Developing the character

I've shared the new plot idea with both of the potential actresses and they are both still interested in the role but are further wanting more information on the character and how to portray her.

I want the character to be very timid at the beginning, very stiff body language, answering to her mother with a very low voice and overall just not appearing very sure or confident in herself. This will be done through the actor's portrayal but can be further exaggerated with a couple higher angle shots of her while having a conversation with her mother. This will be able to reveal the mother's domineering attitude and the overall relationship between the two. A shot counter shot can also help in revealing their contrast by going back and forth from the daughter's timidness and submissiveness towards her mom to the mother's angry tone.

Example of how a high angle shot may be incorporated

In class, we learned to break up the film into different acts that help establish the character and their development through the film. This portion will be used during the first two minutes of the film when establishing the relationship between the mother and the daughter. It will highlight her lack of confidence and self-assurance that causes her to make her feel upset. The audience will be able to see her hurting through facial expressions but also through her art, in the beginning, she will mainly be painting with various shades of medium to dark blues as mentioned in the color psychology posting,

The arguments between the mother and daughter do not have to be of anything crazy. In fact, I would prefer if her mother was to blow up over very minuscule issues to further reveal her negatively as a character. For example, like the daughter having 2 empty water bottles on her nightstand and the mother comes in yelling how her room looks like a pig stye because of it.

So far this is how I want to start the short film, next posting will go into further detail of the next 3 minutes.