Main Character Profile

The protagonist within my short film is named Rhys Miller. He is a dominant male character and takes the main focus of the film and its narrative. He is a professional and is often deemed inexpressive; his serious nature when dealing with business and his family are crucial to representing this. Even though he is perceived as inexpressive or emotionless, he cares deeply for his family and friends around him; mainly for his younger sister. By hiding his emotions he perceives it at saving his family from the danger his job brings, when in fact it just makes them cold towards him. This character flaw helps to make the audience sympathise and connect with him, making this an important feature. It makes him appear more human, as this is a common trait shown throughout characterisation and in reality. The only expressive features about him are his eyes, making him easier to relate to by adding more human characteristics.

The professional tone of Rhys’ personality is also conveyed and supported by his costume. His clothing is plain and doesn’t contain specific details. The unremarkable nature of his costume, allows him to blend into the background, which is important for his profession but also is a symbol of his actions. His clothes are well fitting, and his appearance is well cared for conveying his importance as well as his status and wealth, these are vital factors in representing his character to the audience.  The colours and tones used within his costume are also important. Dark blues, greys and blacks are used to support his professional stance, but also to reinforce his masculinity. His posture is also important in creating a strong character. He is straight backed and his posture connotes the power and authority he posses. His actions are relevant and considerate, detailing the amount of care and grace he puts into life, helping to support his intelligence and the depth of his personality. His posture is also relevant to conveying how guarded he is, the lines he creates are straight and harsh, but small movements such as the emotive eyes, convey his ability to be sociable. Age is also a crucial feature, the youth of the character, age being between late 20’s- early 30’s shows what should be his innocence but how it is lost, by the cold, harsh life that the character of Rhys posses, helping the audience relate to him.

Due to the fact that this is a short film, development of character is not shown on screen because of the time constraint. It also doesn’t hinder the moral message being conveyed to the audience, by distracting them, Keeping specific details such as his job title and marital status from the audience it doesn’t over load them with information, and keeps the main focus of the audience clear. By representing these facts through visual imagery, such as the wearing of a wedding ring, it conveys there is more about the characters than is shown on screen, allowing more belief in them from the audience, helping the moral messages of the film to come across stronger.