MAIN TASK - DIARY ENTRY 2

Today I went to Spalding and during the car journey I was thinking about shots for the car scene in my production. So I used my phone to film some practice shots and had a play around with different shots of the road and put them on youtube.
It was a good day for filming I thought, I didnt film until the ride back so it got a bit darker, but the sky was really clear and the sun was bright, which hopefully when I come to filming for the real thing, it will be like that.
I like some of the shots I did, some are quite different and artistic, which are some shots I would like to involve into my production.

MAIN TASK - DIARY ENTRY

Today I finished my first draft of my script, after a long discussion with my media teacher, I have decided agaisnt using the brain transplant as the reason for his flashbacks. We annoted the script together, brainstorming more ideas, I came to the conclusion of an idea.

Unshown background story

• James couple years ago killed someone
• His father (being a therapist/ hypnotist) hypnotised James into forgetting what he's done
• James is now beginning to have memories return to him from his past

The new storyline

• James has a dream about someone being killed
• He tells his parents about it, they tell him its nothing to worry about
• He then begins having flashbacks when he's awake
• He then visits the forest that is in his vision
• His parents chase him to the forest to stop him (audience think its them)
• James begins having vivid flashbacks of the murder, untill he realises it was him

SCRIPT DRAFT

          FADE IN.

          1. EXT. FIELD - NIGHT
          establishing shot of sun setting

          2. INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT
          PAN:

          JAMES is sleeping and having a nightmare, he tosses and
          turns in bed. There are flashes of his dream cut between.

                                                     CUT BETWEEN

          DREAM SEQUENCE - FOREST
          POV:

          someone running through a forest being chased by an
          anonymous man.

                                               END DREAM SEQUENCE

          3. INT. DINING ROOM - DAY

          JAMES and his parents SUZANNE and MICHAEL are sitting
          quietly as they eat breakfast in an awkward silence.

                              JAMES
                    I've been having weird dreams
                    lately

                              SUZANNE
                         (interested)
                    What's that then hunny

                              JAMES
                    Well its just this one recurring
                    dream about being chased in a
                    forest at night

          SUZANNE looks liable and puts down her orange juice

                              SUZANNE
                    Oo that sounds like a nightmare,
                    what's the forest like?

                              JAMES (O.S)
                    Urm...

                              SUZANNE
                    I mean do you recognise the forest?

          MICHAEL starts cutting his fry up vigorously

                              JAMES
                    Not really, its too dark to see
                    much. But I feel like Ive been
                    there
                         (BEAT)
                    I feel like it was real.

          SUZANNE looks down at her breakfast and sighs. She bites her
          cheek, thinking about if what shes about to say is the right
          thing.

                              SUZANNE
                    Well there's something we haven't
                    told you about -

          MICHAEL clenches his jaw and looks towards SUZANNE

                         (O.S)

          JAMES looks at his parents alarmed

                              JAMES
                    What... What do you mean? What
                    haven't you told me?

                              SUZANNE
                    Well, you see, the thing is, you
                    needed the brain transplant
                    urgently, and the only donor on the
                    list was the boy that was killed in
                    fairview forest.

          MICHAEL starts digging at his food

                              JAMES
                    Oh, I think you missed a big part
                    out of my surgery then guys! You
                    all lied to me!

          SUZANNE sighs and looks to MICHAEL

                              SUZANNE
                    Michael...

                              MICHAEL
                    Look James, we thought it was the
                    right thing not telling you. It
                    wasn't important at the time, the
                    important thing was getting you
                    healthy again

          JAMES has his head in his arms on the table

                              JAMES
                    So what do you think this has to do
                    with my dreams?

                              SUZANNE
                    Well Dr. Moore did say side effects
                    of this type of surgery could bring
                    back certain memories from the
                    donor.

          MICHAEL slams down his knife and fork

                              MICHAEL
                         (Shouting)
                    Suzanne! He's just having
                    nightmares, he's a kid! His mind is
                    full of imagery, he's been out of
                    school for over a year now, it's
                    got to occupy his somehow!

