Blood is a widely used prop for the Vampires. You see it lots through out the movie. The Vampires drink it in manny ways. They have it with coffee , pure straight blood in a cup with ice and manny other forms of drinking it. It's the main prop because the idea of blood is one of the main factors of the film. the supplies left. Look at the scene here when a coffee shop tells a man he can only have 5% blood with his coffee.
Blood and Ice
This is a scene that relay explains why blood is a main prop(Motif) in the film for the Vampires. As any film with Vampires Blood is always a main factor for the film. It what they live and feed on. It show why the Vampires have a craving for blood and that they can't live with out it. Even the people serving the blood once they close the shop are trying to get some of the spilt blood.
The Mixture of liquids that they have used to make the blood has given it a thick look to it, more then it would normally be like in other Vampire films. They have done this due to blood being one of the main factors of the film. There wanting it to stand out to be more then just blood, they want it to be everywhere and to be one of the things that make you remember the film.
Humans
The Crossbow is a widely used prop in the film. The humans use them through out as protection from the Vampires. The Arrows are dipped in a small layer of holly water to ward of the Vampires after they have been shot. The Crossbow is used as a great Motif in the way that it helps make the humans individual different to the Vampires. It helps you remember that they are human and not Vampires.
The use the crossbows with no fear and will strike at any time for the protection that they need. Through out the film they use it to protect them from Ethan Hawks character, they know that he won't hurt them but they use it anyway as a sign to say that I'm more powerful then you and that humans will rise once again. In the past Crossbows have been used in manny other movies. One film is Van Helsing when human Character Van Helsing(Played By Hugh Jackman. He uses the crossbow for the some thing and the similarities between the two characters is very alike.
So in conclusion Charles is the typical American Bad Guy in most American made movies. He wants all the power and is willing to sacrifice anything to get what he wants. He does not fell pity and does not fell fear until his own life is on the break of edge. He does not care about anyone but himself and is fast with he's plains to get rid of someone for good. But as always with these types of films he does get his own way and dies leaving the good guys to win.
Charles at first felt like what he was doing was for the good of the nation, but he fell to the victim of power and control and in general he started to become what i have described about him.
The Camera angles used around this character Represents a high stranded of power. When ever he is around over people that are weaker then him the angle is always below another character. This is representing the power over the over characters, but later on in the film when the humans start to return things slowly start to change and the camera angles make him look like he’s weak.
Charles and his Daugter Alison
Dialogue
The dialogue that Sam is giving out in this film works well for this Character, you get a sense of this guy, the creepiness, the power and in a way the quietness of him that makes him freaky.
Costume and Make up
The Characters Costume and Hair Style is what you would Expect from this Character. It's very slick and simple and makes him look like he belongs in the room of an office. The Hair style is pulled back and he wears a suite for the whole film. In the end it's giving the feeling he he is a business man.
The Make up is like all the other characters in the film. They have a pale side to them but not to pale like Twilight and there is a slight bit of eyeliner on him.
Another great thing they have done with this Character is that the eye's are brighter in colure then others in the film. I think they have done this to enhances the look of the Glance's that he gives allot through out the film.
Who is this Character
In the film Daybreakers we have one of the main Characters Charles Bromley(Played by Sam Neil) Who is the Company owner of the research Lab that Farms humans for blood. This Character is a great example of a Patriarchy male. With in the film he is represented as a nice and kind person. But to the people who know him well he is a scary and fearful Vampire. You could compare him in a way to the Master in 'Buffy,People obey him and do what there told just like the Master. When it comes to the way he looks he does not look ugly like the Master Does, but the facial Expressions are very alike. From what i see from this Character i believe that the Director has got his inspiration from The Master.
Now when People Disobey him things don't turn out well. This Guy has no feelings for other Vampires and will kill them if they do not do as there told, here again we find another similarity to The Master. This Character gives a posture that i have not seen in a long time. He stands tall but at the some time looks relaxed. This then makes him look like a simple man and someone who should not be feared, but reality he's not that. Another great thing Sam Neil has don with this Character is the Glances he gives to other Charters. When ever you look into his eyes there is a feeling that you should fear him. He does this all the time even when he is putting on a act of being kind. Look at the clip below of Sam Neil's Charter when he meets his Daughter for the first time in ages.
Facial Expressions(Part 2)
In the screen shot on the top left we have just reached the end of the scene and Edward has pored all Frankie's bottle of blood down the sink. Frankie's look gives a felling of I'm angry at you for doing that. The look is then building up the tension between them even more ,Edward(Bottom left) gives this look as to say 'I give up' ,'You win' or ' I'm sorry. All of that builds up to him throwing the bottle on the wall.
All the things i have talked about have all helped to lead up to that final breaking point at the end. The director has done this scene incredibly well to give a insight of a Vampier Argument.
One thing about this scene is that it is a very typical American type setting Edward is representing a character who wants to be separate from the others and does not want to be like them. Frankie is the normal Type of character that is like everyone else in the scene.
