Saturday 2 February 2008

Character Profile

Name: Henry Sentoro
Age: 25-30
Nationality: Italian/American
Hometown: New Jersey
Current Residence: New York
Occupation: Mafia Underboss
Siblings: 1 older sister 2 older brothers
Spouse: Janelle, Meets with her 4-5times a week
Children: no children
Grandparents: died when he was small doesn’t remember them
Grandchildren: none
Significant Others: Joey Best friends, right hand man
Relationship skills: legendary
Physical Characteristics: well-built, hefty
Height: 5’10
Weight:
Race: Italian
Skin color: white
Shape of Face: scary shape
Distinguishing features: scars on back from torture
How does he/she dress? Smart shirt, tie
Habits: smokes
Health: top health
Style: Elegant
Greatest flaw: he wants it all
Best quality: shows mercy
Which character from a thriller film is your character most likened to?

Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and AttitudesEducational Background: no education parents died when young couldn’t afford schooling Intelligence Level: street smart educated himself when growing up knows the street like the back of his handAny Mental Illnesses? none
Character's short-term goals in life: makes his brothers and sister proudCharacter's long-term goals in life: to become the head of a mafia familyHow self-confident is the character? Very confident What would most embarass this character?How the Character is Involved in the StoryCharacter's role in the thriller (Protagonist/antagonist etc.): Antagonist

Scene where character first appears: he is introduced within the first scene we see him finishing a job given to him by the Don

Relationships with other characters:
1. Character's Name: -- Joey Zaza
Joey is his right hand man, he stands by Henry throughout the whole film and stays loyal. Henry considers him a brother.

2. Character's Name: -- Janelle is henry’s Whore, he uses her when he feels like at the beginning of the film the respects him and takes his abuse but as it develops she finds him too power crazy and walks out.

3. Character's Name: -- Don Fanucci the head of the mafia family, a close friend of Henry’s who looks out for him throughout the film, soon to make him the Don and givehim control of all the family assets.How character is different at the end of the film from when the film began: he is in control of everything now and has nothing to fear, he has an army who would take a bullet for him and has everyone’s respect and fear.

Protagonist/Antagonist

Simon Phoenix (Demolition Man)
Simon Phoenix is the Antagonist
His only Flaw is that he is too overconfident
Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) is a ruthless criminal from the 1990s who has been incarcerated in Cryoprison, this keeps all prisoners frozen in suspended animation. He escapes during a parole hearing and begins his reign of terror of San Angeles. The only man to stop him is a cop from the 1990s John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) who was the only one who could capture Simon Phoenix and was sentenced to suspended animation because of Simon Phoenix.





Jack Cates (48 Hours)
Jacks role in the film is the Protagonist
His flaw is that he is a hot tempered cop who drinks and smokes too much always finding ways to look bad.
Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) is an alcoholic, chain smoking Cop from San Francisco. He teams up with convict Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) and tries to take down Reggie’s former partners Albert Ganz and Billy Bear who are after the $500,000 Reggie has stashed away in the trunk of his car. After finally working out his issues with Hammond, Jack tracks down Ganz and Bear and finishes the job.





Clark Kent/ Kal-el/Superman (Superman)
He plays the Protagonist in this film
His flaw is that he can be defeated by Kryptonite, Pieces of his Home World
Clark Kent (Christopher reeves) is the last son of Krypton he is sent to earth in a ship that his father built to ensure his only son’s survival of the destruction of their home world krypton. When Clark lands on earth he is found by Jonathan and Martha Kent two kinds hearted people. Raised on a farm Clark learns responsibilities and respect and grows into his powers. After the death of his father he moves to Metropolis to become a reporter for the popular paper the Daily Planet. Its at this point that Clark understands what he must do, so he uses his powers to fight for truth, justice and the American way. His rival is Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) he has other ideas for Superman.

Tuesday 15 January 2008

What is a Thriller

Thrillers are defined as the type of movie with a high suspense level, frequent and fast pacing action. A thriller is the type of movie that keeps the viewer on the edge of the seat with constant action. The main plot for a thriller movie is when the main character is put into a life-threatening situation.

The main character in a thriller is usually an ordinary person who does the same thing everyday who comes from a small town or a quiet neighbourhood who then gets dragged into a whole new world of intense excitement.

An example of a thriller movie is Live Free Die Hard which was released in 2007 which stars Bruce Willis. The story is about a cop who has to escort a computer hacker to Washington after someone hacks into their system, lead by a terrorist known as Thomas Gabrielle. John McLain then has to track down and anticipate his opponent’s next move.