Character Profiles

The information in red are things we added after doing a focus group.

Name: Brandon

Age: 17

Character Role: Protagonist/hero

Home town: Bristol

Class: Working class

Family: Divorced Mum and Dad, and a biological younger brother, as well as lots of step siblings who he doesn't really know. Bad relationship with all of them.

Relationship with Parents: Bad relationship, they don't care about what he does. argue a lot.

Fashion Sense: Slobbish, chavy (hoodies and snapbacks)

Hobbies: Has no ambition, does street art and secretly sketches

Biggest secret: He is gay (which is why he is so pessimistic and bad tempered)

Attitude towards others: Rude, judgemental

Mannerisms:

Audiences reception: Frustrated with his decisions and attitude because they see his soft side (body language, facial expressions)

Name: Patrick

Age: 16 (nearly 17)

Character Role: Princess

Home Town: Small town near Bristol (then moved to a bigger town where the film is set)

Class: Started in the upper working class, then his Dad started working harder and the family progressed to middle class

Family: Mum, Dad (resentment in the relationship) Two older sisters (who are both at uni)

Relationship with Parents: They put a lot of pressure on him and that annoys him, but he wants to make them proud

Fashion Sense: Basic, practical and plain (jean and t-shirts) He wears glasses that he fiddles with and always a beanie (that he wears low on his head to hide himself)

Hobbies: Hasn't got a lot of spare time, because he's always doing homework. Plays the Piano

Biggest Secret: Smokes due to stress

Attitude Towards Others: Thinks highly of himself. Silently judgemental and dismissive of others problems

Mannerisms: Plays with his hat a lot

Audiences Reception: Feel empathy towards him

Name: Estar

Age: 16

Character Role: Donor (of sorts)

Home Town: London (recently moved)

Class: Comfortable working class

Family: Working Mum, Dad recently got injured and left the Army

Relationship Status: Recently broken up (boyfriend cheated on her)

Fashion sense: Dark colours, band t-shirts, skinny jeans

Hobbies: Really enjoys science

Biggest Secret: Is depressed and self harms (don't go into detail in the film, as it may be a trigger for the target audience)

Attitude Towards Others: Doesn't go out of her way to be nice, not rude, keeps herself to herself

Mannerisms: Holds and massaged her wrist

Audience Reception: No immediate impression of her until later on in the film, when her secret is revealed and then they feel empathy




Name: Finn

Age: 16

Character Role: False hero (of sorts)

Home Town: Fairly big town

Class: Middle class

Family: Dad, older brother and little sister

Fashion sense: Football t-shirts (etc)

Hobbies: Football, cross-country running

Biggest Secret: Only started football to be popular

Attitude Towards Others: Thinks highly of himself, judgemental, isn't aware of others problems

Mannerisms:

Audience Reception: Find him annoying and dislikeable

Name: Zoe

Age:17

Character Role: N/A

Home Town: N/A

Class: Middle class

Family: Mum, Dad, 4 brothers and 3 sisters (that no one at school know about)

Fashion Sense: Well put together, skirts, expensive clothing

Hobbies: Shopping, looking after her siblings

Biggest secret: Her big family, and her youngest sisters disabilities

Attitude Towards Others: Rude, judgemental, but kind when she finds out about another persons problems

We decided that to avoid using stereotypical names for the characters, we'd leave it and then do a focus group to see what our target audiences reception of the characters are, and what name they think would suit the character.