The next character on the moodboard is Spider from Elysium. We have taken inspiration from this character for the character of the technical expert in our trailer. Although in Elysium the character is also the leader of the resistance, we are not taking inspiration from this aspect of his character as we can't have too many badasses in one film or they would just all mush together. We haven't actually come up with a name for the technical expert, but I'm sure that this will come soon enough. The technical expert from Elysium was chosen because he is different from most technical experts in films, who are usually seen as nerdy and sometimes flamboyant. This technical expert is more of a tough guy, and this makes him a much more interesting character. We want our technical expert to be more like this - he's clever and knows his way around technology, but at the same time he can take care of himself outside of the lab.
The technical expert in our film is probably the least fleshed out of all the characters so far, as at the moment he is weighing heavily on stereotypes. At the moment he is far too similar to Spider from Elysium, so we need to make the character our own, and make him more interesting. As well as being the technical expert, he is also the expert on all the other aspects of the film, such as history, archaeology, ancient cults etc. He basically knows everything the the audience needs to know to understand the film and his purpose is largely expositional. Of course this would make for a rather dull character, so we are going to have to give him some extra roles and make him a more believable character, as well as justifying all the random information that he happens to know.
