Character Development - Grant Smith

For this character we wanted him to look creepy and eerie in order to reflect Scott's suspicions towards him and for the audience to take the side of Scott as opposed to siding with Grant. This also makes the plot twist of Scott actually giving the order to kill Layla more surprising and effective on the audience.

In terms of casting Grant, we wanted someone with dark eyes and dark hair in order to contrast with Scott's piercing blue eyes and blonde hair. This was so that the audience don't confuse the two of them in the trailer as we wanted some shots which don't reveal the whole face of the character, only features.This can also reflect a sense of mysteriousness as all of his features are dark and alluring which makes him more attractive and establishes a "bad boy" image for the audience. Due to the similarities in hair and eye colour we also found that Grant and Layla will look compatible as a couple on screen which is also important as it makes the scenes/storyline look more authentic.

In the trailer we planned to put Grant in dark clothing such as a dark shirt and trousers as well as possibly gloves in order to reflect his job to kill Layla (and would therefore want to hide any evidence of it occurring such as fingerprints being left behind)

Inspired by Josh Henderson, dark hair and dark eyes