Portfolio Project: Pre-Production - Character Development

     My partner and I have spent a lot of time decided the details of who our characters are going to be and how they are going to effectively fit into the storyline that we are trying to bring to life. We knew that our characters were going to include a photographer and a model as we are centering the story around a photoshoot gone wrong so to speak. We decided that it would work best with the model being our main character. She is a young adult model between the ages of 19-23. She is of Latin heritage which will be further discussed in a future blog post. She is a youthful, happy, ambitious, and outgoing upcoming model who is having her first viral photoshoot. Our photographer is our secondary character who isn't focused on. She is between the ages of 25- 29 and African American. She's very hardworking and creative so she puts her all into her photoshoots. 

                                    

    The model's mood board was created to depict who she is. Inspiration was taken from a very popular Latina actress, named Jenna Ortega. She a younger celebrity who I felt exemplified the characteristics of the character we are going to create. Her role in Scream is an example of the shock factor and mystery that we are trying to employ in our project. The accompanying pictures depict the job of a model and what our character is going to be doing throughout our 2-minute opening. The colors seen in the background are mostly warm, calm yellows that are used to express her personality of being genuinely happy and youthful. She also appears fairly innocent which will make people wonder what she did that cause the ominous text message. The photographer's mood board depicts the job of a photographer, specifically a fashion photographer like those for Vogue. The colors are black and white to create the feel of film that goes with the photography career field. While she is not the main character, she is a important piece of the story.