What's up viewers! Today I will be creating character profiles for the protagonist and antagonist! This blog is to do a small deep dive into the character's that are going to be in my two minute film opening.
The Protagonist
Here on the left, is a mini profile of the protagonist. Although in the two minute film you may not be able to know all these things from looking at her, I thought it would be fun and cute to do something like this for my character, that I will be portraying. She currently doesn't have a name, (any suggestions let me know) but I'm sure that wont be too important during the opening film. This was made on Canva through my school. As shown in the profile, this girl is someone who does things last minute, especially school work. I chose this characteristic for her because teenagers, including myself, some times slack off on school work and it can affect us in the long run. Even knowing this, many of us still do it regardless.
This girl is mainly the victim and example for later people to be careful of procrastination. She will be dressed in casual home-wear and seem like she just rolled out of bed. She will be the annoying character that brushing everything off, because "it will be fine". I personally hate these characters but what is a horror movie or film without that annoying character? I chose to do these characteristics because this is what fits her character the most and character stereotypes.
The Antagonist
As shown on the right, this is the antagonist's character profile. This character is mainly inspired by The Nun, that I talked about in many blogs, for how I envisioned them. This character doesn't have a specific gender or anything besides being tall without a set face. Like the one above, this was also made on Canva. This character also doesn't have a name, (click the link below to vote on a name). This character will be the "punishment" for slacking off too much. Obviously I cannot spoil my film opening but they are the piper the protagonist as to pay for procrastination. Beware or they'll get you too...hehe😏. Every student knows there is a punishment for slacking off or putting the work for "later" and this character is going to embody that feeling or punishment that people get when they "forget" to do things for work/school.
This character is the villain in this film opening. They will be dressed in all back with a almost nonvisible face to emphasize the unknown and scary feel that all entities in horror movies, like The Nun, give. I think that these entities are the most important people in the movies because they are the icon of the film, making or breaking, the movie based on how memorable the movie will be. Referring to my 14th blog, "Research - Genre Convections in Horror Films", movie icons are one of the main components to the movies.
Reflection
This blog is a deep dive into my characters and what roll they play in my two minute film opening. What helped me with these profiles was my research of the convections of a horror film because it showed me what is needed in a horror film, and what makes the film great. Choices like the annoying victim, serves a purpose of giving a easy vulnerable victim, and the antagonist being a the universal student anxiety into a horror threat to serve the purpose of that scary icon the audience expects. I'm hoping that these uses of convections and character dynamics hits like I'd like to, and I think it will because of the research and movies I've watched many times. This is why research is important because without it, I would be some what lost in what my characters had to embody for this film opening. Research provides a deeper appreciation and perspective for viewing films like The Nun or Friday the 13th.
Name Suggestion Link: https://forms.gle/XzJa2LLK4rwqWp1y5
The results of this poll will be shown in a few blogs from now once I get enough votes for the names I could do.
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