4.3: Characters

Characters

We decided to keep the number of actors to a minimum. We chose to focus on the mother and son in the opening film as this lets the audience realise that these are the protagonists in the movie.

Our first protagonist we see is 'The Mother' played by Antonia Georgiou. She features as the protagonist. The actress playing the character is of 16 years of age but could pass off as a few years older. We couldn't get any slightly older actresses to play the character so we used more mature costume and mature make up to make the actress look older. If we was to do this task again we would spend more time on casting more older actors for more a more authentic approach. We decided on a female protagonist due to when doing target audience research we discovered that females were the main viewers of horror movies. This means by casting a female protagonists, female audience members could relate more to the situation especially those with families of their own or younger siblings.

Our second protagonist is the foil character to the doppelganger. This young boy is performed by Stevie Georgiou who is of 11 years of age. We decided on this age as they become aware of what is happening in a 'horror situation/traumatic situation' so makes more of a story instead of casting more immature ages. We decided to base the horror on a young child as many horror movies with large box offices have young children as the evil within. This is because we see children as innocent and cheerful so by showing them as evil or dark creates fear of the unknown. We chose a young boy as young boys try to be older and more brave in horrific situations. This creates a sense of sympathy for any mothers in the audience. We also decided to cast siblings as they would look alike and more believable of being related.