1. Character Profile
General Information Costume
Name: Luja (abbreviated to Lu) We want our character to appear
nerdy and geeky, so we thought her
Gender: Female
clothing should represent the
Age: 16 years old stereotypical ‘nerd’ by dressing her
uplo nerdy glasses, a long vintage
in
Hobbies:Chess, The Sims, Soduku skirt, a white puffed sleeved blouse
and Poetry and tying her hair up in high pony tails
or a plait. We also think she should
Nationality: Originally Finnish, now
wear ‘sensible’ shoe’s.
living in America
Why Luja?
Characteristics
We thought it would be a good Gender
idea if our characters name had Although our character may portray
innocence as a result of her clothing, we The fact that Luja is female is a very
a hidden meaning. Our
have created her to be the opposite, important element to our opening. This is
character in our opening is going
rebellious and mysterious. We felt that this due to the fact that generally, woman are
to be strong and valiant, so after
would put a good twist on our opening to seen as the vulnerable characters but by
translating the word ‘strong’ into
make the audience believe one thing making her characteristics so masculine, it
various languages we found
(chick flick – thriller) but to then be proved creates a complete juxtaposition and
‘Luja’ which is Finnish for strong.
wrong. makes for a more interesting opening.