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Unique Character Creation - World Building Extension

Context: The time period is set in the year 2000/2001, during this time a female subject has been contained within a large complex mainly composed of laboratories and clinics for both physical and psycho therapy. Our story follows two male scientists named Paul. R. Simmons and Rowan. M. Brown, as well as an old female subject whose past is left somewhat ambiguous but claims to be named 'Gaia', the literal embodiment of the Earth (as well as all of flora and fauna that exist on it). https://jamie-pitcher-film-studies.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/unique-character-creation-gaia.html Beginning: The film starts by focusing in on a private scientific facility located within London, (while the location isn't directly given to the audience, it may be implied that the complex exists within a more secluded section of the city;) it is within this facility that the audience is introduced to the two male protagonists as well as the main protagonist, 'Gaia'. During this section o...

'Casablanca' Film Production Context

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The film 'Casablanca' ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film) ) was a cinematic very much based in the time of its release, throughout the years it has gain much popularity and is deemed a cult classic to those who study the theme, 'film noir'. The film itself focuses heavily upon the present state of the second world war and the political/militaristic states of the worlds leading superpowers. Within the film there are a number of characters which serve as the literal embodiment of the country which they represent, in turn each individual conveys the ideologies and political stance of their country in a way which can be easily interpreted by the audience. A prime example of political representation within this film is the character known as 'Rick', established owner of 'Rick's Cafe Americain'. When the audience is introduced to Rick they learn that he is secretly allowing illegal transactions of visas within his cafe, this shows that Rick ...

Unique Character (Creation) - Gaia

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Species - (Believed to be) Human Gender - Female (Estimated) Age - 104 (Claims to be 4.54 billion years old) Name - UNKNOWN (Claims to be called 'Gaia') No information can found about this woman prior to her discovery in 1996, she was found (alone) in an abandoned industrial complex, surrounded by a seemingly sentient collection of varying species of flora, as well as the plants that almost entirely engulfed her shrunken form, a number of different animal species could be found, nestled within the vegetation which seemed to grow agitated as a team of biologists, chemists and botanists began to approach the site. The area was placed under strict containment for the four days that followed this discovery, however after all attempts of making contact with the woman (and flora) had failed, she appeared to stir from a deep slumber, her features withered and gnarly. At first, she only responded to questions with a limited vocabulary of differing grunts and groans, some of which...