I'm so different it will make you cry! character types part 1

When coming up with the idea, one thing we wanted was the characters to be a whole new level of socially awkward, that no matter what they do their awkwardness would always stand out, whether for the right or wrong reasons.


But there was so many things that we realised made people weird such as the way they speak, act, dress and the groups they hang out with.

so we thought, then we thought and we thought some more and.......

we realised that everyone is weird these days, that to be strange is the popular thing to be. so we looked at the characteristics of our friends and some of the weird moments we have had with them and it helped alot on deciding the characters we wanted.

Then we looked again at groups of people who are outcasted amongst society:

The geek

wikipedia says it is, "a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, etc."

In teen films, they are typically the characters to use when using outcasts.

The Emo

Emo is a genre of rock music recognised for its expressive and almost confessional lyrics. They are known to be emotional, sensitive, shy, introverted,and angst-ridden. Their group have has also been associated with depression, self-injury, and suicide.

Amongst teenagers, the "emo" is recognised with wearing skinny fit jeans, short sleeved tight t-shirts which may have a name of a band or an expressive statement, Studded belts and black wristbands as well as black converses or Vans. They usually have dyed black hair with bangs that swept to the side that may cover an eye or both eyes.

The Loner
A person who avoids and does not seek other human interaction and usually prefers to be alone, there are many reasons why a loner may seek solitude such as religious or philosiphical beliefs or they may be extremly shy and introverted.

More recently in popular culture the idea of the loner has become quite romantic within storys since he or she is seen as very special and unique. As a result, the concept of a lonely hero is uasually a reccuring theme in films and novels.

The Otaku/weeaboo


The last group of people who are known to be outcasts amongst society and have recently grown over the recent years are otaku/weeaboos.

A weeaboo is someone who is known to be obsessed with Japan, Japanese Culture, Anime, and everything that is japanese, and an otaku is a japanese term for someone who is obsessed with videogames, anime and manga, basically, the east asian version of a geek.

so this is the basis of the characters we want for our film.