Character, Casting, and Costume Design

Characters:

Our film is a little odd, because technically all the characters are the same. However, because of the age gap they all act differently. Little is the youngest, she is naive and spunky. Middle is nine years older, she has been left alone to fend for herself; she has made her own clothes and has started to scheme and figure out her situation, taking charge when the rest of the versions of her have given up. We as an audience do not get more than a glimpse of The Monster's personality, it's motivations aren't clear until the end. Middle and Little are afraid of The Monster, but that was her purpose. She knows that the only way out, however cruel, is to stop the loop at the root. The Monster is 927 at this point in the story, kept alive by the universe/house, living out this meaningless life.

Little: Brave, but untrusting. Snarky, out loud; a little ball of aggression.
Middle: Hair in bun! Selfish, thinks she knows what’s best.
Monster: Chaotic good, painted as chaotic evil. Probably ugly :( .

Our design for The Monster

Casting:

Little - Sophie Weman

Middle - Sol Weman

Monster - Sol, Sandra, and Alexa

Sophie (left) and Sol (right)

Costume:

From the beginning we knew we needed Little to look like a Girl Scout, but we weren't sure what style of uniform we were going to try to find. I got lucky, and when my family was cleaning out my grandmother's house, they found this old Girl Scouts' vest which was my Aunt's in the 70's.

The vest

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My friend Daniel holding up the skirt we chose for Little.

Below are the robes (works in progress) that Middle and The Monster will be wearing. These are made from the curtains that were in the house, after Middle outgrew her girl scouts uniform.