Character Development/Genre

Characters and Genre

        For my film opening, I wanted to focus on creating a psychological thriller/action movie. I have always been really into the psychology aspect of things, and movies about the mind are really amazing in my opinion. Despite there having no development to the psychological aspect of things in the first two minutes of the film opening, I still want to develop the beginning of it when you can tell there is something off about the vibe. I wanted to develop more of my characters and the plot in the first few minutes to the song, "Claire de Lune". I took interest in this song due to the quick change of tone 

Grand Piano in the 'home'

throughout the musical piece. To start it off, it would be with silence. There would be two main characters. Character 1 (no name yet) would have the starting scene, and a very quiet appeal to them. They would begin to play this sound on the piano, starting with a diegetic sound, it would than develop into a non-diegetic sound. The non-diegetic sound would be developed as the pace in the song quickens. It would be character 2, participating in a mafia/gang-like assignment of a violent event. After this, the title screen would play out. I still wanting to have quite a while left after the title screen to develop a few characters. I wanted to start the development of them when character 2 arrived to his 'home' where character 1 was previously on the piano. Than character 3 would be inserted, which is the younger character with a mouth on him. They would be discussing the previous plan that they had just executed in the prior scene. I have not thought through the dialogue yet, but I do think that this would be a beneficial way to develop my three characters for the persona's I had in mind for them. 

        I want to make the decisions for my project, because one of my favorite types of movies is when the character develops throughout the movie, and it forms an attachment from the audience. I also wanted to entice the audience for my 'film'. There is a prominent connection with character 1 and 2, and I believe the scene synchronized with the building audio will develop this very well. I like the idea of the quick tone shift in the manner as well. 

        The above video shows how music and tonal shift matters a lot to a production. I was amazed at how different a clip can appear just by the audio. I believe that these characters paired with this sequence of editing and music, will add depth to them. It can entice the audience to want to learn more about them, their history, and how they are all connected!