While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping she'll be the one to take away his virginity, to do this he creates a supplementary persona named Francois, who is bold, contemptuous of authority and irresistible to women. The majority of the time that Francois appears he is stood/sat behind Nick slightly to one side, this gives the appearance that Francois is the devil on Nick's shoulders, this is one of the most common portrayal's of Freud, Id and Ego, an angel and a devil.
This will be a big influence on my own film as the two characters Nick and Francois are the opposite ends of the spectrum, and as such will be the basis for my own characters. This can be seen by their very different reactions in almost identical situations, something I will try to replicate within my own film.
This will be a big influence on my own film as the two characters Nick and Francois are the opposite ends of the spectrum, and as such will be the basis for my own characters. This can be seen by their very different reactions in almost identical situations, something I will try to replicate within my own film.
These two shots are almost identical, other than Nick's clothes and his mum's boyfriend, yet Nick acts very differently in the two scenes. The first takes place at the start of the film and Nick is still a very reserved, awkward teenager, who does as he's told and doesn't answer back, the next is taken from shortly after Nick has developed his Francois persona. After this establishing shot of the breakfast table, Nick is seen as Francois for the rest of the scene and instantly has a cigarette.
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