by Glen Burton

Question 2

glenburton12 — 2015-02-04 21:05:12 UTC

glenburton12 — 2015-02-04 21:07:14 UTC

glenburton12 — 2015-02-04 21:07:35 UTC

Sam played the antagonist or the victim/hero. We looked at other heroes and victims
to see what they looked like and how they dressed, we looked at taken first as
we knew that it is a popular thriller which uses lots of conventions of
traditional thrillers so we thought that it would be a good place to start. We
then looked at the Bourne identity but we couldn’t find any characters that were
similar to our character so we decided to use the one we had found in taken. We
chose to use normal clothing, this fit in with the narrative as he was supposed
to blend in with civilians as he was on the run from the men so if he was
dressed in army clothes or like a soldier then he would be easily recognised
and they would easily be able to find him. Having him dress in normal clothing
makes him seem not important and not part of the main plot. We chose to have
him sitting down away from the men or running, this symbolises weakness, and
being a coward and trying to avoid all conflict by hiding inside of the cabin
in the construction yard until the men find him where he then runs away to
another hiding place.

glenburton12 — 2015-02-04 21:08:21 UTC

glenburton12 — 2015-02-04 21:08:43 UTC

I compared this character to “Kim” from Taken; both characters play an important yet lesser
role in the films the story couldn’t exist without them however they aren’t
constantly in the film and aren’t constantly referred to. Although one
character is male and one is female, they are similar in other ways than
appearance. They are however different ages, one is a 15 year old teenager and
the other is a young adult aged between 20 and 25, they are both wearing
similar clothing, they are wearing casual clothing that you would wear when you
go out with family or when you just go out with friends. The man from our
thriller is only known as the wanted man in the opening he plays an important
role as he is wanted by the other men for a reason that is currently unknown to
the audience, however you don’t know from the opening if he is the only man
they are after or if he is even the main character. In taken Kim is the
daughter of Liam Neeson, she plays an important role as she gets kidnapped so
the film follows Liam Neeson as he tries to find her and get her back. It
follows where Liam Neeson goes through Paris so it follows both characters but
mainly it covers Liam Neeson so she only plays a side role. Both characters
display similar characteristics and they both act similarly. It seems that
neither are trained or want to try to fight off the men that are coming after
them. Both characters try to hide from the attackers that are after them and
both are alone and look worried like they can’t look for or ask for help in the
fear that the men might find and kill or kidnap them. The shot is fairly
similar as they are both mid-shots that show most of the characters appearance
however they only show the top half of the character so you can’t see all of
the characters clothes. Both are filmed inside and inside a house, the angle of
the camera shows weakness in the character. Both are in well light rooms
however from the shot you can’t see what time of day it is outside.

glenburton12 — 2015-02-04 21:09:58 UTC

The character don’t display similar facial or physical
features yet the rest of their features are similar and they both
have very worried looks on their faces which could mean that they both
recognise the danger that they are in which would mean that they are intelligent characters. During taken
the girl is in a house with her friend and then she sees her friend get grabbed
by some unknown men, this triggers her to ring her father and hide under the
bed. This is similar to our thriller as the character is calm and fine until he
hears and sees the men coming towards his hiding spot which causes him to leave his things and run out of the place and find a new hiding spot. The narrative
of the films is similar because they are both doing the same action however one
character is older and one character can ring for help which the older man
can’t do that.

glenburton12 — 2015-02-04 21:10:51 UTC

Our thriller film is also similar to a film called man on
fire as in this film an ex assassin is contracted to protect a family that
could be in danger, the main character builds an unusual bond with the family’s
daughter, she then gets kidnapped and has to go find her on his own. This is
similar to our thriller as all we learn from the opening titles is that there
is a man that is on the run from a group of soldiers and we don’t know what his
motive is or what he has done wrong, however each different audience member
will have a different view and representation of how they picture the rest of
the film. The main characters in both films are similar as both have a motive
that is why they are doing their mission, however a difference is that the
character from man on fire is trying to get something back that means a lot to
him whereas we don’t know the motive of the main character from our thriller.
They are different in their personalities seem different as one of them runs
away from danger and the other one seems to be attracted to danger and action
because of what he wants back. One of the men is being hunted by soldiers of an
unknown organisation whereas the other seems to be hunting men from an unknown
organisation.

glenburton12 — 2015-02-04 21:12:29 UTC

glenburton12 — 2015-02-04 21:19:11 UTC

Glen played the role of the main attacker/villain/protagonist. He wore dark clothing
so that he could blend in with the time of day and it would be hard for the people
he was going after to see him. We decided on what he would wear and how he
would wear it by looking at other villains from thrillers to see what they wear
normally the first film that we looked at was lone survivor and we looked at
the soldiers from that to see the typical clothing that soldiers have to wear.
We then looked at the film Bourne identity as it contained soldiers and it was
in a city setting so we could do a comparison to our thriller. We compared this
shot and character to Mark Wahlberg in lone survivor. The characters are different in the sense
that mark Wahlberg plays the hero and from the opening it seems that the other
character is the villain. However both characters wear similar clothing and
they both wear body armour, we got the idea to use body armour as many soldiers
in films wear body armour to give a more realistic effect. One character wears a hat to cover more of
his face and one character wears a balaclava to hide all of his face and so
nobody knows who he is. Despite one character being a hero and one being a villain, they do display similar features,
both shots are done in the outside. One shot is at night and the shot and
character is only visible because of the lamppost or lights that are above his
head.

glenburton12 — 2015-02-04 21:20:50 UTC

glenburton12 — 2015-02-04 21:21:06 UTC

glenburton12 — 2015-02-04 21:21:25 UTC

glenburton12 — 2015-02-04 21:21:38 UTC

The difference in lighting between the two characters symbolises the different
kinds of tasks that they have to do and what kind of character they are. Both of the camera shots used are close ups of
the characters faces, they are used to show facial detail and to show the
audience what they look like. Both of the characters use the same prop, a gun,
it symbolises that it is an action thriller and that they are soldiers.

glenburton12 — 2015-02-04 21:22:34 UTC

We also found that our character could be compared to the villain in Bourne
identity as we wanted to compare it to someone of a similar motive and of a
similar mind-set; this gave us a better idea of what they wear and how they act
in comparison to heroes. In the Bourne
identity the antagonist is trying to recover his identity as he suffered a head
trauma which caused him to have brain damage and memory loss, he is also trying
to remember why this villain is after him and trying to kill him as he doesn’t remember why he is being
attacked. The characters are similar as they both have a stern face and they
are concentrated on looking directly at something.