          MICHAEL starts collecting plates and gets up

                              MICHAEL
                    How stupid are you? Thinking he's
                    having memories from a dead person,
                    someone who's in the ground, stop
                    scaring the boy

          MICHAEL walks out

          SUZANNE puts her hand on JAMES remorsefully

                              SUZANNE
                    James, I'm not trying to scare you,
                    it's just I've been waiting for
                    this day to come ever since Dr.
                    Moore said. All I can say is, when
                    you have these dreams, write or
                    draw them down and maybe we can do
                    something about it.

          JAMES and SUZANNE hug

          4. INT. KITCHEN - DAY

          SUPER: "3 WEEKS LATER". JAMES is in the kitchen with a glass
          of milk. He has a flashback again and drops the milk.

                                                      CUT BETWEEN

          FLASHBACK SEQUENCE - FOREST
          POV:

          falling over and hides behind a tree. The anonymous man is
          more visible and is looking for the victim, with a baseball
          bat.

                                           END FLASHBACK SEQUENCE

          JAMES is on the floor with a nosebleed after the flashback.
          He then gets up angrily

          5. INT. BEDROOM - DAY - MONTAGE

          JAMES bombs into his bedroom

          JAMES messes up his room by pulling duvet off

          JAMES pulls books out of shelf

          JAMES pulls his hair

          JAMES rummages through draws and paper

          JAMES grabs paper and begins to scribble picture on them

          JAMES starts pinning pictures to the wall

                                                      END MONTAGE

          JAMES is sitting holding his head, breathing heavily.
          SUZANNE comes in the room and see's JAMES and the pictures
          he drew.

                              SUZANNE
                    Come with me

          LEAVING SEQUENCE - MONTAGE
          EXTREME CLOSE UP:

          SUZANNE pulls drawings off wall

          SUZANNE stamps note on fridge

          SUZANNE grabs keys

          SUZANNE shuts car door

          SUZANNE puts keys in ignition

          6. EXT. ROAD - DAY
          extreme long shot of the side view from car

          7. EXT. FOREST - DAY

          SUZANNE and JAMES are walking through the forest, JAMES in
          front.

                              JAMES
                    This is where my dream is, how did
                    you know?

                              SUZANNE
                    This is where your donor was
                    murdered...
                         (looks up)
                    Fairview forest

          JAMES cringes in pain and holds his head and has a flashback

          FLASHBACK SEQUENCE - FOREST
          POV:

          Looking around, breathing and panting as they run more
          through the forest.

                                           END FLASHBACK SEQUENCE

                              SUZANNE
                         (yells)
                    JAMES!

          JAMES stands there delusional with a nose bleed

          8. INT. KITCHEN - DAY

          MICHAEL walks in to kitchen from work, he reads the note on
          the fridge, drops his brief case and runs out
          EXTREME CLOSE UP: of the note

          9. EXT. FOREST - DAY

          JAMES is sitting, SUZANNE kneels next to him giving him a
          bottle of water.

                              JAMES
                    Mum, I'm fine. C'mon lets keep
                    walking

          10. INT. CAR - DAY

          MICHAEL is driving as fast as he can to get to the forest

          11. EXT. FOREST - DAY

                              JAMES
                    So they never found who killed my
                    donor?

                              SUZANNE
                    No, but your saying you have seen
                    him in your flashbacks?

                              JAMES
                    Well there's someone after me in
                    them, I just can't make out their
                    face

          JAMES stops suddenly

                              SUZANNE
                    James?

          SUZANNE looks at JAMES and see's his nose bleeding

                                                      CUT BETWEEN

          FLASHBACK SEQUENCE - FOREST - MONTAGE
          POV:

          Running through forrest

          JAMES is fitting

          Looking back and seeing murderer

          MICHAEL's feet running through forest

          Running feet through forest

          Falls over

          JAMES is fitting on the floor

          Looks up and see's murderer (MICHAEL) with baseball bat

          Flashes of being hit by baseball bat

          MICHAEL's feet running through forest

                                            END FLASHBACK MONTAGE

          JAMES wakes up from flashback on the floor and see's his dad
          MICHAEL standing above him, he realises his dad was the
          murderer.

