description of characters

Description of actress

In our film we wanted to cast someone who would be able to  play the role of a young girl from an upper/ middle class background  who is insanely in love with a black boy from a lower class background.  Me and my peers have researched many films that have this similar story line and we looked into actresses and all agreed that Rachel Mcadams is one of the most popular actress in the romantic genre (in modern romantic films). She is the female protagonist in many films such as The Notebook, The Vow and About Time.

In addition, as we are forced to follow the stereotypes we wanted our actress to have red short hair (like Rachel) because we believed that red short hair symbolised passion, rebelliousness and fierceness, some of the many characteristics we want our female protagonist to have.

We would make our female protagonist wear sophisticated make up which is natural make up on the eyes with bright red lipstick. We believe that the red lipstick evokes feelings of excitement and tranquil, this is key in our character as want her to be bold and daring. We wanted our female actress to be girly and dress in a classy manner therefore we thought that colour would be essential to symbolise her femininity and class. In our storyboard we said that we wanted our actress to wake up and open the curtains, in this scene we would have her with wavy hair and pink leopard print pyjamas. The pink would emphasis her gender and the leopard print would enhance her assertive femininity. Furthermore,  later on in the opening we would have her wear a navy blue dress with black tights and pumps to show that she dresses in a mature way which connotes that she is from a higher/ middle class background.

Moreover we wanted our upper/middle class actress to be from the white ethnic group as they are stereotypically seen to have more of an advantage in society for example having economic and social capital and ascribed status  as well as valuing family tradition. What we wanted was to subvert this stereotypical idea of an upper/middle class girl by making her break traditions and fall in love with a guy who is not from a similar background.

We are aware that it is impossible for us to get an exact copy of Rachel Mcadams. We have many limitations such as finding an white girl with red/ginger hair to play this role. The actors we are going to find will be from this are. It would be difficult to find a white girl as this area has a large population of Bangladeshis therefore our actress is very likely to be Bengali. 

Description of actor

In our movie we wanted to our male protagonist to be someone from a black ethnic group because the negative stereotypes of black men are associated with criminality and social disorder. As we subverted the role of our female character we wanted to conform to the stereotypes of our male character just to balance our film opening. As a group we decided that Will Smith is someone that would fit into our genre. Even though Will Smith is known for being in comedy’s but he is also known in some action films such as ‘Men In Black’ and ‘Hancock’. By watching his action films we believe that he can be part of our movie because we want our character to be slightly ‘Gangster like’ and brave. Also, Will Smith has featured in some romantic films such as ‘7 Pounds’. Moreover, we wanted someone sleek, a person who puts on this bad boy act but is actually a warm hearted person. We want our character to be humble but submissive at the same time, almost as if he is peer pressured into acting a certain way.

We would like our chosen character to have this ‘bad boy’ personality. He should have a hood on and Bomber Jacket, dull clothing and trainers to show that he is not interested in fashion. He has got to be a laid back’ lazy boy who has a bit if an attitude and temper. We want him to speak in a colloquial form (slang) to show that he is from a deprived area and most of all, from a lower class background.  We are aware that it is impossible for us to find someone exactly like Will Smith. Me and my peers are aware that we are unable to get a black boy to play this role as therefore due to this we are very likely to cast a Bangladeshi boy.