Our main antagonist David sticks to the conventional thriller genre and he is represented as strong and powerful. However he is frightening and blood curdling. Our character is mainly inspired by Friday the 13th's Jason Voorhees who is a demonic and spine chilling serial killer. We implied nightmarish connections between the two such as the strength and power used to capture his victim. Not only that but both are mental insane capable of almost anything sinister with their psychotic mind. We also decided that our antagonist's costume would be very similar to that of a sluggish teen awaking from a pleasant sleep the night before. Wearing very casual clothes such as a t shirt, joggers and a dressing gown. These clothes draw attention to the plain simplicity of the outfit however they appear enigmatic as to why someone so psychotic is wearing them. The audience will notice the costume choice as they imitate a modern teenage boy’s casual wear which is key to being transparent. This particular style imitates a modern style which will therefore attract the audience’s attention as they may have seen similar outfits out and about in their day to day life.
The main inspiration for Nathan’s character David is psychotic killer Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th in which he stalks and then kills the other characters who typically are teenagers trying to have a good time in the middle of nowhere, practically desolate areas where no one can hear them scream. Jason Voorhees represents the same themes we wanted the audience to see in our thriller with our eerie murderer. He creates this as they both carry the same or similar qualities such as the dark but ordinary representations as well as that the mysteriously creepy effect of choosing out his weapon choice as Jason typically used a machete but our character David uses hedge clippers. With both characters you gain the effect that something isn’t right from the start as something seems very wrong mentally with each of them. This leads to a spin chilling thrill.
Whilst creating this character we also confronted generic character qualities like a psychotic mental state along with the madness of a killer instinct. We used stereotypical gender of a male antagonist too as typically most characters in thriller genre are male as men possess a more violent and sinister profile. Unlike women who are typically seen as vulnerable and powerless, due their height, size and weight.
Gender is consistently challenged in our thriller when it comes to the victim or the hostage as their gender is male whereas typically it is seen as women who would have been captured due to their fragile state. However in this case we have used a male victim as it implies the pure strength and power used by our antagonist to capture him. Showing vulnerable ability amongst men almost as much as women.
The antagonist’s character is an illustration of many teenage boys in this modern time. It is a lot more common now a days for boys to feature wearing warm joggers and t shirt as almost a lazy type lifestyle. As well as this we specifically featured a young boy no older then seventeen for the specific reason we wanted to create a contrasted image. This image is created to aim and target our thriller at teenagers where as previously it wouldn't be. An example of a cast that mainly features younger people is the new thriller film Kingsman. This is a similar thriller as it features a younger cast. This film Kingsman also captures key conventions such as suspense, multiple camera angles and more.
Another representation of teenagers is shown part way through our thriller as the main antagonist a teenage boy takes out a bowl and cereal for breakfast. Typically teenagers tend to eat Sugary foods and this is no other being an unhealthy product but however this just further implies the severity of a unexceptionally ordinary atmosphere but however then the psychotic side is released through other details. Stereotypically teenage boys are represented as hygienically unclean but however going against that stereotypical factor our antagonist brushes his teeth as this is a little bit of edginess which slowly hints at his real nature because brushing your teeth right before eating isn't any kind of coincidence at all. This hints at the real mental state he processes.
The ordinary traditional house depicts how much the murderous antagonist wants to go under the radar as innocent standard human being. The setting of the house being a plain and dull street like no other amongst other houses with all similar qualities and looks. Plainness is emphasised by the colder sack. However there is an ominous chill throughout as this particular street appears to be empty with people and happiness. This puts an increasing dark edge on our characters shoulder, due to the questions being asked such as where is everyone else. What’s happened to them? The ordinary transparent filling of this housing estate edge closer to what the character is like, as living there he wants to be seen as an ordinary person. As soon as the doors close his true cut throat personality comes out in masses.
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