While you’re developing your characters for your Film Opening it’s useful to look at existing characters from other media products that will help you construct representation in your opening in terms of mise-en-scene, framing, music, acting etc. This will also help you with Evaluation Question 2.
They could be from a film similar to your idea, but they could come from any other media product or genre (game, TV, film, comic). It could be just one character or it could be that your character is a mix of several influences.
Write a short description of the character – film, personality, biography
Analyse the way the are represented – costume, make-up, props, framing in film, role in film.
How is your character similar to the characters in your film and why have you chosen that type of character/representation? (because it’s conventional, quirky, similar in age/gender to target audience?)
ILLUSTRATE YOUR ANSWERS WITH PICTURES (TAKE THEM IN TO PHOTOSHOP AND ANNOTATE IF YOU WANT), TRAILERS ETC
