KLJASDF this is literally my favorite thing in the world- okay okay relax!!! I'm here to announce I have!! Finally!!! Created my character!! I also finally got a cast! Since my piece really only requires one actor, I reached out to a fellow student who agreed to be the actress!! Woo!!

You don't understand how excited I was about finally being able to write my character. I love writing characters so much I think it's my favorite part of any creative assignment!! (I totally don't have a Pinterest account with over ten boards just for characters I've created, what?)

By the way! This is another part where my friend (the same one that helped me come up with the scene idea) helped! She helped me with the mood boards and songs <3

Rhiannon "Rhia" Park

Age: 17

Appearance: Short curly brown hair, African American, glasses and brown eyes, tall.

Vibe: Cool tones like purple and blue, night sky full of stars, dancing around in the kitchen at night, Taylor swift’s Seven, soft lavender and stuffed animals, picnics, and blue skies.

Personality: Very kind soul but a people pleaser, she worries a lot about what other people think of her and lets that take over her life. She will go above and beyond to help her friends, but she’s often taken advantage of. Suffering from anxiety, she has a small group of friends with who she doesn’t really feel connected and often thinks they would be better off without her. She doesn’t feel like she belongs in any group, even in her own culture. She feels invisible and tries to stay that way, she doesn’t like drawing attention to herself. Also dealing with possible sexuality crisis!!!

Backstory: Rhia comes from an African American family living in a small town in Georgia. Her mom is successful, and she has a good life. Health care, two sisters, one parent, a house, even a dog. Unfortunately, her dad walked away from their family when Rhia was 12 years old, but her parents had been fighting every day for as long as she could remember. As the older sibling she’s always had to take care of her sisters and assure them everything would be okay, but hiding her feelings and worries caused great repercussions (pressure like a drip drip drip-). Her sisters look up to her and the pressure to be perfect has overwhelmed her to the point where she’s terrified of trying new things because she’s afraid she might fail. She’s scared of meeting people because she’s afraid they’ll all leave like her dad did. She developed anxiety at a young age but never wants to be a burden for her mom and so she never tells her what she goes through and doesn’t ask for help.

✨Mood Boards✨

The first mood board represents who Rhia is as a person. It's her aesthetic, her personality, and her appearance. It's how she presents herself to others and how she wishes others to see her as. I associate her with the color purple and will be using this color scheme whenever she is present during the film.
The second mood board is what Rhia deals with inside her head. It's her struggles, her thoughts, her anxiety. All her struggling, the ugly parts of herself that she doesn't let show, the parts that overwhelm her. I will be using this color scheme, red, whenever the anxiety clones of Rhia are present during the film. This will help with distinguishing what's real and what's not, as well as serve as symbolism for her true self versus her fears.

Here are a few songs that remind me of Rhia:

Seven- Taylor Swift https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEY-GPsru_E

Two- Sleeping At Last https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrDzd4ufypE

Brutal- Olivia Rodrigo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM2U8cb8lhI

Jealousy Jealousy- Olivia Rodrigo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-9gQjUZMm0

Garden Song- Phoebe Bridgers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RI-lYOiUUk

Kyoto- Phoebe Bridgers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyymaQkjzas

Comfort Crowd- Conan Gray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJBtUAG8e5s

Amoeba- Clairo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q-rpq-BYRs

Hunger- Florence + The Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3qgzL8D-dk

Numb Little Bug- Em Beihold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flV7ZcRIoq0