Question 2

My key Character is the protagonist: Ray Shepherd A.K.A Tom Hall.

 

Ray Shepherd is presented as a young male protagonist which will attract the same type of audience which this film was aimed at. This means the audience can relate to the protagonist making them side with him more compared to other films.

Comparing to: Bourne Supremacy - Jason Bourne

They are both young male protagonists. We tried to copy this as we had the same target audience as the Bourne supremacy (male under 25).

Both of these characters are wearing quite casual clothes so audience can relate to them as they seem more 'normal' and realistic. This will make people think they are more like them and put the audience already on their side. Both of the characters are the main character in their films which makes them even more similar and therefore more of the same audience will be attracted to my film. Also both of the characters are very mysterious as neither know what is completely going on. This keeps the audience wondering what is going to happen next and leaves everything as a constant cliff-hanger.

The characters are different as Ray Shepherd is usually involved in hand-to-hand combat compared to the Bourne Supremacy where there is a lot weapon usage. I chose to do this because it is based in a busy urban area so usage of long range weapons will be unlikely due to lots of people being around. This will reduce civilian injuries and chance of being caught. This suited us better as we are low budget and are trying to appeal to an audience who like to more realistic films.

The Henchmen:

These two side characters were loosely based on OddJob from James Bond. This was mainly because of his looks, he wears a suit and follows orders, this was what my two characters were doing as well and they didn't seem to question why they were doing this. Also I felt that the two antagonists from my opening sequence needed suits due to it being based around mafia life and typically people in these films wear suits no matter what they are doing. This also takes away their identity as they follow orders from their boss and don't have a choice of what to do. They also don't know what they are completely doing or why they are doing it but they still do it.

OddJob:

The boss in my opening sequence was very effective as I used the stereotypical view of him as I never revealed his face to the camera which makes them seem very mysterious.  Thus keeps the audience asking who the man is and why he so important and has this man working for him. This will keep the audience watching as they will want to know who the man is throughout the film. He has a low of power over the film as he controls where Ray Shepherd goes and what missions he has to do. This means the boss controls where film goes as the film will follow the main protagonist (Ray). This also puts the boss in charge of the audience as he can chose when to reveal himself if at all.

The boss is similar to Ernst Stavro Blofield in James Bond. He started to stereotype that bosses sit in spinny chairs stroking a cat. His identity was kept secret for most of the film which is very similar to my boss. My boss is only shown from behind which keeps his face a secret so he could be anyone. This is good as my character could be a protagonist and could be an antagonist, it isn't clear. Therefore I can transfer some of Blofield's characteristics over to my boss.

Ernst Stavro Blofield: