Character profiles

(The information in red is stuff we added after our focus group)

Name: Brandon
Age: 17
Character Role: Protagonist/hero
Hometown: 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 what he does, argue a lot
Fashion Sense: Slobbish, chavy (hoodies, 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
Hometown: 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)
Hometown: 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)
Hometown: 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
Hometown: 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 charcater.