R+P Post 6: Our opening sequence's characters and how we plan to represent social groups

In our film opening we only show 3 characters, our main antagonist (who's identity is not revealed till a later point) , a news anchor and a news reporter. However, later in the film the audience would be introduced to our female protagonist.

Protagonist:

Name- Rory Johnson
Gender- female
Ethnicity- Latina
Age- 18
Traits:

• Analytical
• Proactive, rather than reactive
• Intelligent
• Courageous
• Studies Criminology at University
• Middle Class

Moriarty from 'Sherlock' was our major inspiration for this character.
He is  cunning, manipulative and enjoys causing fear within society.

Antagonist:

Name- Damien Brooks

Gender- male
Ethnicity- white
Age- 19
Traits:

• mysterious
• cold-hearted
• has physiological issues (feels isolated by society)
• vengeful
• OCD

News Anchor:

Name- Richard May

Gender- male
Ethnicity- white

This character is only prominent within the opening sequence to help introduce the overall plot. In turn, he will have little opportunity throughout the rest of the film to display any characteristics and in turn develop his character. Thus we decided that he must seem young and successful as this will provide some aspiration for audiences and at least give the character another dimension from which he can contribute to our film.

News reporter:

Name- Jean Smith

Gender- female
Ethnicity- Asian

Fatima Manji is a real life news reporter who is a part of the demograph we are trying to represent, thus she was a great inspiration for us when creating this character

This character will act as a representation of an ethnic minority group and in turn will fulfil the audience's needs of character diversity. Furthermore, due to the character being apart of the female demographic, she will also double up in helping meet a very common convention seen in horror/thriller films of being a 'damsel in distress'.