unquenchable blood-lust and enjoyment in others misfortune, his upper class but maniacal look helps add an ominous and slightly eerie look to this business tycoon. We have chosen to make the antagonist of the film possess these traits as we believe that these characteristics will give him an original and idealistic personality which people can immediately assume his villainous nature and link him with other antagonists from other action films.

Henchman - Secondary Antagonist: A professional assassin; known throughout the corporation as one of the best in business, his no-nonsense and meticulous attitude to his work has acquired him a reputation amongst his peers as one not to be messed with. His headstrong and sadistic personality ensures that although many find his profession inhumane, he is known to often enjoy the thrill given to him through physical combat or dangerous stunts and enjoys the psychological torture in which he can inflict upon his opponents. We have chosen to give this character this no-nonsense attitude as we believe the professionalism portrayed from this character will help emphasize the characters intentions and easily separate him from the main protagonists and allow him to stand out amongst the other characters.

Action Movie - Props

Action Movie-Props
There are lots of props which are going to be used in our movie. For our main character we are going to make him dress up like a action hero. So he/she would wear a black coat or suit and shades ( sun glasses)


Shades (Sun Glasses) - The shades would be used to make him look like they mysterious and like they are trying to hide themselves so they don't know who their identity is.

Suit: The main characters would be in a suit to make them look like real a hit-man, this also makes the audience think that they are being payed or working for someone. This also makes them look like they are trying to look like they are being serious.  The main antagonist is going to wear a suit to make him look like he takes business very serious and is not to be messed with.

The henchman is going to wear a waistcoat which is smart and black trousers so he looks like he is going into a fight.

The main protagonist is going to wear a long black coat and trousers- we chose the main protagonist to wear a long black coat we want to make him look like he is a serious character. For example when the hero is at the beginning he is either wearing a coat or an army uniform.

The secondary protagonist is going to wear a jacket, shirt and trousers and sick trainers. we
want to make him look like a sidekick of the hero, so he is not as skilled as the hero, so he still learning from the hero. So he can't fight as good as the hero.

The Head antagonist is going to be dressed in a suit like he is part of the mafia, he is also going to be sat behind a desk. This makes him look he is the head of the business.

Initial Ideas for films

Genre ideas:
Horror films:
Action film:

What are the ideas:
Someone is in a storage area and is trying to steal some thing very valuable, the main enemy has to get out of the storage area alive. There are tow secret agents that have to stop him from getting out. The setting is at a storage area where there is long corridors and we can do a couple of fight scenes to make the scene fell more exciting and intense.

Horror: we go to a train station at night and one person goes to get the train. When the train goes there is someone at the end that appears out of no where and then the clip suddenly ends. There is different camera angles of the train station. We use different type of shots to give different perspectives of the train station. There setting would be at a train station at night to make the atmosphere feel tense and scary


Setting-Horror
The settings of our idea is that we are at train station at night. This gives the audience the feeling that they are being watched it also makes the atmosphere feel scary like something bad is going to happen. We will try and film it at night so that no one is there, this will also make it seem scary like it is abandoned.

Character-Horror
The main character could be someone who is a normal guy catching a train, accepts he feels paranoid and feels like he is being watched. This is used so that he portrayed as a person who gets scared very easily. The main antagonist would be portrayed as a scary person who sneaks around and comes out at the least expected moment. This is a good thing to have in a horror because it can make people feel like something unexpected is going to come out and make them jump which gives it a really good horror aspect.

Clueless- Opening analysis

Clueless

Character

The main character in the film is a girl called Cher. She is a teenager girl who lives with a very rich family. Her dad is a lawyer that earns $500 an hour this shows that she from a well educated family. Cher is represented as a typical teenager girl who likes clothes, phone, cars, boys and hanging out with her friends. This also shows that she could be a clumsy, lazy and rude girl to other people because of her wealth. This could be a reason for why she is rude and does bad things like driving without a driving license, this shows that she doesn't care about others and only cares about her self. She is also wearing clothes which are very stylish and fashionable back then, so she could be presented as a popular person in her school. Her Farther who is a lawyer is represented as a serious and miserable person, if something doesn't go his way he will probably get angry and make it his way. You can tell that he is like this when he is talking to his daughter because she says that he should drink some orange juice to get some vitamin c, but he says no in a mean and hateful way, this could say that he is stressed or not happy wit his job, because becoming a lawyer is a hard job.

Sound

The sound at the beginning of the scene is a popular song which is mainly aimed at teenagers so it is a song that teenagers would like at the time. It is used hen introducing the title of the film and when they are showing the clips of when they are driving a car and partying at the pool. This is a good song to use because the audience would know what the song is and it represents the teenagers well.  After the music is played it cuts to her talking to the audience  and she sounds like a very popular person because her voice sounds like she is very sassy, and she thinks that she is the most perfect person in the world. One example is when she is talking about herself and her friend she says that they are named after two famous singers, so they think that it makes them really cool and popular and no-one is cooler than them. When ever something doesn't go her way she either complains about it or goes off in a strop this shows that she his a annoying person. She might also take the mick out of people if they do something embarrassing happens to them, however if it happens to them they will get angry and then complain about it and bully them even more.

Camera Angle

Camera angles are used very well in the opening. The is an high angle of the car that then starts to follow it while the music is playing. The car is a car which look very posh and cool, this give the audience an idea of how she is treated for example she looks like she is a very popular kid at school and gets all of the guys asking her out on a date. This gives the audience a good idea of what her personality is like. A close up is used on both Cher and her Dad when they are discussing, this is a good way to get the audience to  see what their personality is like it also says a lot of how they are going to be later on in the movie.

Titanic - Opening scene

Titanic 

Titanic is a love/romance film between two main characters, they go on a boat and fall in love. There is a big difference between them both, the women Rose is from a rich and wealthy family and is traveling to America to get married. The man jack is a poor person who is traveling on the boat to go and get work in America. They then talk to each other and start to get to know each other, eventually they fall in love. Unfortunately the boat hits an iceberg half way during the trip, it splits the ship open and makes water poor into the bottom of the ship. It then eventually splits in two pieces and sinks too the bottom of the Atlantic. The film tells the story of how the boat sank accept with a bit of a love Story. It is the second most profitable film in 2014 after avatar, back in 1997 it was number one for a long time until 2009. 

Character 

The characters that are in are very different to each other, you can tell that they are different because of the way they are dressed. Rose the female character s a rich and wealthy character who is getting married to wealthy man in America. She is wearing very posh clothes, which makes her stand out from the crowd. She also arrives to the boat in a car which was a very expensive thing to do, plus cars where very rare back then and were only usually seen driven by rich people. The male character
is called jack and he is a poor person who is a poor person who is going to do some work in America. You can tell that he is a poor person because of the clothes he is wearing, they are like they are made out of cloth. It also makes you think that he only has a few clothes to wear and that they are his best clothes because it is quite a rich thing to do to travel on a fairy across the Atlantic. So when he wearing clothes which look poor he stand out from the rich people and is treated like a peasant because of how people were treated back then. You can tell that they are going to be the main characters because of the way they are introduced. Rose comes out of a car with servants helping her and Jack is already there helping to get people ready for the journey.  Another character to analyse is Roses husband, he looks like he is a very smart an wealthy businessman, you can tell by the way he is dressed he is wearing a grey suit, which is considered to be a wealthy style. So he could be in the first or business class at the time. He also looks quite mean and evil he could be stereotyped as a villain because he has a very posh English accent which could be why people think he is mean or evil.

