Planning- Character Development

     Characters play a huge role in most films. After my partner and I had came up with our final ideas for the brainstorming process, we decided to develop our characters more and to get a taste as to what characters we want and what we are both looking for in our characters. Since the characters live in the 1990s, we had to come up with their costume design. We made a google doc on how we both think they should look like and what their interests may be. Doing this could also potentially help us get an idea as to who we want to play the role each character for our film so this could help make the casting process a bit easier. Some people that we find may not be a perfect fit for the characters so it’s important that we have an idea on what we want the characters to be like so that we can get an idea as to who we want to play that role in the film opening.

     The two main characters that we came up with are Aaron Quinn and Lia Adams. They are the main love interests of the story. It’s important that we develop these two characters first since the story is based around their love for each other. We first decided their character traits. 

Lia Adams

Character Traits

     My partner and i found that in most romance films, the two main characters’ traits are opposite to each other so we decided to make Lia the more outgoing one. Lia is a social butterfly and loves to be around friends. She’s a smart girl in school and knows how to manage her time wisely so she has an equal balance between school and her friends. She’s the typical 1990s teenager who reads the latest magazines, keeping up with the latest trends, and loves the latest music. 

Costume Design

     As for costume design, my partner and i first did research on what teenagers in the 1990s were wearing. Since our character, Lia, loves to keep up with the latest trends, we found that whatever the last eat trends were in the 90s for the girls, could fit our character. We gathered some images that we believed would fit our character the most and her overall aesthetic. 

Aaron Quinn

Character Traits

     As for Aaron, since he is the opposite of Lia, we decided to make him a bit more shy. He’s the new guy on the block and he isn’t familiar with where he just moved to so he seems to be a bit more on the reserved side. Aaron is the type of guy who is to himself, but once you get to know him, he is a very good guy. Lia is attracted to the sense of mystery he omits because she doesn’t know much about him and since he’s shy and to himself, she gets more curious about him. 

Costume Design

     For costume design for Aaron, we decided that he should have the basic look that any boy in the 90s would have in their closet. This could be a sporty crew neck sweater, a pair of loose fitted jeans, and some sneakers. Most boys in the 90s could easily pull this outfit together from what they had in their closets. Aaron is a simple guy so we wanted to portray that through his clothing.