Character profile - Isabelle

Isabelle is the protagonist in neighbours. At first we want the audience to question who Isabelle is and what she has done to cause the tension between her and Sarah. We want the typical cliche of a popular teenage girl to interfere with the audience's connection to Isabelle and her friends. She may seem like the typical girl in her clique. However there is something that we don't know about Isabelle that creates some narrative enigma about her.
 We see Isabelle in her white clothes with a denim jacket; presenting her as happier and possibly more of a girly character that contrasts with Sarah's darker clothes. Using the mis-en-sen to create the characters.

Character profile - Sarah

Sarah is the antagonist in the opening two minutes. We first see her getting out of bed much like Isabelle. Showing that they are binary opposites in character.

 In the beginning our idea was for the audience to see Sarah; when they first see her we want the audience to feel sorry for Sarah. A sense of narrative enigma about Sarah. We don't know her past, we see her on the outside of the clique. Compared to films such as mean girls; generally the girl on the outside is the protagonist. the girl clique is intimidating and tend to hurt the protagonist. However in Neighbours Sarah is the antagonist. We portray this by Sarah watching the girls. But there is confusion as too why, which becomes clear at the end. the audience are sure what Sarah's motives are until the end of the two minutes; where things begin to clear up.

 We wanted Sarah to come across as dark and mysterious in comparison to Isabelle. Her clothing was darker that Isabelle's and her bedroom was different. Helping the audience realise what the distinction is between the protagonist and the antagonist.