Claudia
Claudia
is a girl in her twenties. As a child she was left alone to develop with little
parental guidance and through her relationship with T.V. movies developed an
unhealthy relationship with Horror films, believing this to be the way life
really is.
All
the scenes take place in various parts of Claudia’s apartment, which is
European in style with a great deal of kitsch décor. She is agoraphobic and is
kept in touch with the outside world by her neighbours who provide her with her
every day requirements. She models
herself on a variety of girls often twisting her look to suit whichever film
she is watching at the time and there is often a nod to the main character in
the current film within her appearance.
The
script portrays her as psychotic and there is always the feeling that although her
character is scripted/can be seen as humorous, danger is just around the
corner. However all this is normal to
Claudia and she is of a cheerful disposition in this mad world of hers.
Quentin
Claudia
has an imaginary boyfriend, Quentin, who is long suffering and a constant
disappointment to her. They don’t live together but he visits regularly and
they talk on the telephone if he can’t get in to see her. As he is part of her
imagination his appearance changes to suit her mood. Sometimes he will be a
Christiano Renaldo/David Beckham looking guy, whilst in another scene he will
appear as a Pete Docherty type, Daniel Craig type or a Hollyoaks Babe. If she
is having a bad day he will morph into an uncouth couch potato chav with all
that brings with it.
He is
as into the horror film genre as she and into role-playing to suit her whims
and moods.
Claudia
has a paranoid suspicion that he is constantly having affairs behind her back
and keeps him firmly under her thumb, sometimes restraining him or keeping him
prisoner in one of the rooms.
My initial thoughts from the brief is to base the characters on the film 'Orphan', based on a 33 year old woman named 'Esther' posing as a child to be adopted by a family. The mother later finds out that the impostor is actually from a mental hospital. Therefore, I thought 'Claudia' could base herself on 'Esther' as both suffer from some kind of mental illness. I then thought that 'Quentin' could have some kind of mask, like in 'The Strangers', restraining people from seeing his looks, linking to the idea of her paranoia. He could have cuts over his wrists from being restrained.
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| 'Orphan' 2009, Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Available to view: www.starpulse.com |
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