I strongly believe that planning is a necessary part of any good media text, thus I jotted down a few ideas for each of the following: characters, locations, props, and music. In this post I'm going to talk about the characters, and implicitly, about the actors playing them The main character - Alexis, played by Alexiana Alexis is a troubled girl, she has been put into a hospital for the mentally insane for unknown reasons. Whether she is actually mentally impaired or not, is never revealed but only subtly understood differently by each viewer. She is in a negative mood most of the intro, as her only wish is to get out of the place taking over her every move. She feels alone and stuck, until KL (discussed more about him down below) tells her to follow him, where Alexis seems intrigued yet confused and reluctant to do so. I chose my friend, Alexiana, because she doesn't look 'basic', or common, she has auburn-ginger hair, which is shown in the media as more unique more 'sui generis', compared to blonde hair. She has a particular softness to her appearance, but some stronger, so to call them, facial features which represent a perfect balance for Alexis. She is a strong empath and has the capability to understand the struggles that Alexis is going through, therefore being able to portray her accurately. KL, played by Iulio KL is quite a peculiar character, not much is known about him either. I chose Iulio to play this role because has a mysterious aura to him which I believe matches KL's. He has black hair, in conformity with the ambiguity of the character and different facial features than most boys in my area, or my school. He dresses mostly in black, with unique pieces of clothing and jewelry, and not following fashion trends, which shows the fact that he's not afraid to step out of the mainstream and be himself. KL has been in and out of the hospital for ages, and seems to know his way around it. This is denoted by knowing a secret room in the hospital where him and his friends, that also seem to have been in the place for quite a while, meet and get away, even for a bit, from the mundane lifelessness of the hospital. He is the 'unofficial leader' of them all, as he is quite confident and has a plan of escape for his group. The reason why he chose Alexis to take part in this risky getaway is a willingness and power he feels in her. Two more characters have only small roles, played by Francesca and , two of my friends, to add to the idea of KL having spent a lot of time in the asylum and having acquired trust-worthy friends. Alexis' hallucination, played by Francesca Tighinean She is going to appear close to the end of the intro, and plays an important part in the creation of the story. She is a fragment of Alexis' distorted view of reality, and by her facial expressions and body language the audience will be able to view the world from Alexis' eyes, and will understand what she was referring to in the begging, in her narration. I chose Francesca to play this part as she is very expressive and can switch from one mood or from one role to another.
Costumes The first combination of clothes will be for the abandoned house scene, where Alexis will be wearing old looking clothes (ripped jeans and a flannel), to convey her lack of self care. Secondly, in the hospital scenes, Alexis will be wearing a rope and slippers, while KL will have sweatpants and a hoodie, as he has spent way more time in the hospital while Alexis is new, therefore doesn't have certain advantages such as different clothes. Francesca will be wearing some simple grey clothes, simply to stick to the grey color palette.
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