Creating Our Characters

We want to have a variety of characters form various popularity groups. We hope to have verisimilitude  in our movie, such as making our characters relationship to each other believable.

From our Rom-Com research we have noticed various archetypal characters. We saw that there was often a main character, who had at least one friend, who they would often confide in.
The next archetypal character would be the love interest, This person would be in love with the third archetypal character at the start of the movie.
This third archetypal character would, in Rom-Coms specifically aimed at Tweens and Teens would often be a popular character, they would be a binary opposite to the main character. This character is often made out to be an enemy.


These are the character's that we plan to include in our own movie opening.

Main Character:
We aim to have this character being a brunette, not very popular character, who has been invited to the party for the sole purpose of being made fun of. We may change the character to being ginger, as this would have more verisimilitude, as gingers are often made fun of. This character will be the one giving the monologue over the start of the opening. We would compare this character to the main character in Pretty in Pink.

Love Interest:
We aim to have this character be a stereotypical Jock, he will be popular and we are considering making him the host of the party. We think that he would be sympathetic towards the main character after she is teased.

Enemy:
We want this character to be a stereotypical cheerleader, blonde and constantly wearing her cheerleader outfit. She would be quite bitchy and laugh at the main character, encouraging her boyfriend, the love interest, to laugh along. In terms of looks, we see her looking a lot like brittany from Glee.