The character profiles for my film opening

1. CHARACTER
PROFILES

2. VIOLET
 Appearance: A slight, small girl, with dark hair and wide eyes, often with a blank or lifeless expression to
highlight the doll-like element of her story. Still has the ball-joints on her arms and knees from her previous
existence.
 Clothing: Ripped, plain dress adorned with fabric swatches to give a rag-tag patchwork effect.
 Storyline: Violet is a doll who lives in the home of a quaint English family, and spends most of her days
seemingly ignored by the family’s children, as they deem her ‘too scary’. What the parents do not realise is that,
once they are asleep, Violet comes to life and moves through the house, searching not only for companionship,
but for revenge after her sister (another doll) was ‘murdered’ (broken by the children) and she was left cracked and
not fully functional. As a result of her injuries, Violet has cracks across her face and arms.

3. LEO
 Appearance: Young, innocent face, rounded and wide-eyed (parallels with
Violet)
 Clothing: Mostly seen in pajamas.
 Storyline: Leo is the youngest in his family, the owner of Violet, a doll given to
him by his grandmother. He previously owned Violet’s sister doll, but dropped her
while playing and had to throw her away. Leo continuously complains to his parents
that Violet is alive, and they dismiss him.

4. CAROL
 Appearance: Mumsy, clothes have frills. Often wears corduroy. Has
a stern, time-worn face.
 Storyline: Carol becomes increasingly worried about her children
as the story progresses, and subsequently pressures her husband into
considering action. He dismisses her thoughts as being childish, and
later falls victim to his own arrogance.

5. DAVID
 Appearance: Tall, business-like and well groomed.
 Clothing: Mostly seen in suits to represent his high position in the
workplace.
 Storyline: Is totally dismissive of his family’s fears and is eventually
strung up like a puppet and garroted by Violet.