One of the supporting characters is named Katherine Miller. Katherine, who is known as Kathy, represents her individuality as well as her lack of conformation in society by shortening her name. By choosing her name as Kathy, it highlights the difference in personality between her and her brother, Rhys; the main character. Kathy is the younger sister of Rhys, and is in her early twenties or late teens, reinforcing the protectiveness that Rhys has over his younger sibling. Kathy contrasts Rhys in almost every aspect of their personality. She is over confident and highly social, making her loud and unique. She enjoys being the centre of attention and doesn’t behave or dress subtlety. By wearing bright colours such as red and purple but often with muted tones, it symbolises the danger and the risks she takes in her life. This references help to reinforce her character to the audience without including a back story or by dialogue. This helps to add depth to the character and makes them easier to sympathise with and to understand, it also represents the temperamental personality she has. Purple conveys her position and social status within society, as both her and her brother are classified as upper class. This is represented by both Rhys’ and Kathy’s clothing.
Kathy is also very intelligent and this offers her the chance to be as reckless and immature as she is, by not holding down a respectable job or position within society. By detailing this information to the audience by her costume and her behaviour it does not remove attention away from the moral content of the film. This behaviour also helps to convey her lack of emotional ties and her lack of care when considering others. A trait that she believes she shares with her brother. Kathy places importance over her appearance and looks well cared for as well as pleasing, helping her to manipulate people for her own personal gain. Unlike her brother, Kathy has no romantic ties, conveyed to the audience by her lack of wedding ring and her personality that would make this sort of relationship difficult, shown throughout the film to the audience.
The other victim within the narrative is called Lucy Morgan. Lucy is the colleague of Rhys Moriarty. Lucy is a very average character compared to Kathy the other causality in this situation. Lucy is aged around the early 30’s. This age gives her youth and room for development but also signifies that she has experience and intelligence in her profession. Her appearance relates the importance her career. She is a professional, wearing stereotypical clothes for the unknown career she shares with Rhys. The colours of her costume are greys and dark blues, representing the serious tone and the importance of rising through the ranks of her job. Her personality and youth is conveyed by the accessories that she wears, representing to the audience that no matter how important her career is, she is an individual and has her own personal tastes. Her appearance, such as hairstyle and make up convey her importance and her personality. She is strong willed character, who gives the impression of being emotionally hardened, due to the competitive nature of her work. She is socially adept and deals with interactions and problems easily. When put in the location of the warehouse, she reacts differently from normal, giving her recognisable human characteristics making her easier to relate too and understand for the audience. Lucy wears a ring around her neck, signifying an important relationship in her life, but as it is hidden by her clothing, shows that work is most vital to her but that she has the ability to love and show compassion.
Both of these characters help to relate to the social drama that the film is classified in. The two characters of Kathy and Lucy help to broaden the section of society and social groups that the genre can be deemed to use. They offer opinions and stereotypes of humanities existence. They also help to convey aspects of the horror genre as they are both victims of the perpetrator. The characters here are used to convey important genre aspects to the audience as well as to convey the theme of the short film.
