Jason Fry could be described as the average representation of a British child from a working class background. He attends a secondary comprehensive school and spends most his time playing the Xbox and playing outside with friends. He is a smart-alike and always eager to impress through any means possible. When he is sucked into the events which unfold, he greets them with neither fear or an over-whelming feeling of vulnerability like many children would of his age, but meets it as a challenge. He knows from right and wrong and attempts to do the right thing, even if he does not always succeed in doing so. He is uncharacteristically intelligent and independent which makes him the perfect candidate to try and get to the bottom of the happenings. His parents lives are also in jeopardy, so he is volatile and desperate, which has the inability to change anybodies character.
Clothing
It could be suggested that Jason's clothing represents what has become in Britain the hooded youth stereotype, as throughout my film we never see him without his hood up. This has its negative connotations as those of an older age bracket (40 years +) may look upon him as another wasted youth in today's society. In my film i attempt to challenge this stereotype by constructing a like-able and morally correct individual whom the audience can empathize with. On the other hand the hoodie stereotype has its positives, as successful films such as Kidulthood have proved. The character's appearance alone my attract those of a younger age bracket ( 25 year and younger) to see the film. This is as there has been an increased interest in the emergence of the hoodie culture and hip-hop music. My media could be used to try and detract bad press of which youth's receive and attempt to bridge the increasing separation in society between the misunderstood youths and adults.
Body Language
Throughout the opening sequence of my film the character is running and hiding, in which shows the characters vulnerability. This shows that although on the outside he looks antagonistic through his choice of clothing, he is just a child, which is a message that should be projected into society. When he has his back against the container he is frozen which suggests that he is indecisive about his next move and is terrified of a threat of violence by the pursuing character.
Facial Expressions
His facial expressions throughout alter from blank (when playing his xbox) to fear (when he is being chased) but never does he break-down hysterics which shows his strength in character, considering age, though this is conventional in a horror for a character to experience moments of terror. His facial expressions do change when he is having his flashforward, thus to indicate a change in time and location,
Camera Angle, Editing and Sound
In my film editing and sound were important components in showing the representation of youths. The rapid style of editing during the chase scene was essential to show the fear exuded by the main character upon fret of harm, as an adult male would most definitely run from an unarmed man who wanted an envelope, though a child would, we never see the male adult character running at any point. Music is also used to emphasize the vulnerability of the character and built up the suspense surrounding the situation. Though the most important factor is that the young protagonist has no dialogue throughout the sequence, which may hint at the agenda that children have no voice in society and are therefore below adults, as a throw away character has more dialogue than the leading character.
Winston Stewart
Winston is merely a throw-away character is not vital to the plot of the whole film. His character's nature if volatile and rash, which is understandable considering he has a device in his chest which potentially (and does) blow up his vital organs.
Costume
He is dressed in an orange jumpsuit which hints that the character may have worked in a factory with dangeous chemicals, though this is not vital to the plot, the orange jumpsuit is worn to show the aimless nature, of the choosing of the victims. Though it could be interpreted that the jumpsuit could be provocative and adds to the characters menance, as it is usually associated with attire worn by those incasarated in american prisons, and thus it may, subcosciously add the connotation to the audience that he is an antagonist.
Body Language
The body language of the character is also important as this is a key ingrediant as to give the audience the idea that he is in an unstable frame of mind and therefore therehe is unpredictable.
Facial Expressions
The facial expressions shown by this character are those of anger and helplessness, which suggests that the character whom is an adult has been reduced to the emotional level of our protagonist, a child. My film also deals with the death of the character. Facial expression are key here, as it appears his slips in and out consciousness before falling down to his knee's and dieing.
Camera angles, editing and sound
The character is filmed using a few high-angle shots within my two minute shot, this is used to make him seem bigger and therefore the more dominant and threatening of the characters, this again makes him seem the more powerful of the two character and therefore, these shots alone assert adult dominance over the child.
The sound has also boosted for the dialogue of the character, which shows that he is the more bullish than the child character who has no dialogue whatsoever. The music could also be used to imply that he is a threatening character, through the use of chilling strings as he creeps up on his "victim".
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