Main Characters!

Main Characters & Character Development 

 The name we chose for our main character was Leo, we chose Leo because it means Lion, which is a symbol of strength and courage, this is shown through Leos character development throughout the main story. This name stuck with us because he is battling against a demon. It is also a short but still memorable name.

As for the Villain, the man in the suit without a face, we named him Erebus. We found this name and we thought it was perfect. Erebus is the name of the Greek mythological god of darkness. This name fits our character like a glove. Erebus is a dark, haunting demon, that stays hidden in the shadows throughout most of the full story. Sort of like the Smile demon in that creepy, never knowing when he will show up, kinda way.

We want leo to have character development throughout the story, we emphasized that Leo starts off as a normal boy, but he seems empty inside. He is a boy with no feelings and weird things happening to him, he is not very close to his family, and is a low maintenance person. But by the end of the story, we want Leo to show weakness and empathy, but also stand up to adversity. 

We created this mood board to show his personality and his problems.

We also made the therapist another main character, as she is the one that helps Leo throughout the main story. She plays an important role, but we decided to keep her unnamed in the intro. She is a person that Leo goes to at the end of the intro for help on what is happening to him throughout the story. The therapist tries to help him, but she realizes that she cannot help with something that is paranormal, instead she helps leo keep a mental state where he is strong enough to beat the demon haunting him in the story. She is good at her Job, and her and Leo have a great connection which makes her attempt to help him succeed in the end.

The villain is creepy, and his intention is to terrorize others because he himself is miserably stuck in a paranormal state. He always appears lurking, and he always likes to scare people before he hurts them or ruins their life. He doesn’t kill, but he makes people end their own lives from the misery. He doesn’t give up, and is very powerful, making people see anything he wants them to see, like the Smile demon. He can also see peoples thoughts, and visions, giving him even more power.

That’s it for today, Next blog will be about the mise en scene elements that we wish to implement into our film opening. Thank you again for reading!