Seven Deadly Sins Research

As the main characters of 'Seven Deadly Sisters" all represent a sin, i decided to do some research into the topic and find ways to help make it more obvious about who represents each of the sins. 

Seven Deadly Sins

Our film that we are making a trailer for is called “Seven Deadly Sisters”, which is a play on words with the seven deadly sins. The film has seven main characters who are sisters, and each of them represents one of the deadly sins. Each sin is a characteristic that all naturally have. The sisters all show their designated sin in a stronger light. The seven deadly sins and their corresponding sister go as follows.

Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity. In the film, this sin is portrayed by ‘Murderous McKenna’. We have written the screenplay for the trailer to show this by having the actress visually tally the amount of murders she’s committed and use her facial expressions to show how highly she thinks of herself.

Envy is the desire for others' traits, status, abilities, or situation. ‘Deadly Dodie’ is the character in the trailer who we have decided to show this sin. We have the actress witness something that she is clearly jealous off and then literally kill it. We also are directing the actress to use her facial expressions to show jealousy in most of her scenes, over the smallest things.

Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires. This sin was the hardest to assign to a character, but in the end we went with “Pathetic Penny”. We felt this would be a good fit because our film relies heavily on fitting with stereotypes, and making them so cliche it makes stereotyping look stupid. Penny is the clumsy character, and also called pathetic by her sisters, so we felt that giving her the gluttony sin would add to the humour of this character. To show this sin we plan to have her snacking in most shots of her.

Lust is an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body. This sin was the easiest to designate to one of our characters. Before assigning any of the other sins, we matched lust to “Shocker Shauna”. Shauna as a character seduces men before making her attack so we knew this was the best fit. To make sure the viewers know this, we have her dressed as if she’s going at for the night. She’s wearing a dress in all her scenes, with her hair and make-up done, and is often wearing heals.

Anger is manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury. It is also known as Wrath. The character we chose to display this sin is “Gory Gwen”. She is the eldest of the sisters and while she is a motherly figure to many of them, she is very angry at everything that her father did to her and her family.

Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness. This sin is portrayed by the youngest of the sisters “Killer Kath”. Kath is treated as the baby of the group but she somehow always gets what she wants. However there is something that her sisters don’t give her, and that’s the feeling that she is one of them, despite her being the youngest.

Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work. This last sin we chose “Creepy Caroline” to be as we decided it was a pretty good fit. Creepy Caroline is only ever scene sitting in the corner in all scenes. Her body language will emphasise her laziness and she only rarely contributes to conversation, and even then, this will not be displayed in the trailer.