PLANNING: CHARACTERS AND SOCIAL GROUPS

Our group looked at different social groups and incorporated specific stereotypes which fit into our initial ideas for our production to form clear characters for the audience to be familiar with. I made different Pinterest boards for the different social groups which we were looking at along with a board on the main character as she has elements from two boards combined. I made one board on the social group of lacrosse and another on photography. This helped us develop clearer ideas of props and costumes we need. Similarly, I did this with the stalker and main character to give us a clearer visual of how we were going to represent the characters. Patterns became apparent when collating my images for each group. For example, the images for my stalker board were very monochrome with shadow effects and a darker physical appearance. This inspired us to use low lighting with shadows cast on our stalker when filming her taking ominous footage of the victim. Concealment was common in the images too which we developed to conclude that we would keep the facial features of the stalker secret until the end to pain her as more threatening. Similarly, patterns emerged with our protagonist who is influenced by her passion for lacrosse and interest in photography in and out of her work. The images appeared brighter and highlighted the key elements to a ‘sporty’ character such as clothing brands such as Nike and Adidas which we will include as well as props which fit in with the ‘photography’ stereotype such as a camera.