Giving Diego "Depth"

Diego is a chronically online douchebag who wastes away his time on video games and social media.  In order to create this character, we needed to give him a Twitter account.  This account would serve as a vessel for him to spew out his bizarre opinions once he gains internet traction, and it could also serve the purpose of characterization.  Being the resident Twitter user in our group, I took it upon myself to create an account for our fictional protagonist.

I titled the account "@diegofuego451," creating a perfect mix of nonchalant-ness and cringe.  To me, the username shows a level of consideration, but not enough to the point that he cares about branding.

Afterward, it was time to polish up the account and give it the appearance of a real user.  We decided to take some time today in class to do a mini "photoshoot" with Jack, and we used these pictures for both the Twitter profile picture and a promotional post on Instagram that will advertise the actors.  I wanted the profile picture to be a selfie where he's donning a goofy smile, similar to other pictures of nerdy boys I've seen around the internet.  We also had him mess up his hair a little, as the gelled-up look was too preppy for the character we envisioned.

After the profile pic was decided upon, we had to move onto the header.  This was where I hit a roadblock, as headers on Twitter tend to be either promotional, representative of a brand, or pretty much random.  I considered making the header a promotional advertisement of our film, but ultimately decided to simply make the account look as "realistic" as possible.  Since Diego is an avid video game player, I decided to build off of that angle to complete the page.  I looked up screengrabs of Call of Duty gameplay, and instead used that as the header.  This is still a very early version of the Twitter (and it will most likely be subject to change), but I'm happy with what we have thus far.

Here are some other photos that we took (including one of Virginia, as she will be playing Diego's ex-girlfriend), for your viewing pleasure!