Research - Different Characters

In all film genres there is usually a hero, villain or enemy and other characters which play the hero's friends, family or the villains side kick or accomplice. The different things we had to think about before planning out the opening sequence was to discuss whether the hero was going to be male or female, we also had to decide where they came from. After discussing this we did the same for the villain and the other characters.

By conducting research we discovered that the hero was the person who showed heroism, they do a task or deed for some greater good, they also show courage or excellence. We also discovered that the villain was the character who has a negative impact on the other characters.

We then listed some possibilities for villains:
- A human with a disturbed past
- A creature or monster
- Ghost
- Serial killer
- Convict
- Supernatural

After creating this list  we decided that a creature or monster will be unsuitable as this would be quite difficult to show in our opening sequence, we also decided not to look further into supernatural for the same reason.

Next we will be researching different genres of film and generate our ideas for the opening sequence.

20/03/2010