Creating Characters:

Creating Characters:

For our opening sequence production we need to cast 2 characters. One killer or psychopath character is the main character of our sequence. We want to cast a white male preferably middle age as this is a consistent theme for psychopaths in horror and thriller films. The killer tends to be a white male of middle age however we would like to cast someone who naturally looks quite sinister and dark. We want to base our male characters of the inspiration characters shown. This character would be perfect for our psychopath as he looks quite cold and calculating. This character would engage our audience as he looks sinister and fits the generalization of a psychopath. The attire that our character would wear would be dark clothing such as a trench coat but also quite casual with dark jeans and a dark underlay of the coat. This will give a sense of enigma to our character as the audience will not be able to interpret much based on how he is dressed and so this will further intrigue and engage the audience. Or we would want an older actor to show that the killer has knowledge and experienced in life.Furthermore an older actor wouldn't be what the audience expects so it would give them a sense of surprise but also surround the character in enigma. If we were to cast an older actor we would want them to look in a sense like the examples below. For our other character we need to cast a young female preferably blonde. This fits the stereotype portrayed by the horror/thriller genre as the victim of the psychopath tends to be a white girl and most of the time is blonde as implemented in certain horror movies i.e scream. Our character would have to be young in contrast to the age of the psychopath. This is to show that the victim is less informed of the killers intentions and as to why he is tormenting her.The location for the filming of the female

character will consist in her home to trick the audience into thinking that she is safe but in reality the killer is able to still implement his action on her. Below is some examples of some people who we would want our female victim to look like. Our female character would b e dressed up quite casual but young to show the age difference wearing something like skinny jeans a t-shirt with a coat over the top or we would dress her to look like a girl meeting friends so quite casual as to show the audience that she is the victim, to distinguish from the killer. These are the elements or characteristics that we want our character to have or look like when casting for our opening sequence.

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