It is time to begin the more creative side of my project now that I have compiled so much research. Taylor and I started storyboarding by doing a character mapping activity together I originally learned in my Creative Writing class that comes in handy whenever I need to start a new project. This activity is all about getting all of your creative energy out onto paper and pasting things that make sense together and scrapping unnecessary things at the end. There are no bad answers in this activity, it all works in the end, and if you don't like the character developed just try again.
Start it off! We quickly discussed who we actually wanted our main protagonist to be. Instantly we both said a female junior high school student soon to become a Senior. Done.
Social attribues: We discussed she would be friendly and well known but not popular, she would have been known as the sweet bubbly girl next door. She would deal with some stress and anxiety. She would not be an introvert but defiantly not an extrovert, somewhere nice right in the middle. Done.
Name: Taylor and I took some BS if we were to have a baby together what should we name it tests. We got a good laugh out of it but it didn't work. Then, we looked up popular baby names from this year and realized we hated them all. So then we looked at other countries popular names as we wanted our character to have a simple and unique name that would go along with our character development thus far (I know it sounds particular but hey it's our project). We eventually found the name Nora and it clicked in both of our minds instantly. And it was settled, our main female protagonist would be named Nora Brawn! The last name was Taylor's manifestation it just came out of nowhere and we both loved it. Done.
Meaning behind our character's name: https://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-nora-3443.htm
Looks: Cute and attractive but defiantly not like super hot (TRUST ME I KNOW THIS SOUNDS CONFUSING BUT IT MAKES SENSE TO US HIGH SCHOOLERS 😂). Good with style but is defiantly more on the simplistic side. Your overall average, cute high school Junior going through her days of high school life. Brown to dirty blond hair. Race doesn't matter. Done.
Taylor and I are now on the look for a actress for our film that fits this whole character map we have created for Nora.
As for the other characters, we will have a psychiatrist/therapist/doctor (we may use my actual phycologist Dr. Victoria as I we believe she will be totally willing to help out and she has the perfect setting to shoot as she has a little talking office), some basic high school groupie friends who act super angsty and popular, and some very concerned parents.
Because we are creating a movie trailer, the other characters outside of our main protagonist do not need so much character development, and their screen time in comparison to Nora will be minimal only their to show the dynamic character setting and reveal little bits and peaces of the movie's plot.
Until next time,
-Ash
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