Sound

The sound is used in a great way for the first half of the it is the music which is playing. It sounds like a bright and happy song to play as it is introducing something amazing back in their time. It does get a lot more jolly as they move a long with the scene because it is showing more of the Titanic and how big and impressive it is.  For example when the man gets out of the car the music gets more louder and happier when it shows them looking at the ship. This is to make the audience think just how amazing and big the actual boat is in comparison to other ships at the time. It then goes on to the diegetic sound for example when the man is speaking to Rose. Rose doesn't seem to be impressed with the ship because later on she says its like being in a slave ship, this is to show that she is not happy getting on with her husband because she is being forced to marry him.  The man seems to be mean and evil to her and like he is treating her badly, he might only want to marry her because she comes from a wealthy family and only wants to be rich and spend all of their money. You can also here all of the background sounds to improve the atmosphere of the area. You can hear all of the car
horns and people talking which brings a good atmosphere to the scene it makes it sound very realistic. 

Camera Angle

An establishing shot is used to introduce the titanic in it glory, it does this by showing the titanic when it is sunk at the bottom but then as the camera is panning right it changes the look of the titanic to its original form. The shot is a long shot which shows a good chunk of the ship so that the audience has a good chance to see what the titanic looks like. A close up is used on the women Rose to see what her reaction and facial expressions are like when she looks at the boat. This gives the audience an idea of what people actually feel like about the boat, most of the shots show that they are happy and excited to go on the boat, however since rose is the main character in the film they do a close up of how she feels. Another example of a close up is when the man gets out of the car, it shows him as very happy and amazed by the boat because he might not of seen anything like this before. Since it was such a big deal at the time most people were very happy at the time, and were excited to get on. A over the shoulder shot is used when Rose and her fiance are speaking, she says " I don't see what all of the fuss is about", this is used because it shows the ship in the background and the two in front of it, it shows just how big the ship is in comparison to the couple. It makes it look like it is a giant achievement and people have created history, because this would be remembered for ever.

Props/Costumes/Mise-en-Scene

The props and costumes are used very well in this scene. At first the clothes which are worn are mostly rich people who are wearing dressed which are made of expensive fabric. They are wearing different colored clothes to show that they are rich. There is also males who are wearing grey and black suits this also shows that they are wealthy this might be because they own a business which is very successful and has made them a lot of money. There also looks like there are middle class people there who own a shop and earn a decent amount of money, enough to let them go on the ship. The props are good as well for example they have old cars on the road, it shows just how long ago it was. You can tell that it was a long time ago because they look like they are one of the first cars to be made, which only rich people would have.

Note Book-Opening Analysis

NoteBook

Character

The only characters we see are the two ladies and the man in the boat, the lady is old, weak and looks sad. In this scene she looks like she has lost her husband and this could be the reason for why she is very sad. You can tell by her facial expressions that she is upset and wishes she could change things. She also looks helpless because of old age, and this can be a bad thing for people who are old because loosing the person you love can be a big bring down on life, and this can lead to depression and that is why most elder people feel alone, and feel like they can't do anything. The man in the boat could be represented as the husband of the lady, you can tell this by her looking out of the window and looking at him. The man is in the boat and is rowing towards her like he is trying to go back and see her, so they can be back together.

Sound

The sound which is used is mainly non-diegetic sound which is the music. The music is a typical example of a romance film, that being it sounds sad and like someone has lost someone. Romance music is usually played by a piano to reflect the emotions of how the person is feeling at that moment in time. For example the woman seems very upset and you can tell this by the piano music which is reflecting her feelings. There is hardly any talking in the opening scene, which is different to other romance film, but it is near the end of the clip where the lady says "Excuse me? Come on lets get you to bed" This shows that the lady is weak and is struggling in life but this could be different if she had her husband or the person she lost.

Camera Angles

The camera angles which are used in this opening scene have a lot of difference between them. For example there is an establishing shot of a lake which has a man on a boat this shows that it is a romance film because the boat could represent a way that they first met. Also the sunset or sunrise in the background which makes the sky orange is a very romantic thing because it is a stereotypical setting for a couple to meet and make love. Also They use medium shots of the birds flying above the water, this shows that it is going to be a nice and calm film to watch, something that you can relax and watch with your family and girlfriend/boyfriend. This could also represent something else like lost or sadness, like something bad has happened, but it is mostly represented as calm or peaceful like it is something innocent because birds are represented as peaceful, A close up shot is used on the woman in the house to show how she is feeling about her husband. She looks lost and sad because they were in love and did everything together. 

