these pictures show Leo Broadhead, whom we originally hoped would play our main character, as he had the perfect image of the sort of teen we hoped to represent.
After some conferring among the group, it was decided that Robbie should replace Leo in playing Jack. Though he has experience with acting, we were not entirely happy with the decision, purely because we we didnt Robbie was the most appropriate actor for the job, for a dew reasons. The main one simply being he did not hold the right look for the type of social group we were hoping to represent, as his curly hair, and slightly heavier build than Leo don't create the stereotypical image of an arrogant young teen. However, with a tight schedule and very few options, we made the decision.
these pictures show Leo Broadhead, whom we originally hoped would play our main character, as he had the perfect image of the sort of teen we hoped to represent. We hoped to represent a middle class teenage boy, between 16-17, who is popular, likable, but suffers the day to day misfortunes that any normal teenage boy suffers. Here are some characters which we used as inspiration.
NAME: Dave lizewski (Kickass)
FILM: Kickass
SIGNIFICANCE: The film Kickass and the character of Dave have been a
huge inspiration for us when developing our character. Dave is the main
protagonist in this exemplar dark comedy. An ordinary boy, who believes he can
be someone great, we knew we wanted to emulate Dave’s ambition, an ordinary
life in our main character.
SIMILARITIES TO OUR CHARACTER: They both share the same age of 17. They
both share a sense of normality in their day to day lives, until something
dramatically changes, and they are forced out of their depth, into a dire
situation.
NAME: Marty McFly
FILM: Back to the Future
SIGNIFICANCE: A loveable and charming character, in one of the most
iconic films of all time. Marty is constantly finding himself in situations
where he has to use his charm and quick wit to escape from danger (despite that
danger being of a more fantastical nature than our own) . It was this loveable
quality we wanted to have reflected in our own character, as we feel it
reflects the happy go lucky nature of the social group he would fit into.
SIMILARITIES TO OUR CHARACTER: He is cheerful, charming and always
reacts using his personality to escape danger.
NAME: Clark “Mouth” Devereaux
FILM: The Goonies
SIGNIFICANCE: Named Mouth due to his quick… mouth, Clark is the
arguable leader of the band of intrepid teens on the search for lost pirate’s
treasure. Also noted for his large, yet irresistible ego, we wanted Jack to
hold similar traits.
SIMILARITIES TO OUR CHARACTER: They both hold themselves in very high
regard, and are willing to be natural leaders, despite their naivety.
Our main character, Jack represents the lifestyle of a typical 16 year old boy who's cheeky attitude occasionally gets him in trouble with others. When picking a gender for our film, we decided to use a male actor for our protagonist. The reason for this was because our character resembled other characters with similar features (as seen above) which tended to be males. Also , it is stereotyped that males are physically stronger than females so, although it sometimes isn't true, a male role would make the plot more believable with its large fight scenes and action in which strength is needed.
Jack's teenage arrogance is challenged throughout the film and we felt that a male would deal with finding out their uncle is bad differently to how a female may act. A further reason why a male was chosen is because it is common for males to enjoy this genre of film where violence plays a key part, making Jack a male therefore makes this predominately male audience identify with him.
We set our film in neighbourhood which was neither urban or rural and this can be seen by the wide panning establishing shot at the end. We wanted this because it would not eliminate a specific target audience due to the films location. The neutral neighbourhood setting also enhances the idea that this story line could happen anywhere and would broaden our audience as the events shown on screen are presented with the possibility that it could happen.
The over the shoulder shot in which shows Jack gesturing to the mirror represents his 'laddish' and somewhat arrogant behaviour. We had taken this characteristic by observing real boys of Jack's similar age in order to replicate it. This automatically helps our film to relate to a teenage demographic as Jack's character reflects aspects of their life.
The mid shot of Jack in his room, allows the audience to see the average teenage bedroom due to its plain miss-en-scene and working desk. It would have been possible to create more of a stereotypical teenage room by scattering clothes around and cluttering up the room, however we felt that Jack's character would not spend long in his room to mess it up as we thought his life would be quite active with sports. Also, we didn't want to over exaggerate what people believe to be a teenage bedroom as it would make the film less believable and more spoof like.
The Low angle shot between Jack's legs represent the comedic element of our film genre as it implies unseen nudity. The shot also establishes that Jack has a sister, and represents family and an average household. This is later juxtaposed with the not so normal secret of the Uncle's criminal behaviour and the concept of "blood is thicker than water" is warped in perception of the audience. His lack of clothing also makes Jack's character vulnerable and represents his age as he is not yet fully experienced in the world around him.
We chose to represent a school boy instead of an adult because of the mind set that is linked to a younger character. For example, our character needs to be partially naive and boy like at the beginning of the film in order for his character to develop in front of the audience's eyes as he faces each scene. If we had decided to cast an older male in his 30s, then it is possible that the character would not develop much as the adult scenarios won't impact him in the way it would on a younger character. This helps the audience empathise with Jack as he is truly seen as a fish out of water, a universal feeling despite the degree of it.
Overall , we believe our film opening represents teenage boys who strive to be something in the who may have flaws which prevent them throughout the way, for example Jack's arrogance could be seen as his fatal flaw as he feels that nothing and no-one will harm him.
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