Film Opening Project: Meet the Main Lead

 Meet Stella

    Hello everyone! As you may remember from my last post explaining me and Natalia's idea for the film opening, I did touch a bit on the main character. However, I felt that I should dedicate a full post to just Stella herself, as she is the main focus for our film.  

Naming

    When creating the main character, the first thing that me and Natalia thought of was the name. We tried to thin of names that had a meaning behind them that would have to do with acting. We thought of lots of words that we knew had a meaning that could relate to the character. However, the reason why we ended up choosing "Stella" is because it means "celestial star." We decided that "star" was a fitting word that easily describes what Stella would like to be in the future, which is to be a "star." 

Personality 

    To begin explaining more about Stella, I will begin by talking about how her personality is like, and then go into depth about how this connects to the film. Stella is a friendly person that is only outgoing with her close friends. She is very scared of what the world sees her as so she is not the type of person to put herself out there. She is insecure of her acting dreams, since she feels that being an actress is very much out of reach for her and feels that she should go into a more "normalized" career like being a lawyer or doctor. 

    This insecurity is what makes her convince the people around her, friends and family, that she wants to go into other careers, when she really wants to pursue acting. Since Stella is disabled and feels that the disabled are an underrepresented group in the acting industry, she is scared of being rejected by her dreams and fears criticism. However, these insecurities do not show from the outside, as her visual aesthetic represents quite the opposite.  

Physical Appearance / Aesthetic

    When it comes to her physical appearance, Stella has a very youthful look to herself. She wears colorful clothing and accesories, and her color pallete consist of mainly baby pinks and baby blues, but also incorporates any pastel colors. She wears simple make up as she likes to use her clothing to expresses her youthfulness, and she wears funky earrings to emphasize this look. Below is a screenshot of a Pinterest board that I created to show you the type of style that Stella has. This isn't all of what the Pinterest board has, but if you would like to see the entire thing, then click on this link:  Stella Pinterest 

    

    The walls of her room are full of posters that show the many actors she admires. Her room also has many information cards from several different acting agencies and auditions opportunities. They are in a corner of her room because she is conflicted on whether to try out for these agencies or not. 

    Stay tuned for my next post to continue going through this process together!