                                                        FADE OUT.

                    - your brain surgery, and maybe
                    your nightmares have something to
                    do with it

MAIN TASK - POSTER ANALYSIS

MAIN TASK - PITCH FEEDBACK

I was asked a few questions when I had finished presenting my pitch, which got me thinking more about how im going bring my production to life. I recieved questions like

Have you thought of a tagline?
I haven't yet thought of a tagling for my maintask, the working title is Unsolved Memories, but I want my tagline to be quite clever and catchy, so I may spend more time thinking about that

Will the dreams/flashback he has be a one recurring dream/flashback?
This question got me thinking whether to do a recurring dream/flashback or a broken up fragmented one, where he uses them to puzzle it together to solve the storyline and murder

How am I going to portray when it is a dream/flash back?
I haven't yet thought about this, but the question got me thinking, of how im going to portray the difference between the flashbacks and real life. I could do black and white for flashbacks, or change the colour slightly. But I could do some blurring and fragmenting for the flashback scenes.

I have taken all questions into considerations, and use them as a advantage to help trigger some ideas for my maintask, that I haven't yet thought about.

PRE-PRODUCTION - PITCH

PRELIMINARY - EVALUATION

How effective is the combination of your main product and your film poster?

I think that the combination between my main product and my poster, work well together. As the product does well in portraying a character and their background in depth in a short space of time, and the poster reflects this well. The character is very kept within her self, and doesn't give too much away, just like the poster it doesn't give too much away, which contrasts with the simplicity as, the simplicity makes it much more complex, inevitably making the product and poster compliment each other well. 

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

What I learnt from my audience feedback was that the product was very shocking to people, they found it quite disturbing as I touched on quite a sensitive subject. Although this was quite a negative feedback, I was told is was also very powerful piece of art, that my creative direction was lovely how I contrasted a beautiful build up in such a disturbing subject. I learnt through feedback, that what my style of work was as a director, I was told from primary sources, who vision differently to yourself. I learnt that my work has is emotive and that it can make the audience feel something, whether it be negative or positive. 

What have you learned during the course of this project and what targets for improvement do you need to set for the main task?

During this task, I learnt a few things, technically and mentally. I learnt how to manage a project like this independently, as I filmed and edited by my self. As in previous task we worked within a group, which made it more easier. I found that I like to work by myself, as some times working within a team ideas can collide and arguments occur. So I think I will like to work alone for my main task. I took on a more artistic license which I learnt was my forte, as I used more artistic shots like intricate close ups, and how it was wrote. I also learnt that I have good camera skills, as I showed some good panning shots in my product, which makes me want to start doing more camera work within projects. 

Improvements for the main task would most likely be creating a less disturbing product, as some people didn't react well to my preliminary. Also I would like to use a HD camera for my main task, as the poor quality resolution on my preliminary ruins some of the shots. 

INDIVIDUALITY - POSTER

PRELIMINARY

PRE-PRODUCTION - MUSIC

I was thinking about what music to use in my production, something that would convey emotion to the audience and feel for Enya. At the beginning I was going to have Enya turn on the music and it start playing then, so I would have had to choose something that she would play, which wouldn't be the type of music to convey the emotion I wanted, so I took that out. I wanted a 1980/90s esque feel to the production so I wanted to use that an era of music that could represent this. So I chose the follow two which I thought I could use:

Imagine - John Lennon

Mad World - Gary Jules

PRE-PRODUCTION - PRODUCTION AND SHOOTING SCHEDULE

Production Schedule

Contact Details:
       -     Owen Mooney: 07846897749
         -     Ruth Cooper:    07752840332    
         -     Charly Bowen:  07972868892

         -     Enya Mooney:  07817289096
Filming Locations:

