Role Review

In our film opening, my role is to play the main character - Nicole. Nicole is a young cheerful teenage girl who is quite a trendy and cool girl who is much liked by everyone however she has recently experienced the tragedy of one of her best friends going missing. In our film, she experiences some mind-blowing events which consists of seeing her missing friend tied up in the middle of a forest being guarded by a psychotic, demon looking man. This scene allows the audience to challenge whether the viewing of her friend is a real life situation or whether Nicole is just imagining it from the distressed caused by the tragedy.

As the role of Nicole, I demonstrate her stress and traumatic feelings by my use of dull, bother less and nervous body language. I will wear very causal clothes (mismatched tracksuit) which suggests I am feeling careless and not my usual trendy self. My facial expression will show that I have a lot of my mind and I am not concentrating at the start. I will not smile throughout the film and my facial expressions will show my sad and distraught feelings.

In our group there are three of us Todd, Jody and I. As a group we have decided to take turns in the filming of the opening as we are all playing characters in our film. Jody is playing the victim (Olivia, the missing friend) and Todd plays the antagonist as he is the villain in our film. Todd and Jody will alternatively film the opening of me in the car, exiting the car, walking the dog, finding the posters and the dog running off. Then I will film the part when I see Olivia tied up and the antagonist guarding her. However, Todd and Jody will then film my reaction to create a reverse shot to show all the characters reaction. Jody will then film the end scenes of the film where the antagonist is chasing Nicole and Nicole then arrives safely in her care and is revealed to the antagonist standing behind her car.