Film Unit - Lesson 2

Lights! Camera! Action!

 
Learning Objective:
- to explore the use of characterisation in a film

Starter:
  1. Old West Action
  2. Groan Madly
  3. A pal icon - Al Pacino
  4. 'I'm so cuter'
  5. 'Fine in torn jeans' - Owen Wilson
  6. 'Cool Ego Energy' - Johnny Depp,
  7. 'Cool Paranoid Ride'
  8. 'Cap Star Trek Wit'
  9. On Any Screen - Sean Connery
  10. 'Merry Wardrobe' - Drew Barrymore 
  11. 'A friend if called' - Daniel Radcliffe
  12. 'A British Lance'

Case Study Characters

Film - Five Feet Apart
  • Main Actors - Cole Sprouse, Haley Lu Richardson
  • Protagonist (hero) - Will, 17 (played by Cole Sprouse)
  • Antagonist (villain) - no villain
  • Sidekick character - Poe (played by Moises Arias)
  • What did the main characters get paid for the film? Not sure but box office was 91.5 million.

Characters

Film - Five Feet Apart
  • Main Character - Cole Sprouse (Will)
  • Secondary Main Character - Haley Lu Richardson (Stella)
  • The story is about the main characters.
  • The characters are telling the story.
  • Movie Review: Five Feet Apart – REEL TALKER - This is what the characters look like.
  • The way they looks tell us the story of the character in that they are very ill.
  • Quotes - 'I'm not going far. I'll always be here. Just an inch away. I promise' - Stella.                   'I'm tired of living without really living. I'm tired of wanting things. We can't have a lot of things. But we could have this' - Will
  • They behave very adventurously and on the edge.
  • They behave kind to other characters.
  • No they don't have any particular sounds.
  • Will
  • No there is not anyone else i would like to see in the story.
  • |If a character got taken away the plot would not be the same or have the same effect. However if a character got added it would ruin it being just Will and Stella.
Vladimir Propp stated that with any narrative there would appear the following 8 broad character types:
  • Hero - generally leads the narrative; has a quest or has to solve something: wants to succeed; can be any gender. - Shrek
  • Villain - struggles against the hero: seen as morally bad: attempts to stop hero from achieving goal. - Lord Farquaard
  • Donor - gives hero something special (power, weapon, wisdom etc); enables hero to complete quest. - Muffin Man
  • Helper - sidekick to hero: appears at critical moments: their limitations help define the hero. - Donkey
  • Princess - can take two forms: the object sought by the hero or the reward. - Fiona
  • Dispatcher - sends hero on the mission (can be combined with another role). - Lord Farquaard
  • Father - gives task to hero: authority figure: protective over princess (doesn't have to be her biological father) - King
  • False Hero - appears to act heroically and often mistaken for the real hero: gets credit for the work; gains respect from the father. - Prince Charming
In my film:
  • Hero - Will
  • Villain - Not a person the illness they have.
  • Donor - not
  • Helper - Poe
  • Princess - Stella
  • Dispatcher - not
  • Father - not
  • False Hero - not




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