Character

How important are characters particularly in the opening 2 minutes of a film?

Characters are usually important in the opening 2 minutes in a film because that's where they get introduced and the scene is set. The character are usually introduced in the opening few minutes of a film and help make the plot interesting and gripping therefore if the characters aren't interesting the audience will get bored and turn the film of within the opening few minutes.

Character profiles of  3 existing films

Hazel Grace - The Fault In Our Stars

Hazel Grace is very lonely after years of dealing with thyroid cancer and lung problems. She's sixteen and spends her day watching TV, reading or going to support group occasionally, where she is forced to go and communicate with other kids with cancer. Hazel Grace has a good sense of humour but keeps a lot to herself. She lives her life trying not to hurt others. She doesn't want to get to close to anyone so that when she dies no one will be hurt. Hazel Grace is very real with herself, she knows that she has cancer and that's the way that her life has to be lived. Hazel Grace is so iconic c because the audience can relate to her and give her sympathy because she is so kind and caring to other people despite the horrendous and drastic issues going no in her life. Hazel Grace add the narrative as she is the narrative and tells the story form her point of view so we understand her feeling's and emotions and the plot form her side of view. Also, in the opening two minutes of the film we are introduced to her and her everyday life struggles and the audience instantly gain sympathy for her.

Edward Blood - Big Fish

This character is very confident, popular and important to the whole film. The thing that makes this character so iconic is his personality and determination to marry this one girl he sees at a circus, and everyone can relate to him because everyone has felt love and wanted to be love in their life, so when Edward Bloom filled the girls garden with flowers it was heart warming.  In the first two minutes the audience finds barley anything out about Edward Bloom, other than him telling the story about the big fish as a narrator. You don't find out that it is him speaking in the first two minutes either.

Jack Sparrow - The Lord Of The Rings

This character is so iconic because, he is the main character in the pirates of the Caribbean. This character is a vital part to the whole film without him there wouldn't be a film as good as it would be with him in it. In the opening scene Jack is not in it because it is a dream of a flashback. But when the time is moved to the present then he is on a sinking ship and this shows the audience that he is important and will be in the whole film not just a random character.