A2 Level Media Studies Character Development And Cast

1. Character Development
and Cast
By Ana Vasilescu & Mima Micic

2. Priscilla Thunder
To portray priscilla’s
aesthetic and visual
aspect we created a
moodboard to make it
easier for us to decide on
her costume, makeup and
overall behaviour. This
will also make it easy to
find the right type of
actress to bring this
character to life.

3. Priscilla
Priscilla is artistic and outgoing. She is a risk taker whether it comes to her art or any life decision. She hopes
to one day master all rules of art only to break them by expanding her horizons into abstract work. She often
inspires others and her sensitive nature helps with her create art but leads to her getting easily offended
and critical. Her overdramatic nature is amusing and entertaining but can result in her overthinking and
over exaggerating her problems. Priscilla always got along better with animals than humans since many
perceived her as strange. The acceptance and comfort that animals gave her was often an inspiration and a
great influence over her work.
Priscilla was a creative kid. She stood out from the crowd, always leaving an impression on whoever she met.
Her first painting was sold to her mother’s friend when she was only 14. She was so impressed by Priscilla’s
talent that he said he wanted to get her early work before they got too expensive, since Priscilla’s potential
was clear to everyone, even to those in her art school. Since then, Priscilla had strived to create personal
works of art inspired by the surrealism of real life situations. Her most famous exhibition was titled “Pastel
Paws” where she portrayed animals through their own eyes and how she believes they see the world around
them. During her search for inspiration she found a lost white poodle in the park and adopted it, naming her
Opal, a crystal which inspired the pastel aesthetic of the exhibition.

4. Priscilla
For Priscilla, we picked an actress that was visually fitting
as she has soft facial features and short blonde hair. Lily-
Rose Depp has played in “The King” and “A Faithful Man”
making her an up-and-coming actress. She is twenty years
old, which would be Priscilla's age in the film. Many of her
looks are artsy and similar to priscilla’s aesthetic, which
compliments the role.

5. Julia
We also created a
moodboard for julia,
the second lead
character. This will
help us better create
Julia’s aesthetic and
personality.

6. Julia
Julia focused on school throughout her entire life and worked towards getting a tennis scholarship.
However, even though she was always very passionate for the sport, in her mid-teens she realised that she’d
rather spend her time reading about current global events than training. An occasional friendly tennis match
still works as the best stress reliever. She is currently in her early twenties and works as the legal assistant
of a big lawyer in Amsterdam, in hopes of working her way up through the company and getting a promotion
when she finishes law school. Her level headed, calm nature is what makes her a supporting friend that
always gives good advice. Being politically correct is an important part of her career and personality as she’s
always been very careful not to offend anyone. She is dependable and trustworthy.
As a child, Julia admired her parents and their careers, striving to one day become just like her mother. Her
mother was on the road to becoming a judge on the supreme court but she was rejected because women
were considered too emotional to be judges. This motivated Julia to strive in that career path and fulfill her
mother’s dreams. She spent most of her childhood playing pretend court and tennis. Her childhood was
considered perfect, as her parents tried their hardest to make her happy. However, she wasn’t spoiled, but
learned that making others happy and being kind is the most important thing in life, hence her desire for
justice.

7. Julia
Sofia carson has played in the “Descendants” franchise and
“Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists”. She hasn’t appeared in
many films but most of her roles embody Julia’s ambition and
attitude, hence the role would come naturally to her. Sofia’s
style and way of presenting herself is similar to Julia’s making
her able to execute the visual aspects of the role well.

8. Opal

9. Priscilla and Julia
Julia and Priscilla bonded one day after Julia had organised one of Priscilla's art shows in her freshman year
of college. They ate leftover horderves and bonded over funny childhood traumas, making them who they
are today. They both shared a dark sense of humour and trusted each other more than they trusted others.
Ever since then they have remained close, with Priscilla even gifting Julia a piece of art in honour of the trip
they took to Barcelona in their junior year and Julia helped Priscilla organise gallery openings throughout
Europe. Their contrasting natures help each other not cross lines as Priscilla keeps Julia from suppressing
her feelings and closing herself off while Julia keeps Pricilla with her feet on the ground when she loses
herself in her thoughts.