Creating characters through composition, shots and audience interpretation

As our protagonist, we aimed to create Grace ( portrayed by Charlotte) as a likeable character to the audience for her noticeably cautious traits and innocence. Firstly, her composure supports the idea of trustworthiness towards her surroundings; unfortunately a influencing factor into her fate. This included:


- Little consideration given to the route through the marshes she decides to follow, indicating confidence in her general sense of direction and also suggests that she regularly uses the environment for photography purposes. This shows good independence abilities.

- Her professional camera gives attention to her age- possibility, in her late teens as Charlotte's face was natural in the shots and she generally holds a youthful appearance. It may be presumed that if she were to be interpreted as an older character, perhaps in her early twenties, photography is her profession.

-In relation to her body language, she seems to analyse her photographs carefully, demonstrated through the slight creasing of her eyes and what appears to be some repetitive shots.

However, these features are challenged nearing the end of our film opening with Grace's evident shock over discovering the corpse of Fred. Her hand falling slowly to her side ( edited for effect) makes insinuations towards the realization she isn't alone as she expected, immediately proposing fear.


To effectively convey our antagonist figure, Lizzy ( played by Ellie) features less on screen but still possesses threatening, secretive qualities. The physical differences between the pair also brings attention to gender representation in thrillers, proposing either kindness or aggression.

- Lizzy's clothing is purely black with only red hints of nail varnish and lipstick-this proposes classical film noir conventions whilst summarizing the character as a cold and unloving individual.

- As she stands over Fred's body, a shadowing effect could show that the killer hasn't yet finished, imposing harm towards the victim. She also seems alarmingly casual over her actions, to the extent where moral standards are not applicable.

- A shot of Lizzy tensely clenching her hands supports the idea of a physiological defect. This single action captures the storyline effectively in regard to the physical damage she is willing to impose on strangers. In conjunction, it hints towards the possibility she was witnessing the whole scene of Grace's discovery from the beginning.



Although he is only viewed purely as a visual aspect and there is no scene of resilience to Lizzy's attack, Fred ( Joe's character) is presented as the victim of a crime by the use of high and low angles in the production.

- A drawn out, dramatic fall in almost a broken up lighting effect emphasizes the weakness Fred suddenly experiences due to an unknown physical injury ( most likely, a stabbing infliction), making him all the more vulnerable. In relation, it is surprising how easily Lizzy is able to drag Fred's corpse, considering their gender differences. This may again present the character as redundant of all previous strength.

- Fred's perspective from he ground as he views Lizzy from his position creates a sense of mercy in which the killer will almost certainly not show, adding to the fear of attacks from others.