Good afternoon, readers! It has been an eventful few days of not only preparing our actors to film, but actually having to film. Our day of filming made a few shots of progress, but it has ultimately been worth it in order to gather momentum for the project. In fact, we have been able to guarantee for even more people to show up for our next filming session this Saturday! Anyways, how about I introduce you guys to our focus for today’s blog, supporting characters. Although these characters are not the most memorable, or do not have as much significance as the protagonist, they do allow the atmosphere and overall tone of the movie to be constructed as it goes on. I would like to introduce you guys to a few!
David Jimblowski is one of Ricky’s teammates on the blue side, who doesn’t necessarily stand out, nor speak too much throughout the film. However, considering our protagonist will not be speaking during the opening scene, it is a necessity that our supporting characters will be able to carry the dialogue in the intro, at least regarding background information. David will be sure to assist the viewers to unravel the situation, but not as much in a big way as our next character.
Kelvin Ronalds is our next supporting character, to whom will speak the most during this entire scene and is a part of the blue team. Although Kelvin takes up the mantle of the team’s quarterback, he is not necessarily the most athletic or confident about his ability of playing football. In fact, these two supporting characters rely on Ricky to do the heavy lifting, although he has experienced failure after failure. The irony is in Kelvin’s inability to be a confident person, which a leader must uphold, thus exposing the true weak points of the blue team in their pursuit to stand against the red team. However, his character clues the audience on to what type of people Ricky associates himself with, which are the losers. Both David and Kelvin wear blue shirts with black shorts, similar to Ricky’s outfit.
The two coaches both appear to exhibit the leadership skills and responsibility to help guide their team, but Coach W, the blue team’s coach, has taken the short end of the stick. His players do not adequately fit the football standards, but he has had no other choice. He expresses his discontent throughout the scene, especially when talking to the other coach. He is jealous of the red team, but needs to keep his composure and professionalism as a coach. Coach Maggot of the red team has obtained top-tier players that serve to pose the main conflict for Ricky and his team, and Maggot guides these players with his intellect, as well as making fun of Coach W in the process.
The red team players consist of Chad, Brad, and Bryce, the typical jockey names anyone can recognize. They will be obnoxious and act aggressively towards the blue team, but they provide a challenge to lead Ricky straight to rock-bottom.
All in all, our supporting characters help provide a proper start to the movie Offsides, allowing for some stereotypes such as the jocks and nerds to flow into it, typical of a sports movie. The thing to note is that Ricky really does not fit in either group, he feels lost in what end of the social hierarchy he feels more inclined to be. Football seems to be his only pursuit in life, although his constant failure has only discouraged him from wanting to play. Still, he continues to play through all the shame, which creates a pretty interesting dilemma you can witness by watching Offsides, coming to theaters next month. We hope you can catch a viewing of this film, see you next week where we discuss our new storyboard for the movie!
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