Thursday, 17 February 2011

Main Task: Character Analysis

Sabrina Kadri
Sara
Sara's personality is: pessimistic, ignorant and selfish. She will always put herself first before anyone and has complete disregard for other people and their emotions. Also, she is seen as the leader of the group and enjoys having total control over them and the situation. In our opening sequence, it is clear to see that she dominates the group and therefore takes authority over the dilemma. Her negative outlook on life and assertive attitude makes her a fearful and threatening individual that many find difficult to relate to, except Ben. Sara takes full advantage of her power and high status within the group by manipulating them, like she does with Jenny and Michael.







Charlotte Robertson


Jenny
Jenny is very problematic and suffers from extreme anxiety and paranoia, which the rest of the group find irritating at times because of the way she is perceived as a 'drama queen.' In our sequence, she is clearly over-powered by the more aggressive characters, for example, Sara takes advantage of Jenny's lack of self-esteem and control which makes her seem like an easy target. Despite the fact her friends don't treat her well, she sticks with the group to feel secure and believes they will look out for her. Furthermore, she can't do things for herself and tends to rely on others to do things for her which highlights her immaturity.





Thahmeed Chowdhury
Jason
Jason is an overconfident, cocky and arrogant guy who, like Sara, always puts himself first. These negative qualities make him seem unlikeable to some and the only reason he sticks with the group is to feel a sense of pride and so he can claim he has friends - to him, appearance is everything. In our sequence, Jason breaks up a fight between Sara and Jenny and is presented as heroic, but he only does this because he is worried about getting caught himself and wants to flee the scene as soon as he can. He is extremely intelligent and lets this get to his head as he regularly looks down on people like Jenny and Michael, signifying his egotistic and self-centered persona.

Elli Abernethy


Emily
Emily is dead and at the heart of all the commotion. The character remains a mysterious one as the audience doesn't know the cause of her brutal death from the opening sequence. However, Emily was in fact a victim in the past of bullying and often felt immense peer pressure from the group. She was extremely gullible and her lack of confidence made it impossible for her to stand up to intimidating individuals such as Sara and Ben, therefore she was taken advantage of. Due to her innocent and naive nature, she would follow the group to be accepted and internalise her emotions whilst casting her morals aside. Emily's death is symbolic as it signifies the corruption within the group and foreshadows the consequences they may face; they are literally the ones with her blood on their hands.


Kareem Elgendy



Michael
Michael is a very quiet character who likes to keep most things to himself and finds it a great struggle to express his emotions to people. He tends to get along best with Jenny by helping her through difficult situations and her emotional breakdowns which suggests that this is the only true friendship within the corrupt group. In our opening sequence, he is seen as a nervous, tentative guy who feels he has no choice but to listen to Sara's orders which portrays how easily he gives into pressure and is too shy and timid to do otherwise. 



Text: Sophiya Ali
Photography: Monica Wyithe



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