Main character

 Good news! My team finally took the time to sit down and discuss what we wanted our film opening to be about, and what it would consist of. A lot of progress and planning was made, so let me break it down. 

As mentioned previously, we ultimately decided on focusing on a time travel theme in our film. Our main character is a genius who came up with the perfect mathematic equations to be able to transport themselves into different points of time in the universe. We want this person to be working for a top-secret organization that deals with this advanced technology.

Although we still need to figure out the logistics of how this film opening is going to be made and the shots that will go into it, we decided to start with establishing our character.

The first thing we decided on was whether our character was going to be male or female. We were thinking of male, but ultimately decided to go the female route, since majority of time travel movies that have been made follow a male character, and we want to create something different. The next step was creating the character's name. We decided on the name Tina, because of its simplicity, and how it does create any initial biases on the character's personality. We planned out a few things that would be visibly important to Tina in her life just by the opening shot. For example, we decided she would have a cat sitting right besides her as she is writing the different equations. We also decided she would have a mug with tea. All her papers are scattered and written all over, which are meant to show how fast her mind works and how many different equations she has been coming up with over time. 

As for deciding on Tina's appearance, meaning her costume design, makeup, etc, we want her to have a very specific wardrobe throughout the movie, which is polo shirts and simple, slicked back hair. We chose not to give her anything fashionable to show that her main concern in life is figuring out these equations that she has been invested in for many years, and that she does not give much thought to her appearance and sticks to practical clothing. The makeup would not be a typical makeup look, but we discussed using eyeshadow to create some dark circles under her eye to indicate tiredness and how she overworks herself. 

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