Characters

Character notes on the Graduate

Benjamin Braddock:

Benjamin is a college graduate and most importantly he needs to be around the age of 20 to 24. He is a clean-cut and well-bred young man with some confusion on his face. He needs to be dress like a normal everyday guy as his role should shows that he is just like everyone else who had just graduate from the college. He is not out standing with the look, but shouldn’t be too bad either, and his body type should be median size. Ben is always wondering and thinking about his future, he need to give the audients a feel that he is living in a dreamy world where everything doesn’t matter to him. He is not a good talker, and is a shy guy that’s not comfortable about sex and relationship with female. He is bored of his own life as there is nothing he wants to do or can do about his future, and is secretly hoping something exciting is going to happen. Ben is a good kid to his parents, and mostly do whatever his parent told him to do even he doesn’t want to. In the end I think Ben has a normal level of IQ and a just a little bit below average of EQ due to the why he expresses himself.

Mrs. Robinson:

She is a classic foxy woman. Mrs. Robinson should be about her late 30 or early 40 as she was likely marry really young. She is bored about her life and tired of her husband. As her daughter is in college and her husband is always working or with other women, we can see why she is so lonely. She talk like she is better than others, but in her heart she feel she is nothing. Once the relationship between her and Ben started, she sees Ben as low as she is and there for won’t allow Ben to go out with Elaine. She sees Elaine as herself when she was younger, and was hoping that Elaine will end up like her, marring someone that she doesn’t like. Mrs. Robinson is a selfish character, with the ability to seduce any man with her look.

Elaine Robinson:

She is the counter part of her mother, and she is a character that’s not yet polluted by this world. In the eyes of Ben, Elaine is a hope and a fresh new chapter of his life. Elaine is a beautiful young girl around the age of 20 to 22 perhaps just 1 or 2 years younger than Ben, which allow the relationship to grow easier. She is full of hope and is not afraid to express her love and hate. After she find out what is going on with her mother and Ben, her sadness and hate slowly recover when she move to a new area. This shows that she is still a girl that’s full of hope and looking the good side of everything. She is truly in love with Ben, unlike her mother who is only using Ben as a toy. 

Mr. Braddock and Mrs. Braddock

Ben’s parent is a classic good marry couples, however they care more of how they look as a family more than the reality itself. They are not close to Ben and most of the time they become the background character of Ben’s life. In the film we don’t even need to show their faces as the viewers don’t need to make any emotional connection with them as Ben isn’t as well. The Braddock is a wealthy family and the mother is likely someone that will spend most of her time dressing and doing her hair instant of spending time with her son.

Mr. Robinson and the Others:

Try to keep as few characters as possible, and focus on the mains.  Mr. Robinson is someone that is normally not there when his wife or daughter needed him, and so he should feel the same to the viewers the same way. What he does or what he did isn’t important to the story, as he is like a background character that’s there for the story of Mrs. Robinson and the connection of the two families. He isn’t doing anything unique or interesting during the whole story, and so his character should feel the same. Every other character in the story should be there as the contrast to the main characters, and by do so take their personality and interest.