Character development - Summer

 Hey blog!! It is finally time to start the production process of my A level portfolio project! 

I felt like my plot didn't really have a point, like all I had was just it will be about a girl who struggle with anxiety. To add more to it, I decided to turn my film (trailers) into a romance!! It will still fully have the same idea, just now there will be another character involved. So, the final genre for my film is coming-of-age/romance. 

So, for today's blog post, I am going to go deeper into who Summer is, and how I will make her come to life!

Summer is the main character for Almost Spoke. She suffers from severe anxiety which causes her to constantly miss out on all the things that other people her age do. Even something so simple as eating lunch with friends at school is impossible for Summer because not only does she feel super anxious around other people, but she doesn't even have any friends. Summer usually wears clothing that consists of muted colors to represent her loneliness. It's not that she wants to feel lonely. Everything inside of her tells her to make friends and be social... except for her head. Her head often creates visuals of what the worst possible scenario could be, and it often takes a toll on her. 

Since I am the one playing Summer, I really hope I am able to execute her character well! I am not an actress at all, so it is definitely a risk making myself Summer, but I feel that because I understand her, and have partially been in her shoes, I have a shot at being successful.