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| Bryan Mills from Taken |
Our main character Blake, is going to be portrayed as an average middle class man in his mid 30s so that the audience could sympathise with him. He will be shown as a good guy doing bad things in order to save his partner. His boldness and bravery is a key signifier of action protagonists, however his motive makes him more sympathetic to the audience; similar to Bryan Mills from Taken; because he is more than just an alpha male type protagonist, I think he will appeal to the audience more.
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| A damsel in distress |
Another of our characters was Jen; an ex-police officer who used to work with Blake. Her character follows the trend of women being portrayed as more strong/independent in recent action films such as Hunger Games and Guardians of the Galaxy, in which there were women who had important roles due to their strength in combat. She challenges more traditional stereotypes of women, as she is not just a glamorous sidekick or women being more meek or needing to be saved, etc. (damsel in distress stereotype). Women may be able to see her as a role model, since she is the one who takes action in our film opening as opposed to Blake, taking the initiative and killing both of the men who threatened Blake.
The two antagonists in our opening, Chow and Tim, are portrayed as lowlife thugs, representing criminals. Obviously this is showing criminals in a bad light, and since they are blank slates and generic, the audience will feel apathetic to them.
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