Settings and Casting

Ben Usher - Father - Our production (Left)

Robert De Niro - Father - Hide and Seek (Right)

Robert De Niro plays the father figuire in Hide and Seek. He is schizophrenic who doesnt realise he has killed his wife. We have compared our character Ben to this as he also acts as the father figuire and also kills his wife. We chose to use this as a screen shot as the facial expressions are similar in that they have a 'serious' tilted look. It conveys the idea that what looks to be an ordinary person can be the complete opposite. The only major difference of both characters is that the character we used is of a younger age, however this was a necessity as we wanted the effect of todays society where most of the crimes are commited by those at a younger age. It also represents the idea that in todays society more young people are having children at a young age, a variety of these will be brought into violent families.












Troy Peace - Son - Our production (Right)

Dakota Fanning - Daughter - Hide and Seek (Left)

Dakota Fanning plays the daughter in Hide and Seek. She is mentally disturbed in that her dads schizophrenic behaviour leads her to believe he is her 'imaginary friend'. Troy plays the son in our production. He has been playing with his toys when he hears an argument between his parents, to which he immediately jumps up and peers to listen through the bannisters. He then is a witness to the murder of his mum. We chose to use this screen shots both characters in this point of the films have experienced a problem. You can see how we have followed a 'frightened' expression to represent that some type of danger has occured.