Characters in thriller opening

                           Characters in my thriller opening

Our thriller opening consists of three main characters, which together help the events in our opening unfold into a noir/psychologically thrilling production. These three characters are...

Sophie Butler
Sophie Butler is one of two main female characters in our thriller opening, she is the victim of the 2nd murder by the Henry lime copy cat killer. The murder took place in the modern day. Sophie Butler is an aspiring crimonlogist, which ties her in with the murder of Eve Walcott. As her first crime she decides to do independant research into the case of the murder of eve, due to the fact the killer was never caught. The case also strikes an interest from a modern day man, who turns into a copy cat killer and kills sophie. Whilst researching Sophie discovers that herself and eve have a lot in common with the way they look, as she becomes more involved with the case she becomes paranoid. Leading her to become mentally unstable, and eventually being murdered by the copy cat killer. When creating the character sophie butler, we took inspiration from the two main female characters in tarantinos 'Jackie Brown'. She has the independance and intelligence of Jackie, but then again shares the vulnerability of melanie. Also, she is murdered by a man who dominates her emotionally and through her characteristics. In turn, we though sophie was a mix between Jackie and Melanie.

Sophie Butler (Thriller opening character)

Jackie Brown (Jackie Brown)

Melanie (Jackie Brown)

Eve Walcott
Eve Walcott is one of two main female characters in our thriller opening, she is the victim of the original Murder. she is a stereotypical 50's women, she works in a factory and the reason for her murder is unknown. She is murdered by the protagonist in our opening, Henry Lime. She was murdered on the 22nd of january 1953.  When creating the character of Eve Walcott we took inspiration from the femme fatale character from the famous noir thriller  'once upon a time in america'. The female femme fatale in this film was also named eve, we saw similarities as both female characters are murdered early on in the film, and from the murder, other deaths occur due to the loss of this character. For example in my thiller opening, Eve is murdered first and then Sophie. The two murders are related, due to the murderer being the same man.

Eve walcott (my thriller opening)

Eve (Once Upon A Time In America)

Henry Lime 
Henry Lime is the main antagonist in our opening, he is the murderer of Eve Walcott.  The male character murding the female character is a stereotypical convention of a thriller, we thought adding this in would easily establish the genre, where as in other situations we would challegne conventions to make it unique and interesting. The murder of 'Eve Walcott', which happened in the 1950's, Henry was never charged for, resulting in the case being dropped, and turning into a cold case. This cold case inspired a modern day copy cat killer. Who then murders sophie, out of pure chance. To fit with the genre of my film being a noir thriller, we took inspiration from The third mans 'Harry lime' when creating the character 'Henry Lime'. Other than their character traits, one being a murderer and the other not. They share the same antics, of hiding in the shadows and being an enigmatic character, keeping a sense of mystery around their character to the audience. Henry Lime is played by Matthew Butcher. 
 

Henry Lime (my thriller opening)

Harry Lime (the third man)