Portfolio Project: Film Opening Task WEEK 2 [Post 3/4]

WEEK 2

[Post 3/4]

Character Design Process

The characters play the biggest role in how and where the plot will lead, just as proper representation will play a massive role in upholding my target audience's attention. Not many media in the industry execute proper representation of what they promise. Representation depicted in characters must be relevant and not spontaneous in relation to the plot.

My rough plot (and overall idea) for the film:

I also added to my plot since the last blog post-- I decided it would be a sort of tragic romance. The concept of star-crossed lovers (lovers who are unable to be together for a reason) has been a point of interest for me since I watched the animated movie Your Name (2016).

I believe incorporating this sort of idea in a story based on a romantic myth works well together. Romantic stories with somber endings are more interesting this way to me, like Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Though this might not affect the opening too much, I still wanted to develop this kind of plot detail to keep myself interested to keep me motivated.

Enough about the plot-- I wanted to create characters for this that were opposites of each other. Though they may not have much in common, their inability to love based on their distinct traumas and (mental) illnesses would be the only similarity they share. Both unknowingly stray away from their fated love-- one missing a string as the other's string is broken. I believe that opposites are complementary. One side could fill in the missing features of the other and vice versa. Based on these beliefs, I want to create two characters with opposing color palettes (e.g. white/red, black/green).

For now, I am unsure of my actors for this project, so the most I can plan for now is color and shape.

For my main character, I want to incorporate the white/red palette-- representing a more open personality-- and the other character a black/green palette-- representing a more closed and straightforward personality. These colors may be changed later on depending on the people that will act, but it would still be opposing colors based on the color wheel.