Scream - Opening Analysis

Scream

Scream is a movie which is about a murderer who kills people in different kind of ways. He dresses up in a black cloak and a ghost mask to make his victims scared. He has different ways of killing people like phoning people up and scaring them.

Character

There are 2 main characters in the beginning of the scene, the murderer and the women. In this scene you don't see the actual murderer you can only hear his voice, but you can tell what  personality he has by the way he speaks. The murderer sounds like he is an evil person he tries to make the women feel comfortable talking to him by flirting with her, for example they talk about there favorite scary movie, this is a good way to start a conversation with a person and make them feel comfortable. When the murderer talks to her and brings up the conversation about scary movies, this shows the audience that it is going to get bad further on in the film and something is going to happen to the girl. He also does trick her into thinking that he is into her for example he says "Do you have a boyfriend?" which tricks her into thinking that he is trying to ask her out on a date. After she says "Why, are you going to ask me out on a date?" this shows that she is tricked by his questions. This then leads on to him saying " I wanna know who im looking at!" This should shock people at the time because they don't expect the person to say that and that should scare people. This is a good example of a scary film which doesn't scare you by jump scares, it scares you by listening to the conservation. The women is represented as a weak character who gets scared really easy, she is also represented as a gullible and flirty person, who will talk to anyone. She also seems like she is a very popular person at school because she wears clothes which are very popular back then. Also she looks like she is from a wealthy family because she has a fairly big house.

Sound

The sound which is used in the scene is mainly diegetic sound which is mainly talking from the characters. Having diegetic sound and no music is very different to most horror movies because usually when something is trying to be scary, music which starts of small will come on for example one continuous note of a violin which makes the scene get more intense. In this film things get more intense with characters talking to each other, you can tell that it is happening because the murderer starts talking about more weirder subjects like scary movies and whether she has a boyfriend or not, things get more intense until she realizes she is being watched, which changes the situation completely. The non-diegetic sound doesn't start playing until the scene gets very intense and more scary, this is when she is running around the house locking all of the doors around the house, This also makes the atmosphere more scary and intense because the murderer is also talking while the menacing music is playing which more intense and should build up more of an adrenaline rush for the audience.

Camera Angle

The Camera angles used in the scene are used very well and make the scene look a lot scarier for the audience. A close up is used to show the characters expressions when she is scared of the murderer saying "I wanna know who im talking to!" This is brings more of a scarier atmosphere into the shot because it shows the terror of the women's face. An establishing shot is used to show the setting of the shot. For example at the beginning of the scene you can see a shot of the house of where the girl lives, this is shown to be a big house and she might be from a wealthy family. The house is also in the middle of no-where so it looks more scary because if someone is attacked and no-one calls the police nobody is going to come and save them which makes it a lot more scarier. A tracking shot is used when following the girl through the corridor while flirting with the murderer, this makes the audience feel like she is enjoying talking to the murderer but she doesn't know and the makes the audience nervous or scared that murderer is going to jump out at her.

Mise-En-Scene

In this scene you don't see the actual murderer you can only hear his voice, this makes it more scarier because no-one knows where the murderer is at the time and this can make the audience scared and nervous. The girl is wearing clothes which are very popular at the time, so she could be considered popular at her school, also she has a big house so it could be that she is from a wealthy family. They also use good props in the shot, for example the popcorn, when the popcorn is on the oven hob it looks like it is a timer, a timer which could be used to count down the amount of time the girl has until she dies. The knife that she is playing with while talking on the phone could represent the weapon of the murderer, this could make people more scared and unprepared for hat is coming.