If I describe someone as “18, a dreamy crushed violet of a girl” in a screenplay, does that give you an idea of that character? - ThreadSky

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alexdecampi.bsky.social • 31 days ago

If I describe someone as “18, a dreamy crushed violet of a girl” in a screenplay, does that give you an idea of that character?

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kirstenthompson.bsky.social•31 days ago

oooh, yeah. also, she probably wears *excellent* perfume

joshuabegley.bsky.social•31 days ago

It does.

sitdownaj.bsky.social•31 days ago

Yup

alterici.bsky.social•31 days ago

That's poetic af. And yes, I got a picture in my head from that.

alexdecampi.bsky.social•31 days ago

(screenplay character descriptions are always fun because you have to precisely give an idea of the person while leaving it open for any number of actors to see themselves in)

monde99.bsky.social•31 days ago

Strikes me as an edgy, jaded, manic pixie type (e.g. Ramona Flowers, Clementine from Eternal Sunshine, etc.)

streichermagacom.bsky.social•31 days ago

Is it conceited to say that that's how I see myself? :)

alexdecampi.bsky.social•31 days ago

Not at all, please enjoy your days wafting through mansion in your lovely dress and staring longingly out the window

danomensigil.bsky.social•31 days ago

I would say she is traumatized. “Crushed violet” and dreamy means to me someone who has stepped away from reality due to some horrible event in her past.