Now that you’ve filmed a character building product, what props will you use to reveal you characters’ personality traits? For example, some of you put that your main character is “creepy”. How could you use props in this person’s life to let the audience know that this guy or girl is a weirdo? Research this by googling movies that feature the same type of character. What props did that director use? Blog your findings and blog about what you will use to reveal some of your characters’ traits.
The main location of the final product is the office of the antagonist. The antagonist has temper issues, though the main personality trait she will exhibit is Authoritarianism. This personality trait causes someone with it to adhere strongly to authority and demand obedience and respect from subordinates. One way that this character’s personality can be shown is through the use of props. Typically, someone with this personality would want respect, and organization could exemplify this.
The antagonist’s personality will go hand and hand with her position in society. She will be a criminal underground boss, so she will have illegal objects, such as knives in her office. Her office will also have normal office objects, such as pens, a phone, a computer, and so fourth. Everything will be very neat and tidy to build upon her need for respect.
A character similar in personality to my project’s antagonist is Daniel Plainview from the excellent There Will Be Blood (2007). This character owns an oil tycoon in the 1920s and does whatever he can to expand it, even if he has to kill. He has serious angered issues and wants to be well respected by his peers. Unlike my antagonist, Daniel Plainview becomes a bitter, broken man, and his office reflects this. He accumulates so much wealth that he has too much money to work with that his office becomes very disorganized with money, documents and bottle of alcohol lying everywhere in his office.
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