Casting Research
While researching more films for inspiration, I was recommended to watch Spider-Man (2002) "Peter VS Flash" bullying scene. The main difference between my film and this study is that Peter does have powers and my main character is essentially "powerless". With that in mind, my purpose of watching this scene is more so for style and cinematographer rather than narrative.
Narrative
Starting with the main bully, I have to achieve a "big bully" intimidating look. In order to figure out what exactly that looks like, I viewed these bullying scenes from Spider-Man (2002) and Mean girls (2004). For this casting I need to find someone conventionally attractive and taller than the victim being bullied. Finding someone to match that description and can decently act will be a challenge, the costumes, on the other hand would be fairly simple. Anything that is branded and looks of high quality is preferred for the main bully, therefore she can achieve a "bougie", rich girl personality.
As you can see, the bully is intimidating because of his height and his goon looks, although he is no match for Parker
For the main character (the victim being bullied) we want a style that is not really comparable to the main bully in looks wise, but have a personality that makes up for her less fortunate look. The main reason she will look this way is because she wants to hide her famous background and cosplay an ordinary student so that she can live a normal life.
In the Disney Tv series, Hannah Montana (2006), we can see that Miley hides her popularity from everyone so that she can be treated just like everyone else. She goes to these extents to find real friends and have an authentic childhood and upbringing. Miley's biggest fear is being used by her friends because of who she is; my main character has that same fear. Like Miley, my main character will do everything she can to make herself unrecognizable.
Mise en scene
Regarding our main female lead, we want darker colors, greys, browns, very muted pinks, blues, greens, purples etc. We will include contrasting when we do the montage scene, that shows her previous, lavish lifestyle. This contrast engages viewers, creating curiosity on to why the main character currently looks so dull when she had a life full of color and riches. It also clears up any ambiguity because the film is "easy to watch".
For the three main bullies, we want contrasting colors, bright colors like yellows and pinks. We need colors that represent high class like golds, matt black and burnt oranges. Even red, which is a strong color that represents confidence and strength, hence the bullies are more confident and stronger ( power-wise) than other ordinary students.
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