Character Biographies

Main Character Biographies

Jamie Small

 

Jamie is 16 years old and has developed a love for the gangsta lifestyle from listening to and admiring various rap artists. He loves their lavish lifestyle and thus seeks to do crime to achieve money and mirror his rap inspirations. 

 

His mise-en-scene of a black suit and sunglasses is intended to create a false impression that he is actually a professional, big-shot gangster for the purpose of the film. It is important that Jamie believes he is a gangsta for the narrative of the film as that is the reason why he has the confidence to take out various ridiculous antics in the film.

 

Actor - Jamie Small. Jamie is playing himself in the film, that way we would not have to change much of his appearance and can focus on creating a memorable character through what he says and does. Jamie lives in and near to the filming locations of the film, this is extremely practical as it gives us guaranteed permission for certain filming locations and reliability that he can be used for our different filming dates.

 

 

Jared Morgan

 

Jared is also 16 years old, he looks up to Jamie who is largely responsible for Jared's involvement in the gangster lifestyle. He seeks to acquire money and boost his reputation from being largely mocked and disregarded at school. Jared desperately seeks to leave Bedfordshire and take his antics along with Jamie to London and possibly abroad.

 

Jared's mise-en-scene is the same as Jamie's, we also thought it important to create an untrue gangster impression from his costume and mise-en-scene for humorous effect.

 

Actor - Jared Morgan. Jared is also playing himself in the film, he too is trying to create the gangster impression by wearing a black suit. It is also good that himself and Jamie have been friends for a long time, as they can work together efficiently, with good communication. Moreover, their on screen relationship is meant to be close (like best friends) this is something they could achieve with little difficulty due to the two characters knowing each other for a very long time.