-       Bathroom

Technical Requirements:
        -      Camera

        -      Tripod
        -      SD card

        -      Lighting kit

        -      Sound kit

Scene Breakdown:
        -      Bath room: 1
     

Shooting Schedule

Production Name: Individuality

Recording Date:        -       27^th September 2011

Cast and Crew Call Times:
        -      10:00 47 Fen Lane, Walton, Peterborough

Set up:        -      Start:   10:00
        -      Finish: 10:15

Shooting:

Bathroom

       -      Start setup: 10:00

       -      Start shooting: 10:15
       -      Finish: 14:00

Property Requirements:

       -     Candles and match: to light the candles in the scene
       -     iPod and docking station: which is used as Enya turns it on

       -     Pills: which are Enya lines up along the bath
       -     Lipstick: which Enya uses
       -     Mascara: which Enya uses
       -     Dress: which Enya puts on 

PRE-PRODUCTION - TASK 8 (REPRESENTATION OF SCRIPT)

My character is representing depression, as through the monologue we hear the things she is saying, about not being happy with her life anymore, trying to make things better, which never work. Through the script we know that she is commiting suicide, which shows how far depression has taken her. This is represented through the descriptive text about how she is preparing herself for the suicide, by apply make-up and lighting candles to lighten the mood, and allow her to die peacefully, which was something she has never felt. It is also represented by her monologue, as she talks about suicide and indicates some reasons why. The genre that this production would come under, would be something like a thirller or drama, as the conventions that I use of death, meet the ones used in those particular genres. This is represented to be true, as the world deals with actual suicides, which meant I had to do a little research into 'suicide notes' and how people kill themselves to get a feel of what to write and describe my character. There is a significant absense of why exactly she has chose to kill herself, she vaguely explains what her parents are like, but we don't know what has pushed her to the edge and to finally making her commiting suicide. This represents how she is very mysterious, there are things in the script we don't know why she is doing it, for example applying make-up and lining the pills up. The absence of why she is doing it, leaves the audience with an open mind, allowing them decide them selves why she did it, and allows them to remember my production well. The represntation is targeted at maybe teenagers, who could be suffering the same depression, but the script also could target at parents, to make sure their child is happy. This is because a teenager could relate themselves to the character, see why she is comitting suicide. I think it is easily making sense, we get an idea of why she is killing herself, through some of the monologue, but the audience could still be unsure. It is obvious she is committing suicide through the description, as she takes pills and drowns, but she also explains about suicide in the monologue, so it is quite self explanatory.

PRE-PRODUCTION - STORYBOARD

Here I have created a story board from my production, which I think will help me consider shots for when I film, and also help me make a body to my production allowing me to see it come to life more, as a product not as an idea or written document.

PRE-PRODUCTION - TASK 8 (SCRIPT)

FADE IN. 


1. INT. BATHROOM - NIGHT
Begins with a series of close ups of ENYA turning on the tap, lighting candle which are lines around the bath and turning on music. 

ENYA
(VO)

They say drowning is peaceful,
almost pleasurable. I hope they
aren't lying, because I've never
felt pleasure

(BEAT)
or peace. I never wanted to die
alone, but I don't have anyone
else
(BEAT)
well no one that loves me. My
mother will eventually drink
herself to death. And as for my
father
(BEAT)
I hope he's dead.

2. INT. BATHROOM - NIGHT

ENYA places pills on the side of the bath in a line.

ENYA
(VO)
I've put this off for far too long
now, but I know when I start
(BEAT)
there's no going back, and if this
becomes a failed suicide, then
life will be worse.

3. INT. BATHROOM - NIGHT

Close up of ENYA's lips and eyes as she applies lipstick and mascara, from behind she takes off her dressing gown and it drops to the floor. 

ENYA
(VO)

I mean I don't know why I'm
feeling like this, things just
keep getting worse for me. I used
to just let things go over my
head, because I understood that
bad things come before the good.
(BEAT)
The good never came. Suicide is a
sin in the eyes of God and I know

what I'm doing is "morally
incorrect", but I'm fed up of
pretending to be happy, pretending
to
(BEAT)
pretend.

4. INT. BATHROOM - NIGHT

ENYA steps into the bath and lays there for a while. She then dry swallows the pills one by one.
She then begins to close her eyes and slows sinks into the water.

