In my opening sequence, I based my main character on two other characters from various films. These are Edward Norton's character of "The Narrator" in Fight Club, and Aml Ameen's character of "Trife" in Kidulthood. There are reasons as to why I chose to base my character on these two and I will explain the similarities and differences that led me to create a character of these two combined.
Above is a screenshot of my character, Tyler Norton. As I have already mentioned, he has been created from a mixture of two other characters from separate films. These characters are:
The Narrator (Edward Norton) - Fight Club
There are key similarities as well as differences that link this character to mine. In Fight Club, The Narrator is much older than the character in my opening sequence. This is the main difference between the characters, the age. However, the key thing to point out is that regardless of their age, both characters are suffering from a similar problem, they have a split personality/lifestyle. While The Narrator in Fight Club deals with a made up person, known as Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), the character in my opening sequence thinks in his mind that he is part of an underground, illegal fighting circuit.
Trife (Aml Ameen) - Kidulthood
Again, like The Narrator, Trife from Kidulthood is the other character that I have based my opening sequence character and there are various similarities and differences that they both share. The first and most obvious is that they are roughly around the same age. I wanted to make sure that any influences I had when creating this character shared the same or was around the same age. This was so that I could take certain traits from these characters and put them into mine. Also, I wanted to see how the age range had been previously represented in other films so I could decide whether I wanted to go down the same path or make it an entirely unique way of looking at this particular age group.
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