Hello! I am going to be describing both of my main characters in my film opening in the view i want to portray them as, but I am not 100% this is exactly how I want to picture them yet, it is just a planning.
I have seen plenty of movies with similar stories to mine in the thriller genre. The girl, who is the victim, usually has a name that gives an innocent look and feel to her which contradicts the darkness and evil in the story. After looking for many options, I didn't want it to be basic like Annabelle or Abigail, so I decided to go with the name Chloe.
Chloe is more restricted and private. Although she is being seeked out, she has the intelligence to sense when she is being watched. I wanted her to be a minor to really represent how young this girl is and how she is still not considered an adult. She is the eldest of 3 brothers and her age is 16. Her colors refer mainly to brown shades more of the wood type of brown colors. Sort of studious and artsy, but she likes going to the park to watch her friends play soccer. She is very confident and bold if she needs to defend herself.
My other main character, who will be the assailant, will not have his name be mentioned as much. Just his presence mainly, because I prefer for him to have no name for the beginning since his personality is unknown and he hides a lot. The name I have decided for this man will be something simple. In a lot of similar style films, like in "Amber's Story" 2006, the man was considered unknown because they never really found out who was this person who killed her. My story will be different because Chloe will have the strength and power to overcome this trap she is in by being followed. Since this man will be made known in my film, I wanted to give him the name Mike which is a common American name as well to symbolize the normality of this man and how he was just a regular person who has this secret life where he becomes obsessed with Chloe. Mind you, he is still young. This man is about 21 years old. He is still in college, but has some issues where his way of thinking is not morally right. I did not want to make him dress in black and a hood when he is watching over Chloe.
He has a bit of personality disorder, so at time he is dressing like a modern young adult and then at other times, the other side of him comes out and he dresses a little bit more shady.
This is the mood board I've created for Mike to show that he is like any other regular man and has a bit of preppiness to him. He is serious and very private, but always wants to look neat.
The background to this story is that Chloe knows Mike since they used to work together at a restaurant. She had confronted him about obsessive texts he used to send her and has blocked him many times over the phone. I am still planning this part of how it will be symbolized during the opening, but i feel like it changes the traditional story of this type of film.
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