ENYA
(VO)
When I was younger, I had
ambitions for my life, but the
future to me now is just old age,
illness and pain.

5. INT. BATHROOM - NIGHT

ENYA's head goes under the water and she slowly dies.

ENYA
(VO)
It's not the length of life,
(BEAT)
it's the depth. 

FADE OUT.

BLOG TASK 7 - CHARACTER THEORY

There are four different theories of types of characters in thrillers:
Goffman
Propp
Campbell, Fletcher & Greenhill
Bishop

I think that Enya best fits into Propps theory:

1. Villain
2. Donor
3. Helper
4. Princess
5. Father
6. The dispatcher
7. Her/Victim

I think my character Enya comes under Propps theory, as the 'Victim', as in the plot you don't really know much about her except that she wants to die. I think that she is a victim of depression, which led her to suicide. She was a victim of child abuse, as her father would beat her regularly. We know she is the victim as an audience as we become sympathetic towards her, as she speaks while preparing her suicide.

Enya is in a bathroom, this is conveyed from the first shot which will be her turning on a bath tap. She is there to commit suicide, the audience only find this out till she says so in the monologue (voice over). She is feeling depressed and unloved, as she explains in her monologue, she doesn't know exactly why she's feeling like this, but she has has suicide in mind for a while. The props she has are pills, candles, lipstick and mascara.

SIMILAR PRODUCTS - TASK 6 (CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY)

Name: Enya Patricia
DOB: 17/04/1992
Weight: 9st
Height: 5ft 9
Hair colour: Brunette
Eye colour: Blue
Ethnicity: White British
Occupation: Unemployed

Enya is a beautiful young girl, with light brown hair and fare skin. She has a nice defined bone structure to her face, which would have been perfect for her to pursue a dream career of being a model. She tends to wear very plain things, which reflects on her personality, as she likes to keep her self to her self. Which explains why she doesn't have any friends, as she spends most of the time in her room reading books, her favourites being by Virginia Andrews as she writes a lot about happy family's and the life Enya would want.
Its only her and Audrey (her mother) who live at home, as (Seth) her father left them when Enya was 6 after regularly beating them both. Enya and Audrey don't have a close bond any more as Audrey turned to alcohol while dealing with the loss of [her] mother and  Seth. At school Enya was an intelligent student, and was quite popular with friends and the teachers, but after everything went downhill at home, she shied away from her social life and decided to spend her last year of school getting the things you go for, an education.
After being brought up by a father who beat her, Enya has a fear and hatred towards men, finding it difficult to find a relationship through school. Now Enya has been subscribed anti-depressants, as she had been thinking about suicide, but her morals are to not take away a life that has potential, but she doesn't see potential in her life no more, and wants to end it.   

SIMILAR PRODUCTS - TASK 5 (MISERY CHARACTERS)

Misery is a film directed by Rob Reiner and is based on the novel written by Stephen King. It revolves around two main characters Paul Sheldon (famous writer) and Annie Wilkes ( nurse), as she "rescues" him from a car accident and takes him in to her own care and is revealed to be his number one fan who is a headcase.

Annie Wilkes is a nurse and is introduced into the film as a mysterious hero, as we don't see her face, using enigma as we don't know who this person is, if they are male or female. Later on we see her giving Paul a bed in her isolated farm house, treating him well with care as she gives him food and medicine. Her appearance is very bland, overweight, wearing dull coloured jumpers and trousers. Our perception on Annie is a warm-hearted and caring woman, as we see her giving Paul everything he needs, however later on we indicate that she not only is a nurse, but a big fan of Paul's book Misery and reads that one of her favourite characters in his latest book are killed off. This is the first sign we see of her physiological disorder and evil side as she flips out at him and demands he burns his script and writes a new one.

