From the start I have known that the main protagonist was to be male. Alex is his name. I'm not entirely sure at the minute if that's a name that I'm 100% comfortable with using, not for any reason in particular, I just don't feel that he suits the name Alex. So at the moment Alex is a working name until I come up with something else. I've always wanted the protagonist to be male because I prefer being able to connect more with the main characters I write, plus not to mention when I thought of him I pretty much envisaged myself. He's very similar in his ways to myself, but more of an over exaggerated version of me. He has similar tastes in music and films, similar dress sense and also the knack of being incredibly shy when it comes to speaking with girls that he likes.
Whether or not I should be pouring all this information about myself onto a blog however is another story, but that's who he is.
This post is an introduction of sorts to the characters who at the moment occupy my narrative.
ALEX
The main protagonist of the film. Currently 25 years old, Alex is a hardworking individual who hates the job he is currently working in. Recently graduating from University, he has found himself in a boring and mundane job that is in no way linked to the degree he studied. Because of this, he is incredibly down. He travels each day to work on the same train, sharing the journey with the same people. Everything in his life day in and day out is the same. He shares a love for old British pop and alternative music (such as the Smiths and Blur etc), and can often be found at the cinema watching black and white foreign films with subtitles that himself, nor the rest of the people in the cinema understand.
I couldn't help but think of this song however when I first envisaged him.
Don't get me wrong, he isn't a boring person, it's just his life has become so routine filled with work that he very rarely see's his friends or family, which in turn has turned him from the fun loving person that he used to know, into a depressed and un-excitable young man. His main flaws are his tendencies to fuel awkward situations as well as being overly shy. He over thinks many situations, even ones that we would all consider minor (such as how sitting next to someone you like is a big ordeal and requires planning so that nothing goes wrong), yet it's this over thinking strategy that gets him into these awkward situations. He's a man of very few words and is set on love at first sight!
ALEXA
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| Actress Felicity Jones |
The girl of Alex's dreams. Again, this is just a spin off of the name Alex (but also references Alex Turner, the creator of the story which initially inspired this film, as he was once in a relationship with Alexa Chung). She's the beautiful girl that he see's on his train journey to work every day and attempts to speak to. Not much is known about Alexa as the pair never have a real conversation. She's polite and well spoken however and deep down hopes that Alex will make the first move and talk to her.
She's just as shy as he is but settles back into her comfort zone much quicker than Alex, making it easier to talk with her. She has dark brown hair and dresses in what can only be described as vintage 1960s/70s fashion. About the same age as Alex, she also shares the same dislike for her job, even though she doesn't show it. Her passion is reading and the majority of the time you'll find her with her head buried in a book.
When writing her I always picture actress Felicity Jones as the character.
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At the moment, these are the two main characters that I have written. I also have ideas for two other characters, both of which are friends or work colleagues of Alex but at this current time they aren't fully developed as my lead characters.
More info to follow soon.
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