Planning of Characters

Rose Martin:

Rose is the main character of the film as shown through the use of her name as the title. We chose this name because it reflects her characters personality in the film. This is because like a Rose she looks sweet and nice, however her true hurtful personality later shines through, like the sharp thorns of a Rose. As explained Rose starts off as being the stereotypical sweet and nervous new girl that can't seem to do anything wrong. We took inspiration for this aspect of the character from Easy A as they also use a similar character and this was very popular to the target audience which is similar to ours. This aspect of character conforms to what we learnt from this research. However we decided to change Rose's character as the film progresses so that she transforms into a nasty antagonist. This is because it supports our USP that shows the main character losing her friends because of what she becomes. This is important because having seen similar characters in Easy A we know our target audience will be able to relate.

Tommy Brown:
Tommy Brown is the stereotypical nice guy that always seems to be the boy who gets 'friend-zoned' due to his friendly and caring personality. We choose to name the character Tommy Brown because this is a very typical English name that our demographic will be able to relate to. Tommy is also a very average stereotypical teenage boy which is why we decided on this name. We took inspiration from a character called Robbie in Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. Robbie is very similar to Tommy because they both play this average sweet boy and end up being discarded in the end as nothing more than a friend.




Dexter Hill:
Dexter plays the role of the slightly mysterious teenager that seems to catch the attention of females such as Rose in our film. We decided to call him Dexter because it suits his character which is out of the ordinary and doesn't conform to the typical characteristics. Dexter becomes more involved with other characters like Rose as the film progresses and becomes very close with her. We also took inspiration from Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging as there is a similar character called Robbie. Robbie's character was very popular with the teenage girl target audience after we researched reviews which is why we decided to incorporate a similar character.

Hannah Newman:
Hannah is a character who lives in the shadow of her best friend, Lucy. This is because Hannah acts as Lucy's sidekick and partner in crime. We decided to name this character Hannah because it is a very popular English name that many people have and does not say a lot about her personality. We therefore decided on this because Hannah is always shadowed by Lucy's character and the demographic can relate to this. Hannah always finds herself in trouble with other characters mainly due to the actions of Lucy. Due to this Lucy finds herself as a character that isn't very liked by the other main characters such as Rose and Dexter. However Hannah seems to have a lot of respect from other female students because of their fear of the two-some. Hannah's character was greatly inspired by our research of Mean Girls as there is a very similar side-kick character called Karen. This was effective because
it provided an extra depth to the antagonists so we decided to include it in ours as well.

Lucy Lou:

Lucy is the stereotypical teenage angst protagonist that is always causing trouble with the other characters. We decided to name her Lucy Lou because it is annoying rhythmic like her personality which is also very purposely annoying. We decided to make Lucy a character with twisted ethics of a bitchy teenager. For example she likes to gossip about other characters. We found out from research that gossiping is a common trait of teenage girls which is our target audience which is why we decided to incorporate this. We also introduced Lucy as a very mean character that nobody dares to mess with. To enforce this we had Lucy knock over the main character Rose and we saw this in Easy A which is another reason why we choose to do so.