Character profiles

Robyn

          Robyn is our Femme Fatal, we decided that she should be older than our main protagonist as this would automatically give her some kind of dominance, we decided to back this idea up by the fact that she is also higher up in the company than our protagonist (due to her age). We wanted there to be no cross over with the way she acts, therefore we wanted her to appear vulnerable throughout and only have her darker side hinted to from other characters. But we wanted to contrast this vulnerability by following typical conventions of Film Noir with her costume, not unlike Laura in Brick.

Scott

           Scott is our main protagonist/ fall guy. Within 5 minutes and with the amount we want to include with regards to narrative we felt describing some kind of back story for Scott would be slightly ambitious. However, we do want to include some kind of character introduction to show his position in the company and introduce the idea that he's willing t do anything to help him mover further up the career ladder. We also want to introduce some kind attraction he has to Robyn and so we will include scenes where the two interact slightly more. He is the youngest character, we wanted to make this clear through his costume and his mannerisms which wouldn't require much alteration as out actor is 18.

Jade

           Jade is our innocent female character but dresses in dark colours to maintain some kind of shiftiness. She has red lipstick to help distinguish her away from Robyn. Her motives are always clear throughout the film (to try and warn Scott to stay away from Robyn), as a result she is a genuine, non-ambiguous character. She is a contradiction almost, she lives a life of crime with her boyfriend, K, but she still seeks justice and tries to help the innocent. 

K

          K is our villain. He is not introduced until the end of the film but is referred to as 'He' at the beginning of the film by Robyn. He is intimidating and violent in nature as we didn't want to introduce a further character as a 'henchman'. He shows no remorse through the film and the audience should be aware of the fact that his girlfriend, Jade, is scared of him. Robyn is in partnership with K; he cuts her into profits as long as she keeps him out of the newspaper. She betrays him, runs off with the money and leaves Scott to take the fall. K thinks that Scott is trying to steal his money after Robyn runs away to Paris.



The Boss

            This is our kind of scene setting character. The editor is used to introduce the other roles and a section of the narrative. She gives Robyn an ultimatum; to get the inside story on the drug gang or the story goes to someone else. This helps the audience understand a bit of the narrative from the beginning but still leaves them guessing.