My own Character Profile

Basic Information:

Name: Ivanik Zigic
Age: 25
Nationality: Serbian
Hometown: Belgrade
Current Residence: Sopot
Occupation: Unemployed
Siblings (describe relationship): Only Child
Spouse (describe relationship): None
Children (describe relationship): None
Grandparents (describe relationship): Dead
Grandchildren (describe relationship): None
Significant Others (describe relationship): None
Relationship skills: Keeps himself to himself
Physical Characteristics: Short blonde hair
Height: 6 foot 2
Weight: 10 stone
Race: Caucasian
Skin color: White
Shape of Face: Rectangular
Distinguishing features: Mole bottom right of chin and harsh looking face
How does he/she dress? Simple clothes, jumper and jeans
Habits: (smoking, drinking etc.) Smokes and drinks
Health: Average
Style (Elegant, shabby etc.): Shabby, edgy
Greatest flaw: His edginess
Best quality: Strength
Which character from a thriller film is your character most likened to? Jason Bourne and Jack Torrance.

Intellectual /Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes:

Educational Background: Dropped out of school
Intelligence Level: Street smart
Any Mental Illnesses? Nervous twitch and violent behaviour
Characters short term goals in life: To get through day to day
Characters long term goals in life: To catch the man that killed his family
How self-confident is the character? Fairly confident
What would most embarrass this character? His twitchy eyes

How the character is involved in the Story:

Characters role in the thriller: Antagonist scene where the character first appears: The beginning scene

Introduction To A Thriller

The thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television. It includes numerous, often overlapping sub-genres.





Examples are as fallows: From Wikipedia:

"Action thriller - In which the work often features a race against the clock, contains lots of violence, and an obvious antagonist. These films usually contain large amounts of guns, explosions, and large elaborate set pieces for the action to take place. These films often have elements of mystery films and crime films but these elements take a backseat to action. Notable examples are the James Bond films, The Transporter, and the Jason Bourne novels and films.

"Drama thriller - In which the story consists of the elements of a thriller and drama film. These films are usually slower paced and involves a great deal of character development along with plot twists. Examples include The Illusionist and The Prestige.

"Political thriller - In which the hero/heroine must ensure the stability of the government that employs him. The success of Seven Days in May (1962) by Fletcher Knebel, The Day of the Jackal (1971) by Frederick Forsyth, and The Manchurian Candidate (1959) by Richard Condon established this sub genre."

Examples of sub-genres are: Action Thriller/Conspiracy Thriller/Crime Thriller/Disaster Thriller/Drama Thriller/Eco-Thriller/Erotic Thriller/Horror Thriller/Legal Thriller/Medical Thriller/Political Thriller/Psychological Thriller/Spy Thriller/Supernatural Thriller/Techno Thriller

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1. Are they the same as the script? No, a scene from the beginning of the script is not in where it should be on the film. It has been cut out. And also some pieces of dialogue later in the scene.

2. Any changes? Like above, the hotel scene at the beginning was cut out and some dialogue changes.

3. Does the script portray what you expect to see in the film? Yes, aside from certain changes it’s the same as what’s on the script.

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Now view the sequence again. This time looking at the dialogue. answer the following questions based on the script for each character.

1. What is their name? Jerry

2. What type of words describes this person? Money problems, pathetic, shameless, weak, naive and verbal ticks.

3. Can you tell from this sequence the role of this character? I.e. are they a protagonist/Antagonist? I believe that his character is an Antagonist.

4. How do you know this? Because he is doing something bad for his own personal gain.

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1. What is their name? Carl

2. What type of words describes this person? The brains of the duo, confiedent, cocky, nervous and all talk.

3. Can you tell from this sequence the role of this character? I.e. are they a protagonist/Antagonist? They are an antagonist.

4. How do you know this? Because he is obviously a bad man and evil in certain ways.

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1. What is their name? Grimsrud

2. What type of words describes this person? The muscle of the duo, silent, menacing and negative.

3. Can you tell from this sequence the role of this character? I.e. are they a protagonist/Antagonist? The character is an Antagonist.

4. How do you know this? Because he is the crime partner of Carl and does all the bad deeds with him.

Character Profile: Antagonist and Protagonist

I have chosen to do one Antagonist and two Protagonist characters to write about.

Protagonist

Indiana Jones:

The character of Indiana Jones from the film series of the same title, he also 36 yrs old when the first film is done. He is a Protagonist because his first persona is an average guy who is a College Professor. He then can get into his other persona of ‘Indiana’ or ‘Indy’ where he is an adventurous archaeologist who travels all round the world deep into the areas to find rare and precious artefacts. Indiana is also a fallible character where he gets injured and hurt; this makes him a popular character because it shows that he is still just a normal person in a way, with no superpowers. He relates to the rest pf the film because it’s all about the adventures of Indiana whilst trying to escape from Antagonist who seek for him.

Antagonist

Nurse Ratched:

The character of Nurse Ratched is from the Novel ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’. She is an evil, cold sadistic character and earned the name ‘battleaxe’. She is the head nurse at a mental institution and is virtually in control of the lives of the patients because she has the power to control there medicine, food, time go to bed, toilet times, etc … She most of the time revokes this and is somewhat evil with her power and abuses it. She is integral to the story because of this.

Hannibal Lecter:

The character of Hannibal Lector is from the original novels by Thomas Harris which are Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal and Hannibal Rising. Hannibal Lecter is psychiatrist who then turns to be a cannibalistic serial killer which means he kills people and eats them. His character as an Antagonist is not flawed. Hannibal relates to the story of the film as the major focus point, the story is about him and his life from different times.