character development

1. Character
Development
Main Characters
By Rebecca Osborne

2. Outer Presence:
My main characters outer presence
will be a man who dresses smartly,
has glasses, has no hair (aging). Have
a dominant impression on others and
seen as a family man.
Inner Presence:
My main characters inner presence
will be at first a family man, who will
see quite normal at first. But later he
will be come more distressed and will
become slightly insane and not able to
deal with situations in a good way. He
will have quite a dark background and
be quite mysterious and questionable,
his actions will not be that of a
normal person. Slight psychopathic
tendencies might be seen.
Context:
Gary is a married man that has 2
children and a pet dog and lives a
normal family life. He has a full time
job, that provides for his family. He
lives in a house in a suburban area.
Gary
Male
50
Propps Theory:
This character would be seen as the False Hero, at the
beginning of the opening sequence we are going to see
him as a Father that is worrying over his missing family,
but later on we are going to wonder what is actually
wrong with him as him.
Goffman’s Theory:
Gary is seen as the Protagonist of the
opening sequence, he is the main
character and at the beginning the
audience are possibly rooting for him
to find his family.

3. Alison
Female
40
Outer Presence:
The outer presence is a female
mother, who wears casual
clothing, and has a housewife
exterior. She has her hair tied
up, minimal makeup, a
motherly figure.
Inner Presence:
She will be perceived as a
strong woman, who worry's
about other people more than
herself. She looks after the
children and looks out for her
husband. She is a protective
and loving person and she will
be shown as someone that has
slight vulnerability yet still
being strong at times.
Context:
A wife and mother of two
children, who has a part time
job and also look after the
children and the house. She
lives in a suburban area in a
house.
Propp’s Theory:
Alison may be perceived as the
princess in Propp’s theory, even
though she may not be completely
stereotypical of the princess,
within the opening sequence there
may be times where the audience
feel sorry for her. And as Gary is
looking for her this makes her
even like the character type.

4. George and Rebecca
Twins
Brother and Sister
17
Outer Presence:
The male is going to be
wearing causal clothes
(trackies), he will have
blonde short hair, he will
have a lazy exterior.
The female is going to be
wearing everyday clothes,
have long brown hair, will
wear makeup. Both will be
typical teenagers.
Inner Presence:
Both will be lazy
teenagers, that don’t do a
lot and are both in
education. So they will be
moody at times and not be
that involved in the
‘family bonding’. They
will both have normal
lives and be normal
teenagers. They care about
the way they look and how
Context: they are perceived.
Both are going to be in
education and live with
their mum and dad in a
suburban home.

5. Character Costume Why
Gary He will wear smart
clothing, a white shirt,
that will have the logo of
his company on it to
further represent that he
is a working man, with
black trousers. He will
also be wearing glasses.
Hair: Bald
Makeup: Slight pale look,
such as a powder.
To show his outer
presence as someone that
has a professional job,
and earns a good wage
for his family.
His glasses also show is
outer presence to be
stereotypical of a smart
person that is intellectual
and this relates to his job.
He will be bald which
will represent his age,
and at a certain point
makeup will be used to
make him look pale to
relate to his inner
presence of being scared
and there being
something that’s not quite
right with him.

6. Character Costume Why
Alison She will be wearing
casual clothes such as
black leggings and a
grey fleece with UGG
slippers.
Hair: Tied up into a bun
or ponytail.
Makeup: Minimal/ no
makeup
To show that even
though she does have a
part time job she is a
housewife that wears
convenient clothing for
her to be able to do
chores in showing her
outer presence of a
mother.
Her inner presence of a
strong yet innocent
woman will be the fact
that she is wearing
minimal makeup so will
not be used for
Maulvey’s Male Gaze.
This will also show her
motherly figure.

7. Character Costume Why
George and Rebecca. George:
He will be wearing tracksuit
bottoms with a white t-shirt
and a snapback.
Hair: Blonde slicked back
hair.
Makeup: No makeup.
Rebecca:
She will be wearing black
jeans, a black jumper, with
fluffy socks.
Hair: Brown long hair.
Makeup: A full face of
makeup.
Both of their outer presence is
of typical teenagers, so their
clothing will be that of the
stereotypical teenage boy and
teenage girl.
Their inner presence of caring
about their appearance will be
seen through their clothing
choices and the fact the girl is
wearing makeup.