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Film Studies

The Anti-Hero/Villain/Unknown Male Character Archetype
The Male Character Archetype must be both hated and loved by different eras of
audiences in order for an emotional reaction to be gained once that character is defeated
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In order for this to work, the Archetype must have some
sympathetically values and attributes
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The mainstream films
being made in the recent 100 years want to display themselves away from the child-like
fairytale literature which is deemed immature; yet is a ground for the archetype of the hero
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What Makes the Male Character Archetype an ANTIHERO?


It is just so that the Male Archetype of an ANTI-HERO must have some values of

likeness with a heroic figure; hence the suffix 'hero'
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For example; the
psychological inability may be that the character is not able to feel emotion pain or remorse
for his actions; thus making him a raging psychopathic killer
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This character kills nearly 15 people and feels no remorse
for it
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But, human instinct prevents this psychologically; making
the character appear to have a mental disability or a psychological impediment
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This emotional reaction is more
popular to the female audience as females are typed with feeling a wider range of emotions
on a higher scale
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Making this character both psychologically disabled and physically attractive make
the reactions of the female viewers faster and deeper
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On one side of the argument, it is better to be an attractive sociopath who kills people

than it is to be a normal person rampaging on a thoughtless killing spree
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The facial expression
due to the eyes
suggest that his death
is near
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Fire represents anger
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Anger is a form of a demanding nature
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Therefore, this is the romantic involvement women have with
Kiriyama
Freeze Frames:
In the following freeze frames, Kiriyama should show a demanding and aggressive
nature that has been previously reflected by the infamous image above
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This is done to observe the
development of the character through the film and how the components of Kiriyama's
personality build on each other and make him an anti-hero that is not only the most infamous
anti-hero of non-Hollywood cinema, but also an anti-hero that the female audience become
romantically interested in through his nature
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As this is his introduction, it immediately makes his character
mysterious
The fact that the audience are
level with his face makes the
audience feel equal to him
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It is
unfamiliar and uncertain
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But, as
we come to realise, this will be very different to his character
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The camera is level
with him with his gun
slightly above midpoint
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The
facial
expression is angry
and demanding
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The gun is the symbol of a killer; again
the mise-en-scene will develop later

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