Planning characters- Miss Miller

Within this post, I will be discussing the characters used within the thriller opening. Characters are important to a film as they portray what is happening in that scene. Also, characters are needed to build relationships with the audience in order for the narrative to be interesting and typically, should be conventional to the thriller genre.

The first character character is a bride. Their role within the sequence is to be the killer and to leave the audience in suspense and the end of the sequence finishes with a cliffhanger. She is stereotypical as the killer usually shows a back story that causes them to murder, which would interest the audience. Her female gender causes the audience to engage with the narrative and character as the woman is usually a victim, therefore, females would now prefer to watch this opening when stereotypically, women would prefer not to watch a thriller film.

The second character within the opening sequence will be the groom. Their role within the sequence is to play the main victim. They will be stereotypical of the thriller genre as the character will fit the narrative of not turning up to the wedding. This is stereotypical as usually in thrillers, the victim has a back story and a link with the killer making them the main target. Again, the audience will engage with this character and the narrative as women would be more interested in the film, therefore as it's a thriller males and females would be interested by the unusual narrative and characters, this gives us a larger and more diverse target audience.

Overall, I believe that my characters are new and haven't been used before. However, they are conventional to the thriller genre as the killer has a back story and a mental condition, which is used in the typical thriller film. The mental state of the killer will the emphasise the genre of the sequence and will help build a relatationship with the audience