Character wise, our film has only two characters max but these characters are probably the most important aspect of our film out of everything that is in the film. The characters are the ones that give the film meaning in the first place and are also the main drive of tension of our story in this film. But how exactly they drive tension you might ask? That is exactly what I am about to answer right now. Here is why my two characters (the Buyer and the Dealer) drive tension:
They are very psychologically different compared to each other. This can be explained by how the buyer in our film is introduced acting calm and collected but deep inside, he is really not fully calm and is instead anxious and uncertain. His control can be seen as as acting like a mask that hides his anxiety and instead represents being calm and prepared. Character development of the Buyer focuses on the gradual loss of control and shift of power that he has over the interaction with the Dealer. The big realization here is that preparation does not equal power.
On the flip side, the Dealer represents emotional detachment and experience to a certain degree. The dealer is also shown to be calm and collected similarly to the Buyer, but unlike the Buyer, the Dealer does not need to have the interaction go his way which is why his confidence comes from a sense of familiarity with experience which ultimately creates an imbalance of power between the two.
Overall, the tension that happens in the film, is mostly caused by the psychological differences between the two characters. Through the interaction, our film explores themes of power, control, and identity under pressure which shows how quickly confidence can change while being tested.
Here is a single photo of us trying to film one of our scenes (more production processes will be coming in future posts):
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