My Character- Ebony

My Character

She would sit inside her bedroom with her back against the door, pretending that she couldn't hear her name being called then maybe he would go away.

She was 7, she had never been to school, she couldn't read or write. She's never left her little village except when he moved her tiny body.

Her bedroom was empty apart from her small mattress, the tin bath in the corner and the small window on the top right of the slopping roof.

She had fair hair and radiant blue eyes; she was almost angelic.

Ever since she could remember she had hidden, she has been silent.

She only knew how to live in fear.

It was a tuesday afternoon the day she was murdered.

Her body was undernourished, she could barely walk from not only the lack of food but from the intense beatings she would often receive.

He had taken out to the forest where his father had taken him as a child. He knew these parts well. He placed a small bag over her head and proceeded to tie it tightly around her neck.

It was dark and she was now getting more and more scared, crying out for help was not an option, for one no-one would hear but it would also lead to more pain.

She felt him lift up her body and place something around her neck.

He left and she just hung there. It was only when some dog walkers found her body swinging from the trees that the story of what he did began to be revealed.

Ebony hadn't deserved any of it.

Jerry Maguire & American Beauty

The character of Jerry Maguire

His actions:

He "handles the lives and dreams of other people"; he is quite segregated, he's the one who buys and sells athletes etc, he doesn't have much to do with the actual playing of the sport but more of the sponsoring people etc.

What we think about him:

He seems like he's making from other peoples successes and not much to do with himself.

What will happen in the rest of the film:

I'm not quite sure, perhaps something goes wrong with one of his clients? The opening could be the start of any story line.

How is he portrayed?:

Self narration, he sets out the scene talking about america and everything about different sports. he's a sports agent and he says he's the "one behind the scenes that you don't see."

He knows a lot about up and coming talent and what they're thinking and what sport they participate; divers, basketballers, boxers, golfers and football players.

The character of Lester Burnham

His actions:

He pretty much just introduces himself and his family; it's evident he's not happy with his life from the comments he makes about his wife and him not being happy and his relationship with his daughter.

What we think about him:

He does seem like a bit of a loser; from what he says about himself he feels that too, he has a boring life and he's not happy at home.

What will happen in the rest of the film:

I think the rest of the film will be about his family and maybe he has a change of heart during his life? maybe he leaves his wife or something? We know that he will end up dead though as he tells us in the beginning.

How is he portrayed?:

He narrates about himself; his street and life. He is talking from the future "In less than a year i will be dead"

Initial Brainstorming- Plots

We made up plots using a "consequences" style, this meant we firstly wrote the name of a man, the a woman, then where they met and what they were doing;

The one i got went something like this:

Adolf Hitler and the queen mother met in Germany and went bowling.

We then began writing the opening of a story:

Gary Baldi, Eyes opened as he looked around, all he could see was a guy being mounted by a donkey.

It was clear that Gary Baldi was in Jacks mum and dads bedroom.

Suddenly he heard something, it was a snorting, but where was it coming from? As he set of to explore the noise, they found children on a roller coaster.

It has been getting louder , and he was worried about catching something.

Just then John wayne rode through on a camel. Then he was knocked to the round where he lay unconscious.

This was just a fun exercise to get us thinking.

Royle Family Gender Analysis of Barbara

Analysis of barbara in terms of her gender:

She's very passive and doesn't have much input into the conversations, "i'd love a Dyson", very domesticated, "i'd love liposuction", as if she wanted to be a perfect looking woman. She works in a bakery which is a very typically a woman's job. She looks at the men in admiration and doesn't disagree with anything they say. She comes across as slightly dumb as she just agrees with everything the men and "upper class" woman are talking about and doesn't have an opinion.

From the clothes she's wearing you can tell she isn't the most glamorous woman; she's wearing a red jumper which is a typical woman colour, also from her wrinkled skin you can tell she hasn't had an "easy life", not like Valerie's skin, therefore has worked a lot harder, women often do the work, especially in the house. When Denise talks about wanting to have a boob job, instead of thinking about what Denise wanted she talked about how it wasn't fair on Denise's husband; clearly she think that the men are dominant and that women are just there to be looked at.

Barbara acts quite dippy and talks about quite inappropriate topics such a "slipping in more iced fingers", she obviously doesn't have anything more important to think about.

From her facial expressions that she shows when the rich man is talking about the state of the house you can tell she doesn't agree and yet she doesn't say anything.

From the positioning of the characters you can tell the males are more dominant, all of the women are sitting down where as the men are standing; a sign of authority.