Son of Rambow

The film 'Son of Rambow' shares the theme of comedy and has two young boys as the main characters. In the film the boys peform a lot of 'stunts' for their action movie which results in them getting hurt. This is shown in a comic way however, as the boys always get straight up again after and brush themselves down. Not only does this show them as lovable, but also quite clumsy and as typical young boys. I could use their attitude to portray my character 'Rodney' as being your typical clumsy character who is always falling over or getting into some kind of mess. By showing Rodneys quick reactions when he falls over or does something clumsy at various points in my film it develops his character further, showing the audience this is a normal thing for him to do. It also makes the audience warm to him. One of the main characters, 'Will', is very alike Rodney in the fact he just wants to be known as a hero. In one scene, he bursts through the door and declares 'I've come to save you Rambow'. The camera then cuts to an old man in a womans costume creating humour as he is obviously not as heroic as the thinks. This is extremely similar to a scene in my own film where Rodney marches through the door wearing his garlic necklace and holding his carrot stake then steps in a decorative pumpkin laying next to the door. His cool image is ruined by this and he is made a comedy figure to laugh at. I notices that in 'Son of Rambow' Will is positioned very 'macho' with his hands on his hips as though he is about to save the day. This is contradicted by his small, skinny frame creating humour. I decided to use this in my own film as i think it will be very effective and funny.