Characters in Left Behind

 News Reporter

We chose to use an older teenager (nineteen years old) to make the news report look professional and to increase the verisimilitude as the news report isn't presented by a young teenager. If we used someone who looked young and still in school, the news report would look fake and unprofessional. Also, we got the actor Jack Warner to wear smart clothes because a real news reporter would.

Girl Who Goes Missing (Sophie)

This character wore black leggings  and a black baggy jumper, connoting that it is a normal day for her as she is dressed casual. These clothes are also typical for a teenager to wear as acceptable pyjamas. She wears this as the audience see her get into bed wearing these clothes. Sophie wears a similar outfit when we see her in the flashbacks. Millie Todd plays the character Sophie.

Sophie's Mum

Sophie's mum wears a dark purple jumper dress over some black leggings. Again, we chose to have the characters in comfy clothes to tell our audience that the events are unexpected and out of nowhere. The casual clothes also increase the impact to the audience as they represent everyday people in society, making the audience think that these events could happen to them. The characters where plain clothes so that the audience are not distracted from the quick pace drama. Estelle Todd plays this mother role.

Girl Who Goes Psycho (Jenny)

This character wears a black Longsands leavers hoodie with black jeans. The hoodie connotes that she is still in school which was vital to portray as she is the same age as Sophie within our film. Yet in reality the actor who plays Jenny (Frankie Smith) is nineteen so she's just over a year older than Sophie (Millie). Frankie wore minimal makeup so she appeared younger than she is. Also, she wore flat sole shoes so that she was closer in height to Millie. This makes their friendship look more believable and increases verisimilitude.


Friendship

These two characters are close friends within our film trailer so when Sophie goes missing, Jenny starts to go insane. We see this through the footage of her scrolling through photos of them together as she takes pills and consumes alcohol. Also, the audience can see that Sophie's mum and Jenny are comfortable with each other through the scene where they are stood in Sophie's house together, when Sophie's mum says 'She's gone'.