The audience now know that she is not just a fan of his work, but is obsessed with it, which is becoming an illness and threat to Paul. Her obsession with the book becomes so bad that she begins giving Paul pills that actually sleeping tablets, and remains on top of his new script making sure that she is satisfied with the ending. We notice some signs that she is very clever and possibly has OCD, as she picks up on the fact a penguin ornament has been turned around, and finds out that Paul has attempted to escape when she goes to fetch him more paper. Her psychopathic side is revealed more as she eventually breaks Paul's legs, in order to keep him disabled and remaining in the house to finish the novel. We find out that she also was an ex-baby serial killer at the hospital she used to nurse at, which is shown from a scrap book full of newspaper articles. This is a massive shock to the audience, which through out the film their view on her has turned to hatred, as she is a very deceiving character. As the audience found out about her past, this made them much happier and not sympathetic when Paul kills her.

Paul Sheldon is an author, we know this as the opening scene he is writing a manuscript for a new novel, as he finished his series of books called 'Misery'. This small detail of description from the opening scene of Paul instantly gives the audience an idea of who this character is, he must be intelligent and creative. This gives a clear perception on Paul as a character as the audience take an instant like to him, and sympathise with him when he is under care of Annie. This shows his morals and ethics that he is a dedicated man, as he commits his time to writing best selling novels, he likes to be by himself and spending time on things he enjoys. He just finished his other manuscript, and decided to take a break to Colorado, and is caught in a blizzard where he is involved in a car accident, we then see Annie rescue him and take him into her care as he broke his leg and dislocated his shoulder.We see him as a very down to earth man, as he is grateful to be rescued by Annie.

Through out the film as we learn what Annie is really like, Paul cleverly has learnt to keep control of Annie when she gets angry, showing he knows how to play the game to make it through the day safe. We also learn that Paul is a determind and strong man, as he attempts to escape as he sent Annie down the shop to get some paper. He does this with a broken leg, as his addrelline pushes him further while he drags his body to the door. This shows when in danger is he calm and tatical, not usual for a person to react when in situations like this. He notices that the pills Annie has been giving him are in fact sleeping pills, and cleverly he stores them under his bed rather than taking them, indicating he has a plan which he has thought over. This could be a skill he picked up when writing books, as he takes a cunning plan into tricking and drugging Annie. He does this over dinner, wooing her into thinking he likes her, when actually he slipped the pills into her drink,  which fails as she spills her drink. Paul doesn't flip out, where this isn't his last resort, as later on he kills Annie but he would only turn to violence when he has too.

SIMILAR PRODUCTS - TASK 4 (PROTAGONIST VS ANTAGONIST)

The dictionary defines Protagonist and Antagonist basically as the main characters in a film being the 'good guy' and 'bad guy'. The antagonist is the main character in a text where the plot usually revolves around them, and the audience are usually on their side. The protagonist is the total opposite of the antagonist, they are usually the enemy of the antagonist, who bring disruptions to the antagonist to dodge throughout the narrative. The protagonist is usually the hero or heroine and the plot revolves around them, forming mystery and twists throughout the storyline. In some cases we view the protagonist as the good guy, but in a thriller this can be turned completely around with a twist, and we see the protagonist unveil to the audience to actually being the villain. The antagonist is always found juxtaposed of a protagonist, as the narrative need disruptions to make the storyline more entertaining, which is what the antagonist does as he/she creates situations the protagonist must overcome, which are usually dangerous. Throughout the film, the protagonist and antagonist are always in battle with each other, as they are each others enemy.

An example of a protagonist would be Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) in Taken, as the storyline is based around him trying to find his daughter in Europe. He is a lonely character as he fights for a great bond with his daughter which his ex wife refuses, as he doesn't win his daughters trust as she lies to him about going Europe instead of France. We see early on in the film that Bryan is a hero as he serves his duty of a security guard and rescues a singer from being attacked at her concert. We also find out that he once worked with the FBI, showing he is a strong and educated character in criminal minds. Later on his daughter is kidnapped in France, and Bryan dedicates his time to find her, fighting his way through prostitute companies and bad guys. He eventually finds her and saves her, proving his a a hero and the ultimate protagonist as he meets the requirements of the typical protagonist but he goes on his mission by himself, as usually the good guy would have a team behind him with a 'sidekick'.

