Planning character s - Miss Georgiou

In my group we have come up with three main characters that are going to be in our thriller trailer. We have the victim, the killer and the victims boyfriend. As the characters have to be conventional to a thriller, we have based our narrative around the characters different backgrounds, and come together to make an idea which has helped up with creating our narrative.

Victim

Name: Olivia Harris

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Race: White 

Background: The victim is originally from Dorset in England. Her father works abroad in finance, whilst her mother is at work all the time. Olivia has had an abusive relationship in the past with an ex-boyfriend only a few years older than her.  She is an only child so she is always alone in the house by herself. She has a boyfriend called Jack Edwards who she has been with for five months. This all makes the thriller seem more realistic as she just seems like a normal girl in a normal family. It makes it look like an everyday scenario with a dramatic twist. 

The purpose to the narrative is that is makes the thriller have a more realistic approached towards it whilst still using the conventions of a thriller as the young in count girl is the victim. This may appeal to the audience as the rating of our film is a 15 certificate, so the girl is a teenager like most people watching the film and a female giving it that realistic feel towards it whilst creating a relationship with the audience as they start to feel empathy towards the young girl as they know terrible things are going to happen.

Victim Number Two

Name: Jack Edwards 

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Race: White

Background: Jack Is very different to his girlfriend Olivia Harris. He was bullied in school, so he is very innocent and timid. His mother is dying of cancer and his dad is an abusive alcoholic, whom doesn't like Olivia. He is also from Dorset in England and has a younger brother who is four years old. He is a loving, caring boy who would never harm anybody. He makes the audience question who the killer is, as his dad is abusive and a  alcoholic which makes you think he could be the killer.

This character creates a relationship with audience as they sympathise the boy as he has had a very troubled life and we know that something bad is going to happen to him. He will appeal to the audience as they will see him as a young teenaged boy who isn't like his father, and who is generally a nice boy, just with a troubled background, he us relatable and people will sympathise towards him.

Killer

Name: Luke Moore

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Race: Romanian

Background: He is the ex-boyfriend of Olivia Harris. He is a very mentally ill and abused boy due to his troubled childhood. He used to hit and hurt Olivia as he became very possessive and obsessive ever her so she ended it with him and he didn't take it too well. He is very paranoid due to the amount of drugs he takes as he has a heroine addiction. He is important to the narrative as he is one of the main character, the main character that in which he kills the victims and he is the reason everybody is being murdered due to his possessive personality. His hidden identity (due to the mask) creates the suspense for the audience, giving them that scared feeling. He wouldn't have any appeal to the audience as he is a horrible man and the only thing people would feel towards him is wanting him dead.