In order to develop our characters, and therefore find appropriate ways of representing them within the opening sequence we decided to look further into similar characters, and characteristics of them.
When thinking about props, character and costume, we decided that it was important to gain inspiration from other films and television programs that we were aware of.
First we considered the characteristics of our characters:
Strong:
In order to succeed in her quest to find her sister our character must be strong, physically and within the mental games of manipulation she must play on others.
Influence: Carrie from Homeland, Kill Bill.
Caring:
Her devotion and care towards her sister is displayed within the extent she goes to to find her.
Influence: Kill Bill
Seductive Nature:
She must manipulate 'the boyfriend' and the boyfriends dad in order to find out more information about her sister.
Influence: Revenge, Emily Thorne.
Framing:
Our final line is a very important part of our sequence, and representation of our film because it probes into a lot about our character.
We decided to have our main female character to say the line 'oh it will be' behind her boyfriends back, in order to represent the way she is doing many things 'behind his back' due to her deception front she is putting on. WE wanted to capture her displaying an expression he couldn't see to represent the lies/ side to her he is not seeing. We were influenced by the following framings from Vampire diaries:
Other Framings we were influenced by involve the mirror shot, in which we see her display a certain emotion. The costume of a black dress is also inspired by the following image:
The female appears strong, but there is a slight consideration of doubt within the way she is almost questioning herself in the mirror. We want to reveal the slightly weaker side to our strong female character in the same way this image does.