Monday, 14 March 2016

Claudia, Quentin and Mrs. Laderman Brief


For our brief, we were told that we had to pick a Gothic Horror television series and then create two characters and looks for it. We had a choice of two of three characters:


  • Claudia - a teenage girl obsessed with gothic horror who lives inside her own fantasy world and is very disassociated with reality.
  • Quentin - Claudia's imaginary boyfriend that she believes is real and alive. She is very protective over him and he wants her to be happy,
  • Mrs. Laderman - the next door neighbour, around middle aged.

I decided to create Claudia and Quentin for my characters as I felt there was more I could with these characters and their relationship. 

We were then given a list of television shows we could choose that our characters would be more. The options were:

  • American Horror Story
  • Bates Motel
  • Dexter
  • The Walking Dead
  • Hannibal
  • Grimm
  • Penny Dreadful
  • Hemlock Grove
  • True Blood
  • Supernatural
  • The Strain
  • In the Flesh
  • Being Human

I decided to base mine around American Horror Story. This is mainly due to the fact that it is my favourite show and I have watched it multiple times so felt very familiar with the show and felt that I would more confidently create my characters.


We were then given a list of words and had to pick one for each character to base our look and story for them on. The words were:

  • Blue Coat
  • Special Delivery
  • Ascend
  • Hydrobath
  • Red Rave
  • White Rose
  • Glass Prison
  • White Rave
  • Fork
  • Taste
  • Bandages
  • Save Us
  • Stitches
  • Hellevator
  • Veiled
  • Slipping
  • The Woods
  • Exam
  • Spinning
  • Face
  • Door
  • Spiral
  • Awakening
I decided on 'Red Rave' for Quentin and 'Save Us' for Claudia after I had decided on their backstory.

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