The character on the left, in the above image, is a a member of my group posed as George Matthews, the protagonist of my thriller. The image on the right is actor Daniel Radcliffe, posed as the fictional character of Harry Potter. Although the genres of my film and the Harry Potter films are completely different, the way in which the characters are shaped are very similar. Harry Potter is a average boy who lives in a house in England. There is not much drama in his life, it is rather boring and normal. In the same sense, George Matthews also lives a relatively normal, uneventful life. But both these characters are unaware of the drama that has been unfolding behind their backs their whole lives: in Harry's world, the whole of the wizarding world knew that he was a wizard, apart from himself; in George's world, he has been constantly watched by an old lady, but of course, unbeknown to him. Harry Potter's world is turned upside down when he find out that he is a wizard, and this information was conveyed to him by a particular person. George Matthew's life is also thrown into chaos when he realises that there is predator out to get him. I have chosen to compare the character of George Matthews to that of Harry Potter to covey the idea that when normality is disrupted, drama is created.
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