character planning-miss miller

The purpose of characters within a film is for the audience to build relationships with, this will make the audience more involved in what is happening in the clip as they will feel more emotions towards what is happening. This is because they will have built relationships with the characters therefore caring more about what happens to them and if they are in any danger/happy/sad etc. Different characters are also very important within a thriller as it helps the audience identify different characters status by displaying their background/age and role in the film. moreover the characters represent the narrative of the thrillers. 

In our thriller clip we have chosen carefully what characters we are going to include so that the audience can relate to them more. Our main character is a stereotypical blonde female school girl from a middle class background, aged around 16/17. This is will help engage the audience as she is the same age as our target audience and therefore make them more interested in whats happening, as they will create a relationship with the her. The audience will feel more fear as they will be able to put themselves in the same situation as the character as its a ordinary day to day situation.

The next character we are going to include are the main characters friends (roughly 3) they are going to help display that the main character is a stereotypical teenager and on a night out with her friends. They are going to be from a middle class family background as this will appeal to the target audience the most as its most relate able. They are going to be the same age as the main character (16/17) and have brown or blonde hair. This is to make it relate able to other audience's who have different hair colour. This is relatable to the audience as the group of friends are not to specific making it relatable to as many people as possible.

The killer's age is going to be unknown, and still irrelevant as he will be wearing a mask hiding his identity. Although his identity will be hidden, his age will be around 16/17 also this is to appeal to the target audience who will be watching and they would be more interested in whats happening if they are the same as themselves. His background will be that he has been stalking the main character for a long time as he is a mental patient. The fact that we don't know his background fully will add to the enigma of the film and therefore make it appealing to the audience to find out about him and what happens.