Antagonist

Actor for antagonist: 

For this character we chose someone with short red hair as the colour red connotes death and danger. We thought that the short hair would detach the actor from the idea of innocence and her more the impression of strength. After we had chosen the actor we went on to experiment with camera angles.

Group 1

Group 1

Group 1

Group 1.) In this shot we used a low angle to show her power over the protagonist and the fact that she is looking down on us shows that she thinks she is of greater importance/thinks highly of herself (in the 3rd one the height of her and how she is towering over us is emphasised by this camera angle) In the next one she is looking away in this one which shows she is distracted by something or also that she is detached from the audience and the audience therefore do not relate with her. In the 3rd one she is turned at a quarter turn showing her detachment with the audience once again. She has her hands in her pockets to show her chill/cool like nature and once again her lack of relation with the world around her.

Group 2

Group 2

 





Group 2) This shot has canted framing telling us that there is something wrong with it/with the character. She is at a public distance from the camera showing that she is separate and doesn't wish to associate herself with the audience. In the next one there is a close up of her face excluding her eyes, this shows a similar amount of detachment from the audience as her eyes are not in the shot so the audience find it difficult to relate. Although she is at a close proximity in this one it is more uncomfortable for the audience.

Group 3

Group 3

Group 3

Group 3: In these ones we often have eye level shots throughout so we start to connect more with her and think that perhaps it isn't her that is evil but that something has possessed her, we can see this by the middle shot as although one side of it is loosely framed the other is very tight and is almost cutting off a part of her body which tells us she doesn't have much of a choice she has to follow the way that has been set out for her. In the first one we can see that actually she isn't as tall as we expected as she is compared to the pole which carries on for higher than she does and seems to be a barrier for her. The third shot is by a brick wall which has the top a light coloured brick and the bottom a darker coloured brick, this could tell us about the spilt personalities she may have and the fact that she is being taken over, this shot is a full body shot which is quite loosely framed telling us that she has some choice.