Planning: Character Representations.

Character representations are basically how a viewer perceives a character upon first impressions. A representation can help the audience relate more to the characters, but also the director knows that they wont have to tell the audience who the characters are right away at the start of the movie, because the audience will be able to tell.
These judgements can be made depending on how much the director relies on the stereotypical conventions that make up these types of movies. For example, he may decide to change certain elements to the characters to keep the audience guessing, but sometimes they will keep some things typical of the genre, so people will know who they are.
Things that can contribute to representations are:-
-Ethnicity
-Gender
-Age
-Social Class
-Colour-Hair and Costume.




The Female Victim.
The typical female victim would traditionally be white, with blonde hair. She would have to be physically attractive, and she would naturally wear white.
The reason that a stereotypical female victim is that this highlights her vulnerability, and purity, to the audience will sympathise with her more.
If a character looks like this in a thriller movie, then the audience can easily identify her as the female victim, without literally having to be told.


The Antagonist.
The traditional antagonist would normally wear dark colours(black mainly) and would usually be a man. They would have to be fairly physically fit, and sometimes quite unattractive.
The reason for this is because the audience will sense the superiority and dark side to them, so they will be afraid of them, and will fear for the victim's life.