Analysis of our actors

Analyse how your actor fits into the thriller sub-genre and give examples of how they will appeal to your target audience, Explain how they are similar to other actors/actresses in other thriller films.

In our opening sequence, we will have 3 actors/actresses:

• Our first actress will be playing the victim who is kidnapped by the abductor. She has blonde/ light brown hair and this is the stereotypical hair colour of the victim as a thriller, this is because it echoes the message that this actress is a ditsy blonde who is vulnerable. Also, because of the light colour of her hair is represents innocence, this foreshadows something bad happening later on in the film. Our actress will be wearing the typical clothing that a 17 year old teenage girl would wear, this would include popular brands such as Topshop, River Island etc. So our actress would most likely be wearing regular jeans and a plain sweatshirt/jumper (no branding). Because our actress is young, she will relate to our young target audience as it is someone that they can associate with.
• Our second actor will be playing the part of the abductor. In our opening sequence this character won’t be on show that much and we will focus more on the silhouette; This is because we want the audiences main focus to be on the victim. Our actor will be a male, who is considerably taller than our actress. This actor will be dressed in all black because it is the stereotypical colour and style that criminal would wear. Our actor and actresses costume represent a binary position due to the light and darkness or innocence and evil. This will appeal to our target audience as looking back at the people we surveyed, they all explained how they like the unknown and this creates excitement; using this actor, dressed in this way will fulfil their hopes of this thriller film.
• Our third actor will be playing a significantly shorter and less important role. This will be the news reporter thats played on the TV screen whilst reading out the news report on the missing girl. This actor will make an appearance nearer the end of the scene, in hope of leaving the audience of a cliffhanger of what happens next to the victim.