•My Chosen TV series is American Horror
Story – Coven
•The setting for the series is New
Orleans, America
Audience Demographics
• Audience
Demographic for my TV series is 18-49 majority of this being female.
• It
appeals to the younger demographic because of the relationships and teen
trouble references and the older demographic enjoy watching because the series
features a range of aged characters such as a Jessica Lange as the Supreme.
My First Character....Claudia
• Claudia is introduced as a new character
and is a participant in the 7 wonders alongside regular characters Madison,
Misty, Zoe etc.
• The setting within her flat is an idea
of Claudia’s hell as she enters the descensum part
of the seven wonders and cannot return from her own personal hell which is her
old apartment.
• The flat appears bright and colourful
(pinks, yellows) Claudia’s character always strived for
perfection, trying to make her relationship with Quentin flawless ‘The Perfect
Couple.’ But when Claudia suspects that Quentin is cheating on her with the
neighbour her drive for perfection turns to jealousy.
• They
both always aimed to look aesthetically pleasing to everyone so the scene
begins with them both looking plastic and doll-like.
The Scene
• The
scene begins Claudia sat
drinking tea with her dolls in her kitsch décor apartment, She then stiffens
like a doll when she hears footsteps and Quentin enters.
• He
then
asks her ‘what the hell are you wearing?!’ and she replies by asking him where
he’s been
and if he’s been with ‘her’ again.
•
In a
fit of rage she kills Quentin
as Quentin knocks the table over breaking the china. Claudia picks up a shard
and without thinking and slices his throat loosing him.
• Her
nosey neighbour then appears at the glass front door asking if it was Quentin
she had just seen going into the apartment and the scene ends with Claudia
holding him shouting ‘It’s fine, I’m fine’ in a shrill voice.
• She
lives this moment on repeat over and over again in her own personal hell.
•
I’m
adding the element that Claudia is a witch and that her life is like a broken
record stuck on repeat and that Quentin is in fact dead and appears in her mind
as her idea of hell.
• The
look will appeal to the younger demographic through the use of colour and also
the overall feeling of tension as the character is introduced.
Most teens have experienced the feeling of jealousy especially at a younger
age, looking at other body images insecurities can take over.
• The
older demographic will be intrigued by the relationship and also the neighbour
next door who Quentin is said to be having an affair with.
What Key Word did you Use to describe your first Character?
• My
Key word for Claudia was ‘Save Us’
• It
inspired me because everytime she
looses Quentin she’s left alone and can never save him and she’s calling out to
someone to save her and bring her back to the real world.
• What
else
do you now need to do?
My Next step is to research into image obsessed couples and individuals and their
mannerisms to get a better idea of their personalities and physical appearances.
Claudia
• I used my John Galliano recreation by Pat
McGrath for inspiration for my Claudia Design as the colours are exactly what I
have in mind and the smudging of the liner is perfect for Claudia’s rocky
personality.
• John Galliano 2010 s/s Pat Mcgrath
• Colour pallet - Pinks, purples, bright greens, yellows,
clashing colours.
• For my first design of Claudia
I used Similar colours and wanted to make her appear doll-like so added false
lashes and feminine flicks to the eye. I will further develop this idea and
play around with the idea of dolls.
My Second Character... Quentin
• Quentin
was Claudia’s boyfriend whom she lived with in their apartment many years
before she embraced her witchcraft.
• He aswell as
Claudia became image obsessed and their relationship withered as Claudia’s
jealousy developed.
• He
first appears as a ‘Ken’ lookalike character with plastic looking features as
after all this is what they wanted to be?
• To
develop my character I will need to look into what products will make the skin
appear shiny and plastic, his hair will be made to look well kept in a
comb-over hair style and the make-up will be natural and make his skin appear
perfect and without flaws.
• All
young people of this generation strive for perfection so they will be able to
relate with the ongoing need
to look good.
What Key word did you choose to develop your second Character?
• I chose the word ‘Face’ for Quentin
because of how his image has changed due to his greed for perfection.
• The key word inspired me to look into
photography of people who have undergone surgery to alter their appearance and
also people who live their lives as actual human dolls.
• The scene in which Quentin appears he is
a memory of Claudia’s past life and a memory of what she had done so he appears
different to his normal self. Everytime
Claudia kills Quentin in her world he appears as someone different underlying
the fact that she always wanted him to change.
What
else do you now need to do?
I
need to now develop my face charts further to show Quentin’s character changes.
My Second Character... Quentin
This
is a facechart I
did as an idea of how Quentin would appear after he has been killed, my final
design will feature Quentin appearing doll-like.
Finally...
•What do you now need to do?
•I now need to develop my designs and
think about the hair, styling and make-up in order to truly portray my
characters.
•My main concerns are planning the photoshoot that
I wish to do on location as well as
the head shots.
•I’d like to team up with a videographer
to create a small clip for my story or failing that learn to create a short
video myself!
