Claudia

When we were told that we had to pick characters for this part of our assessment I immediately know that I wanted to create a Claudia. From the beginning I had an image in my head of how I wanted her to look and how she would be incorporated into my chosen TV show. I felt that she would fit really well into American Horror Story Season 1, because of the uncertainty of not knowing what character in the Murder House is dead or alive we never really know whether she is or if her imaginary boyfriend is.

We were given the brief of Claudia:

Claudia is a girl in her twenties. As a child she was left alone to develop with little parental guidance and through her relationship with T.V. movies developed an unhealthy relationship with Horror films, believing this to be the way life really is.

All the scenes take place in various parts of Claudia’s apartment, which is European in style with a great deal of kitsch décor. She is agoraphobic and is kept in touch with the outside world by her neighbours who provide her with her every day requirements.  She models herself on a variety of girls often twisting her look to suit whichever film she is watching at the time and there is often a nod to the main character in the current film within her appearance.

 The script portrays her as psychotic and there is always the feeling that although her character is scripted/can be seen as humorous, danger is just around the corner.   However all this is normal to Claudia and she is of a cheerful disposition in this mad world of hers.

Because of Claudia unhealthy obsession with Horror it is represented in her style, she wears dark eye makeup and blood red lips. Never anything but black and with her fiery red hair she stands out from the crowd.