Character Profile- Alex

Alex

Alex is slightly older than Sarah and was hoping for a romantic Valentine’s Day. He is the first to get murdered after trying to reassure Sarah.

Actor: David Leek

Age: 17

Height: 6ft 3ich

·         GCSE in Drama

·         Knowledge of Media

·         Confident

·         Looks taller and older to portray a typical male role

First Day Film Review

Film Review

Today was our first day shooting, and overall it was a success. The aim was to shoot the start of the film. This consisted of the preparation of the coffee and writing in the card. Then filming the conversation in which we are planning of cut in-between the attack.

Timing

It took approximately 3 hours to finally get round to filming around 40% of our work. Such problems like running out of battery and waiting for it to charge again took considerable time out of our afternoon.

Dialogue

Although we had a script on set, having actors speak is always something can be quite tricky. Thankfully as we we’re shooting multiple shots rather than one long scene, it didn’t disrupt the filming to much.   

First Day Filming

Scene List

Time and Date:

• 3^rd February 2012
• 4:30 pm - 7:00pm

Scenes:

• Preparing
• Couple talk

Actors:

• Chloe - Sarah
• Dave - Alex

Costumes:

• Pajamas
• Dressing gown

Props:

• Kettle
• Mugs
• Card
• Pen
• Sugar
• Milk
• Coffee

Location:

• Alice’s living room
• Alice’s Kitchen

Equipment

• Camera
• Batteries
• Script
• Tri Pod

Initial Script Idea

Cupid

By Caroline Bates

(Alex brings in Coffee and sits next to Sarah on the sofa)

Alex: Morning Darling

Sarah: Oooh thanks

Alex: And…

(Hands Valentines Card)

Sarah: Hun that’s so sweet

(Opens card)

Sarah: ‘Dear Sarah, Happy Valentine’s Day Love Alex’ Arhhh thanks Al

(They Snuggle together and sip)

Alex: So what do’ you want to do later

Sarah: Well I was thinking we could go for a walk

FLASH FORWARD

Alex: So where do you want to go?

Sarah: Let’s just simply walk through the church and woods

FLASH FORWARD

Alex: Urghhh do we have too. Why don’t we just stay here and find something else to do!

Sarah: Ha no. It’ll be good to get some fresh air

FLASH FORWARD

Alex: Make sure you lock the house this time; we don’t want that weirdo’s getting in!

(They laugh)

FLASH FORWARD

Sarah: Oh and when we get back can we call my mum to tell her the good news

(She rubs her stomach)

FLASH FORWARD



Costume - black gloves

Black Leather Gloves

As well as a practical advantage, gloves will be a key part of the costume of the attacker. As we hope, most of the scenes will be a Point of View Shot. This will allow the audience to only see the hands of the attacker. For this black leather gloves would be perfect. We are trying to hide as much physical features as we can with the gloves but reveal much more about his character.

Costume - Baby Face Mask

For our attacker, he’ll be wearing a mask. To make a link between the titles ‘Cupid,’ it will be a baby face mask. Completely hiding the face creates fear in the victim as it hard to see what the attacker’s thinking which only adds to the fear that anything could happen Clever editing, limited visuals and a mask enables for the audience never to see the attacker which will play on their imagination. This can have a stronger effect than any expensive software.

< 1. Although number one is the most realistic, it may be too realistic. The facial expression is one that is screaming. This wouldn’t be appropriate for the attacker as he needs to have more of a sinister edge.  However number one does keep within the reference of the title more than the others.>

       2. The second mask has an old style to it. The grin is perfect in the sense, like the ‘Alice, Sweet Alice mask’, “the attacker is content with what they’re doing. Due to this, a sense of no-way-out arises as the attacker physiological deranged.”

<3. This mask seeps with stories and tales because of the ancient quality. Visually, this mask is the scariest.

     

  4. Although this again has a sense of realism, it can   be seen as rather comical which would highlight our attacker’s physiological issues.>

Depending on weather we want to go with realism, creepy, scary or comical will determine which mask we choose to look for.

Masks

Deciding on the possibility of our murderer wearing a mask, I must look at over films in which this was their thought process too.

       <1. The Scarecrow (Dark Night of the Scarecrow)

          2.  Leatherface (Texas     Chainsaw Massacre Series)>        

       <3. Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th Series)

      4. Jigsaw Pig Mask (Saw)>

     <5. Michael Myers (Halloween)

       6. Satan (Satan’s Little Helper)>

      <7. The Strangers (The Strangers)

      8. Scream Killers (Scream)>

       <9.  Torso’s Masked Killer (Torso)

     10. Mrs. Tredoni (Alice, Sweet Alice)>  

Having watched over films with masked killers, Mrs. Tredoni in Alice, Sweet Alice is one to take main inspiration from.  The Innocent and not typically scary face gives a physiological twist. On the mask is a fixed smile, this gives a sense that the attacker is content with what they’re doing. Due to this, a sense of no-way-out arises as the attacker physiological deranged. As Alice, Sweet Alice was made in the 70’s, the masked used, was not seen as old fashioned. However having a vintage or worn away mask creates a background story for the killer.