For our male protagonist, the husband and victim, Patrick Maloney we have taken inspiration from
many different television characters, Alvin Steele from The League of Gentlemen probably being the biggest inspiration for us. This character is s portrayal of the idea of a house husband who is very dull and boring but who is married to a dominant and passionate wife. Because of these differences Alvin struggles to relate to his wife and this comes to be an issue within the marriage. We also intend for our male protagonist, Patrick Maloney to be dominated by Mary Maloney and we wish this to be extremely obvious in how our actors portray these characters, this will then cause the viewer to experience a greater shock when Patrick Maloney kills his wife with the frozen leg of lamb and then fails to experience any remorse for this action.
We intend to have our male protagonist similar to this character, The costume worn by the actor playing Alvin Steele immediately allows the viewer to understand the type of character he is, we intend to make use of a similar idea so that Patrick Maloney is immediately recognisable as a dull but extremely sensitive house husband. What makes this immediately recognisable in the character of Alvin Steele (Based on the picture above) is his large round glasses, neck brace and his cardigan. We hope to dress our actor in a similar outfit however without the neck brace as this would require a back story as to how he ended up in neck brace, which is not possible in a short film whilst it was possible in a TV series. How Patrick Maloney is dressed should be a direct contrast to how Mary Maloney will be dressed, we envision that Mary Maloney would be wearing a suit like outfit, this involves a long skirt and blazer. We are basing this off people such as Hilary Clinton who portrays a professional, conservative and dominant appearance. This is what we intend Mary to be wearing when her husband kills her to again reinforce the idea of her being the dominant party within the marriage and again adds to the surprise when he kills her with the leg of lamb, manages to destroy the evidence all the while feeling no sense of remorse.
Our character, Patrick Maloney is based on both, this character of Alvin Steele and the original version of Mr Maloney portrayed by Roald Dahl, we chose to name our version of Mr Maloney Patrick, this is because it is a relatively common name and does not create a sense of unease. It is a typical name and because of this we hope that the viewers do not expect the events that will occur within the film. However, we chose to name your female protagonist Mary as this name has strong connotations with the idea of maternity due to the Christian figure Mary the mother of Jesus. This creates a contrast with our character Mary who is seen as "Butch" and not particularly feminine.
many different television characters, Alvin Steele from The League of Gentlemen probably being the biggest inspiration for us. This character is s portrayal of the idea of a house husband who is very dull and boring but who is married to a dominant and passionate wife. Because of these differences Alvin struggles to relate to his wife and this comes to be an issue within the marriage. We also intend for our male protagonist, Patrick Maloney to be dominated by Mary Maloney and we wish this to be extremely obvious in how our actors portray these characters, this will then cause the viewer to experience a greater shock when Patrick Maloney kills his wife with the frozen leg of lamb and then fails to experience any remorse for this action.We intend to have our male protagonist similar to this character, The costume worn by the actor playing Alvin Steele immediately allows the viewer to understand the type of character he is, we intend to make use of a similar idea so that Patrick Maloney is immediately recognisable as a dull but extremely sensitive house husband. What makes this immediately recognisable in the character of Alvin Steele (Based on the picture above) is his large round glasses, neck brace and his cardigan. We hope to dress our actor in a similar outfit however without the neck brace as this would require a back story as to how he ended up in neck brace, which is not possible in a short film whilst it was possible in a TV series. How Patrick Maloney is dressed should be a direct contrast to how Mary Maloney will be dressed, we envision that Mary Maloney would be wearing a suit like outfit, this involves a long skirt and blazer. We are basing this off people such as Hilary Clinton who portrays a professional, conservative and dominant appearance. This is what we intend Mary to be wearing when her husband kills her to again reinforce the idea of her being the dominant party within the marriage and again adds to the surprise when he kills her with the leg of lamb, manages to destroy the evidence all the while feeling no sense of remorse.
Our character, Patrick Maloney is based on both, this character of Alvin Steele and the original version of Mr Maloney portrayed by Roald Dahl, we chose to name our version of Mr Maloney Patrick, this is because it is a relatively common name and does not create a sense of unease. It is a typical name and because of this we hope that the viewers do not expect the events that will occur within the film. However, we chose to name your female protagonist Mary as this name has strong connotations with the idea of maternity due to the Christian figure Mary the mother of Jesus. This creates a contrast with our character Mary who is seen as "Butch" and not particularly feminine.
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