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REPRESENTATIONS

-THE CHARACTERS IN DETAIL FROM THE WRITER OF TRANSGRESSION

Bold, intense and deeply ominous, these are just a few words that could describe the thrilling narrative of TRANSGRESSION. This couldn't have been achieved without the mesmiring characters and their persona's played by our skilled actors. 

As the writer of the script, I decided to get a bit creative with characters and paid attention to all details from their clothing to their dialogue to make sure that a certain representation is given out towards the audience so they could get an understanding of each character. 

The main protagonist, Jason, who is the killer, has a manipulative characteristic which he hides through his charisma and charm, it could almost be argued that he’s mentally unstable. He desires power and attention, something which he lacked before he brutally murdered a vulnerable friend, Grace. His killing gave him a sense of superiority, but it also adds onto his paranoia. He faces several conflicts such as one member of their friendship group, Lucia, gets suspicious about his sudden change in personality, as the lies he makes increase and increase. Jason’s also has a very rough and not caring look to his attire. His dark clothing links back to the negative connotations associated with dark colours i.e. evil, danger. His lack of care is therefore represented through his clothing, and this foreshadows the lack of compassion he will have towards Grace when he murders her. Jason’s characteristics defy the typical characteristics of an average male teenager hence the sudden plot twist; his pathetic intentions to kill the most defenceless character takes all sympathies and admiration created by the audience for him away.

Even the smaller details such as the names also went into account, such as Grace’s name. Her name links back to the overall persona of her character, one of goodness and courtesy. The fact that Grace also wears white links back to her representation of being ethereal and naive. The colour white has positive connotations and is often related to innocence and goodness which Jason stains .i.e the blood/mud stained clothes by corrupting her and killing her.

Lucia’s character plays a major role as she is the only character who gets suspicious of Jason’s intentions. She is quite reserved and laid back but pays attention to surroundings in quite a lot of detail. In her dialogue she constantly criticises Jason, which suggests to the audience she is quite hard to please, but this also emphasises on her sharp mind as she clearly knows something is up, however this is unfortunately dismissed. 

All in all, TRANSGRESSION wouldn't have been as captivating as it was if it wasn't for the entire crew and actors who contributed greatly towards the production of the film.