An example of a antagonist would be The Joker (Heath Ledger), as he is the primary antagonist in Bat Man. He is the complete opposite of the protagonist Bat Man, even in physical features as we see Bat Man as this strong muscular hero where we see The Joker with a frame of an average man. Also there is a twist as we see the protagonist Bat Man wearing dark colours which indicate the dark and bad side, and we see the Joker wearing bright colourful  with a clowns face, contradicting the usual conventions of a good and bad guy. While  Bat Man prefers to lurk in the shadows, the Joker stays in the spotlight, playing with his sick and twisted games and is often confronted by the authorities. He is viewed as the most evil and psychotic killer in all the comic books, as he kills for a sport and does this according to his own sick ways, as he does not desire for money, which most thriller antagonists thrive for.  

So overall, protagonists and antagonists are used in thrillers to help the storyline roll, as it is usually based around them. They are conveyed through typical conventions of a bad and good guy, but sometimes they are challenged to create even darker and mysterious characters to give more entertainment. For every thriller there is always a protagonist and for every protagonist there is an antagonist.

SIMILAR PRODUCTS - TASK 3 (CHARACTER ANALYSIS)

I chose Robert Neville from 'I am Legend'.

Robert Neville is the main character in I am Legend and some can argue that he is the only character in the film. But this portrays the storyline well as he is the last human being standing after a infection wiping out the population by the pandemic of bacteria, which are similar to vampirism. He spends every day doing the same specific thing, repairing his house, boarding up windows, and gathering supplies for hunting and killing. This in some way can be represented in a obsessive complosive way, which is similar to my character as he suffers from the disorder and could relate to the same ethnics and morals of Neville. What Neville does is excellently portray the loneliness and keeps the sanity of it, by becoming insepreable with his dog Sam and having the company of a unusual group of mannequins. From what we see he is a doctor, and spends a lot of his time in his research laboratory, where he is trying to find a cure for this disease. This is where we can see that he is still a determined person even when things are going wrong.  

We can see that overtime in the film that his loneliness causes him to lose all social abilities. Though being the last man on earth gives him the determination to bring back the human race, as he sees hope. He gets inspiration from his dog and listening to music, specifically Bob Marley, which takes him away from reality for a while as the song tells him "don't worry, be happy". We are shown flash backs of his memories as the disease had just broke out and he is with his wife and young daughter, as he is trying to get them off New York island to safety. The flash backs are shown in stages throughout, leaving the audience questioning in an enigma of where his family are. Later on in a flash back we see his family are killed in a helicopter crash and he is left with his dog as a puppy in his arms, so this tells us that his is not only battling against this virus but also getting over the loss of his family.

Later on Neville comes along a trap that the 'vampires' made during the night, where he is lifted upside down, and his dog Sam stays with him all day as he dangles, showing his companionship and the loyalty his dog has for him. Shortly after his dog gets bit by a infected dog, and Neville has to kill Sam in order to not get bitten, which shows that he would risk his last friend to eventually save the world, which was a selfless thing to do. And he goes to carry on with his day to day life and routines to find a cure for the disease, listening to Bob Marley in his car next to his empty passenger seat. He conveys emotion well through his loneliness, making the audience feel sympathetic. To follow on two other characters are introduced [Anna and Ethan], they are to look similar to his original family, as he questions seeing them alive again. Neville doesn't respond well to these people as he becomes aggressive and pushes his food to the edge.

In the last scene, the 'vampires' break into Neville's house trapping him, Anna and Ethan in his laboratory, and this is where his morals are physically shown, as he takes his own life to save them. Taking Anna's blood which contained the cure, sending them into a safe where they will survive. As the vampires are nearing to killing him, he looks at a picture of his wife and daughter and then pulls a grenade, showing the audience he doesn't have anyone left, so soon he will be with them and took his life to save the world and bring back the human race. Robert Neville is a true hero in this thriller, as he fought through the entirety of the film, battling deaths and vampires, to then taking his own life to save and regain the human race.