Featured Characters

Featured Characters                                                            Kieran Drury

Sam

My inspiration for Sam is the character Eddy from the British crime thriller “Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels”. Eddy is overall a good guy who is willing to help himself and his friends make a reasonable amount of money by playing a high risk poker match. He isn’t seen committing any crime until later in the film, a quality I admire in him. The reason I have chosen to mirror the character of Eddy in Sam is due to the fact sympathy for characters from the audience is key to achieve my aims and purposes. The only character Sam will be able to relate to within the diegesis will be his best friend Max, which will make Max’s death all the more harrowing to Sam and the audience. Sam is intelligent and hardworking but lacks motivation and is thus easily held back by his friend Max. Sam usually dresses in casual costume and in my extract he will be wearing jeans, a T-shirt and a jacket. Sam will be played by Callum Normington.

Max

My inspiration for Max is the character “Mark Renton (more often known as rent-boy) from the British dark comedy film “Trainspotting”. Mark is overall a god guy who has some disturbing vices such as an addiction to heroin. In a direct opposition to the inspiration for my character of Sam Mark is seen at the start of “Trainspotting” committing crime with a large smile on his face. Although Mark has a serious addiction to a dangerous drug he still manages to be charming, witty and does in fact gain sympathy and attachment from the audience, an ability I wish to replicate in my own character. As I stated in the character description for Max the characters of Max and Sam will only be able to relate to each other in the diegesis and will be alienated from the rest of the characters, which I also hope will help gain audience sympathy/attachment. Max is earnest and honest, but is perfectly fine with the idea of being a nobody his whole life; he is in a word – lackadaisical. Max will usually dresses in casual wear and in the extract will be wearing chinos, a t-shirt and a jacket. Max will be played by Lee Cook