Characters

There are many ways in which theorists have explained characters structure the first one being created by a Russian theorist Tzvetan Todorov
Vladimir Propp came up with the theory that there are only a certain amount of characters that can come up:

• One of the character types that is used in our film is the hero this is the character that has the lead narrative and is trying to solve something, on a journey or on a quest, in our film this describes the main female character as she is on a journey to figure out her life after her mum dies. As our hero is a female this challenges the usual conventions as a film typically has a male lead role.
• The dispatcher is a character that sends the hero off, although the mother isn’t shown in the trailer much she is the dispatcher of the film, as she dies leaving the girl alone and having to go on her journey.

Posh Girl
In our film the main character is a female that is of upper class, she is very naïve and in her own upper class world, she is not very aware of the bad things in life until her mum dies. Her personality however she is then forced to change when she is moved to live in an average town, she then starts to realise what life is about.

Being the ‘Hero’ in the film she follows Tzvetan Todorov theory as the start of the trailer shows Equilibrium where everything is good and happy, there is then a disruption in her life, when her mum dies, this is the Disequilibrium a resolution then starts to occur towards the end of the teaser trailer however there is then another disequilibrium and you will need to watch the film to find out how it is resolved.

Upper Class Boy (William)
In our film William; the upper class boy, is very pompous and has a sense of self-importance. Compared to the lower class boy he is dull and plain. He believes that he is in love with the posh girl and thinks that she loves him back just as much, however will the bubbly personality of the lower class boy change things?

Lower Class Boy
In our film the lower class boy is very easy to relate to, as he is just an average person. He is very easy going, carefree, relaxed and fun to be around, this is the opposite of William.