Name of actor: James Woodbine
Role: Antonio Borelli, Victim
We picked James because he is small and has a youthful face, which creates a sense of innocence that surrounds him. As he is small, this shows how vulnerable and weak compared to the killer, through th e use of levels, with our character being dominant. James character is a victim of David Donnell, so it is important to establish this early on, for the genre and audience to feel sympathetic towards him.
Name of Actress: Kim Renton
Role: Laura Hodge, Victim and Carl Jackson Girlfriend
We picked Kim because she looks friendly and innocent like James, making her an easy target for the killer. This also suggests to the audience that she doesn't deserve to be killed and how ruthless David our killer is. Kim herself, is a confident person , since she plays the second half of a love match, she has a good connection on camera and isn't shy. She is a perfect choice for someomne to play Laura as she is confident, which portrays her.
Name of Actor: Daniel Burton
Role: Robbie Andrews, Victim
We picked Dan because he looks older and more mysterious. As an audience we are slightly weary of him and we begin to question his actions. We see him as a strong headed character. Therefore we can infer that he will put up a fight against the killer. Dan is one of our Victims in our film Viral Terror. He is shown as quite stern and we wanted dan to be one of our victims, as it shows that even though he is presented as strong, we are showing that he isn't strong enough to over come our killer.
Name of actor: Sam Cartwright
Role: Main character: Jamie stuart
We chose Sam because he has a lot of confidence and some would describe him as a typical teenage boy. He is fairly tall, which shows his dominance in the film as he is the main character and this helps the audience to relate with him. He doesn't seem shy and on camera this is the perfect person we need to present a Vlog. He has a cheeky innocent smile, which makes him a loveable character, which
relates to the story line of him being a popular Vlogger.
costume: , I have decided to go for a smart casual look, with smart shoes, denim jeans and a shirt. I picked these wardrobe decisions so that sam is wearing casual clothes, which our audience can relate to. He doesn't wear anything that stands out to make him look different. This shows that it could happen to anyone, which creates fear for our audience.
Name of Actor: Junior Zambektis
Role: Carl Jackson.
Carl is the Boyfriend of Laura Hodge, we picked Junior because, he looks fresh and sweet, which would make the audience feel sympathy if something bad were to happen to him. . Junior in this role is playing the second half of a love relationship, Which shows to our audience that Junior is the hero of out horror film. He is strong and tall which shows dominance as a hero. However he is not strong enough to go against David Donell.
Name of Actor: Charlie Romeo-Penn
Role: David Donnell - Killer/ main character.
We picked Charlie, as he is tall, showing his dominance that can be portrayed as a villain, making him the perfect person to play this character. Due to his strength and height, in the opening we see him play on the characters vulnerabilities, showing the fear in our Horror. He is also very pale, shows how he's very lifeless and death like. He is also strong, typically conveying a killer.
Costume: Brown jacket, Brown trousers, Brown boots and a Black jumper, to show the nature of our film. The connotations of brown, its a warm colour. Connotations show it's a stable colour, it's quite warm and rich. However we have subverted the typical connotations and represented it as a cold colour, which shows to our audience this is our killer.
Name: Emily Jennet
Role: Daisy Williams
I chose Emily to play this role because she looks young. I wanted her to be represented as a message in our opening. She is the first Victim and wanted to show to the audience that she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. For the audience this is relateable as it could happen to anyone. In generic horror movies, such as Saw the victims convey their character. When looking at the comparison between emily and how she looks in the video. She is young and vulnerable and thats exactly how i wanted her to look. Costume for our victims: We have decided for our victims to wear casual clothes, jeans and T-shirts, to show to the audience that they are normal people. This helps the audience really relate to these characters. Also to empahsise that this could happen to them. which helps to create the fear. Considering that most psycological thrillers relate to their audiences, we have created our fear and audience, by using teenagers, to grab the audience and take advantage of their vulnerable minds.
I wanted the cast to portray the same characters in unfriended. Typical teenagers, that got mixed up at the wrong time by being in the wrong place. In the picture above, the characters look ordianiry, just how our characters look in Vial Terror. Casting and makeup decisoins are also very similar. The female characters in both films have very basic make up,subverting typical female stereotypes. The male characters, again very similar except they are conforming to being strong, bread winners and handsome. I have tried to portray tyhese features form Unfriended in Viral Terror by using these features.
