Characters

Our Characters

The characters that are seen in our film trailer, are generally the main characters in the film. There has been use of unimportant characters in the trailer, but this was simply to help move the trailer along smoothly, these are known as vehicle characters.

When creating our trailer, my team and I had to try and make the characters relatable to a working class audience, at this point is when the stereotype of suggesting all working class people are ‘chavs’ came into play with our film.

Despite the fact we did make our characters dress in joggers and hoodies to connote the working class area, we also had a scene at a party where the characters got a chance to dress formal, I think by my team and I doing this, it balances out that for the rest of the movie the working class area will be seen as slightly ‘chavvy’.

The female characters in our film we’re not represented as ‘chavvy’ as the females were the ones trying to break up the fighting and to stop the madness, therefore it was only right that we made the girls in the film look as though they belonged to a higher class to show they were above the fighting.

The males on the other hand wanted to continue with the violence, this is why we had to make them look like ‘chavs’ as in our society today, ‘chavs’ are seen as destructive, so by us sticking to the stereotypes it is easier for our audience to see what class and social group we are representing.

Joshua Wall, who plays Romeo:

In our trailer Josh plays Romeo who has found the

love of his life, but one problem... She is in the opposing gang,

who’s brother is the leader of.

In the trailer Romeo is shown as a ‘chav’ for this we had to get Josh out of his style of clothing and into something he was not so comfortable in.By being able to change his costume we were able to create a realistic effect of the stereotype of the working class and how they are portrayed.

Beth Aldred, who plays Juliet:

In our trailer Beth plays Juliet.Juliet has fallen for Romeo in the opposite gang and is also best friends with Kenzie who is also in the opposite gang. Her brother Blake is constantly wanting to fight Romeo, but Juliet has to try and stop him without having letting him find out about them two.So where does it all go wrong for Juliet when a gun is pulled to her face?!

In the film Beth’s costume is typically what she would wear everyday anyway (well apart from the party scenes, I doubt she’d wear a dress everywhere ).

Alexander Dickson, who plays Alex:

In our trailer Alex plays Alex (creative I know ).Alex is Romeo’s best friend, and helps him try to be with Juliet even though he knows it is wrong.

As you can see, Alex’s style of clothing is not usually joggers and hoodies, so with him willing to change his costume, it was able to give our film a real sense of authenticity.

Hannah Twigg, who plays Kenzie:

In our trailer Hannah plays Kenzie, who is in Romeo’s gang but is best friends with Juliet, who is obviously in the opposite gang. Kenzie is also seeing someone, but the mystery around that makes us wonder who that is, could it be Blake?

In the film Hannah’s costume is typically what she would wear everyday anyway (well apart from the party scenes, I doubt she’d wear a dress everywhere ).

Ryan McGuigan, who plays Blake:

In our trailer Ryan plays Blake, who is Juliet’s brother, and is the leader of their gang. Despite Juliet being worried about Blake finding out she is in love with Romeo.Although he has a secret to hide

himself as he has a mystery girl, is it Kenzie?

Again, as you can see Ryan also had to change his costume to a make him appear as a working class character.