First of all Amy is introduced right at the first opening shot of the film. She lays in the lap of her husband as he describes wanted to crack her skull whilst stroking her hair. We instantly feel that she is set up as the victim. The next time we see her is at a party. She seems a very normal person who has attractive traits showing she is warm, funny and human. As the scene develops and the two characters leave the party and we see their romance grow. So far Amy is really relatable and likeable having normal traits. She is desirable and almost a person that you could say people aspire to.
As the story goes on we start to see Amys background. We find out that her parents have made a series of books based on her called Amazing Amy only the character in the book is more of a perfect person. Its almost as if her parents have created a dream version of their daughter like her getting married when shes not or releasing a book of her playing the chello a year after she gave it up. Amy refers to the character as the 'golden child' of her. This is really interesting as it shows development of why Amy ends up the way her character is towards the second half of the film. She is almost neglected and can never live up to her parents expectations that the character in the book seems to mold into. The emotional toll that it must put on Amy must really affect her and suports the way that she is later. We also find out in a scene a bit later on that her parents go bankrupped due to a resession and spend nearly all of Amy's trust fund money to bail them out for the book.
As the film continues we see that Amy is seen as the loving, devoted wife. She is angelic and innocent and is a huge victim leading us to believe that her husband has killed her after their marrage breaks down and he finds out shes pregnant. At the half way point, everything in the film changes and flips on its head. Amy has faked her own death to get back at her husband for having an affair and hopes he dies with the death penalty. She is seen on the run as the public and the media go into a frenzy believing she is dead. We instantly see a different side to Amy. We see someone who we thought was so relatable and innocent turn into someone who is not who we thought she was. The film continues flicking back and forth between Nick her husbands life and her life until we really see Amy unravel. We realise the extent that she goes to in order to make out that her husband had beaten her by hiting her own face with a hammer leaving a bruise. We find out on Nicks side that she has let her previous boyfriends go to jail for stalking and rape when they convince Nick that they are innocent and havent done this at all. We really see Amy's true psychotic trates when she seeks refuge with an old boyfriend who is slightly obsessed with her. She stays at his mansion and ends up pretending he has tied her to the bed by playing up to CCTV cameras that she has escaped with bandages tied to her wrists. We also then see the boyfriend come home as she takes him into the bedroom, has sex with him and then slits his throat then swimming in his blood to look like she was captured and it was self defense.
When analysing this film I really get a sense of my character in her. Although my character is not as crazy and obsene, I feel like the fact that she is really strong minded and fierce but also later goes on to kill 3 business men is really shocking. This film has made me think that I can add to the fact that when she kills the men she has no remorse once shes done it and accepts the fact that when she gets caught shes not upset by it. I feel this is more effective than what I was originally planning where she would be frantic after and feel guilt. I feel like this has helped me to look at my character and help to develop her further by analysing this film. Its inspired me to think of my character as someone stronger and lacks remorse which I will be sure to describe when writing my script.
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