Similar Products- Protagonist VS Antagonist

Protagonist and Antagonist help make up the complex story line that thriller films have. They are the basis for any character which are then built on to create unique yet conventional characters. Protagonist characters are always the main characters in a film. They have some traits that are usually always used such as brave, intelligent, daring and ambitious. The plot will be made around this character, and they are who the audience should most identify with. Protagonist's are often shown as normal people in very realistic life setting's for example the film the unborn where Casey is shown as an average teenager, she has a boyfriend, good friends and a part time job nothing seems out of the ordinary. The Unborn is about Casey Beldon who begins to suffer from horrendous hallucinations, she realizes that she is being haunted by the soul of her dead twin brother jumby. He wants to use her death as a way of entering the living world. It's common that something has happened to protagonist characters in the past either a troubled incident or something that is hidden and they do not yet no about. You usually get to know a lot about the protagonist characters life and the details that have happened to them. We find out that Casey's mother had committed suicide after becoming insane from the constant haunting of her son who wanted revenge. 

She is shown as brave yet frightened at some times however this helps the audience to identify to her as a character. She smashes mirrors to prevent herself from seeing him and instead of asking for help and putting others in danger she decides to try and put an end to it herself making her appear the 'hero'. Its also conventional for a protagonist to be a leader of some sort. This could be of a large group or maybe just of one individual they tend to take charge in order for the situation not to get out of control or out of hand. Casey does this by taking charge of the exorcism and preventing the ghost from killing her. Also its very common for their to be a lot of people focusing on helping the Protagonist as shown in the exorcism scene the focus point is always on the protagonist.

An antagonist is generally a group or an individual who is against or causing obstacles for the protagonist character. One obsticle created in the unborn film was when Casey tries to seek help a man in a wheel chair twists his body into a pose and runs after her trying to kill her. They can also be known as the rival or competitor. They don't Nesselrode have to be an actual person they can be an object or even a ghost as shown in unborn. Jumby the unborn twin is haunting Casey and he seeks revenge on his family. He has already taken his mother's life by sending her insane to the brink that she ended up killing herself. Its common for antagonists to do everything in their power to prevent a goal or something from happening which in tern prevent the other character from moving forward and succeeding. Sometimes the protagonist is manipulated so much that they begin to become the antagonist, and pick up some of their traits however this is quickly recovered and they become the heroic main character once again. However most of the time the distinction between the two is clearly seen this is often used by mise en scene. The protagonist will often be situated in a much nicer environment than the antagonist such as the film box, the main characters are a couple the women played by Cameron Diaz live in a lovely area full or green and nice grand houses however the antagonist's home is most dark and not very homey. Protagonist and Antagonist always confront each other when they do this in the box the lighting on each of them will be completely different, low key for the antagonist also the antagonist will be more to the right of the camera and the protagonist will have much more variety in camera shots as they are the main character. As shown in the trailer below it becomes clear that the antagonist will always get in the way of something cause huge obstacles for people to try to over come. Such as in the film the box they were a happy family who seemed perfect however as the antagonist introduces the box everything begins to go wrong and gets out of hand.

Also the distinction is shown more clearly through their costumes that they wear, As in the film the box, a psychological thriller which is about a couple who are having financial difficulties when a man turns up with a box. On the box is a button and they are told that if they press the button then they will receive $1,000,000 dollars however someone somewhere will die. This could be anyone either someone they know or a complete stranger, an old person or a baby. The man who delivers it (the antagonist) is dressed in a black suit and black hat and appears to have half his face missing. He is wearing all dark colours which in contrast to the couple who wear colourful and very realistic, everyday clothes which illustrates that they are the protagonists and allows the audience to relate to them much easier by how they dress and appear to be as individuals.