Research into characters

Research into character

Main character - Lola:

The protagonist character Lola is a young female aged around 17 years old. She is your regular everyday teenage girl that happened to have a terrible tragedy in her life. In our film, Lola has been involved in a road accident causing her death which she is unaware of. This has caused her to feel isolated as her loved ones around her seem to not take any notice of her. However, her parents/boyfriend cannot actually see her to notice her due to her being a dead spirit.

Similar character - Susie Salmon:

A similar character is Susie Salmon from The Lovely Bones. This is because she is also a young teenage girl who was involved in a tragedy that caused her death. She also has the same innocent look that I want Lola to have and has a similar story line of being a young girl in spirit form.

Lolas friend: 

Lolas friend is also female and a similar age of 17 years. She is the character which helps the plot flow as she tried to encourage Lola to figure out she is dead by telling her to go explore and hopefully find out for herself. She is very upbeat and seems to be enthusiastic towards life which is ironic as she is a dead spirit. She has marks round her neck from where she hung herself due to not being able to deal with her friends death.

Similar character - Holly Golightly A similar character to Lolas friend is Holly Golightly. In The Lovely Bones, Holly helps Susie accept her death and enter heaven/afterlife. She is similar as we want our character to show the same upbeat personality as her.

Mum and dad: 

Lolas mum and dad will have been very proud parents who care and love their daughter very much. However, after Lolas death drama was caused in the family due to them arguing about how things could have been avoided. Their relationship is holding on by the line and Lola is unaware of this due to her being involved in her own isolation. 

Similar characters - Nick Parker and Elizabeth James

In The Parent Trap, Nick Parker and Elizabeth James were a married couple that ended up getting divorced due to some drama. The result of this drama caused them to argue and cause complications within their family.

Lola's parents will be similar characters as her parents are also having complications due to drama - Lolas death. Her parents will be have been very loving towards Lola but are now suffering from grief and heartbreak. The complications are causing them to argue daily which will be seen within the short film.

 

 

 

Lolas boyfriend: Lolas boyfriend is around 18 years old and is your average teenage boy. He loves Lola very much and is unable to cope with her death. Due to this, he is talking to a female counciller which Lola in unaware with. Confused, Lola mistakes the counciller as another girl he is seeing which causes her to feel isolated and cheated on. In the film, he will look very untidy with hair too long and stubble that needs shaving due to not making effort and being grief stricken. His clothing will also have little effort with just jogging bottoms and a baggy tshirt.

 

Similar character - Tom (500 days of summer):

Tom from 500 days of summer goes through a heartbreak due to a girl leaving him for another man. Even though it wasn't through such a tragic event as in our film, both characters will be feeling similar pain.