Character Analysis:

Ride along: The character James played by Ice Cube, is portrayed as a stereotypical dominant, manly character. James's dark clothing and nature suggests that he can be a violent, mysterious character. However we also see that he is wearing a badge around neck this then implies that he is apart of the special forces and significantly important. Therefore this then shows that audience that the genre is a police/investigation film. James's body language is extremely important because it shows out his two sided personality, firstly we see the strong, tough and ignorant  body language, this then presents James as a villain to the audience. However in contrast to this representation of James, we then take notice of his split personality when we see his humorous facial expressions. This then portrays to the audience that the film has slight comedy involved.

 

Harry Potter: Snape

 

Snape is automatically depicted as being cold hearted and bitter, we imply this from his black clothing and jet black hair, this may also symblosise death and mystery. Snapes dark nature and obscure personality suggests that he could be a main chatacter that leads to drama. The characters arrogant, curious body language enforces his villain position in the film. The long black cloak that the character presents himself in and his dark, long, black, scruffy hair shows the audience that the genre could be fantasy and mystical.  We see that Snape is strong and powerful this is portrayed through his aggresive body language, we see that he walks high and above everyone else influencing that he holds power over others.