Creating a character

 So this whole plot story will be focusing on one character: Michael Ortiz. As I created the character I wanted to make a full background of his life to make him more vulnerable to the audience by knowing about him.

Michael Ortiz

- He is a 22 year old man. He was born September 18, 1998. His mother is from Peru and his father, who he hasn't seen since he was 5, is American.

-  Michael had a rough childhood, having several disciplinary problems. He was expelled from high school due to bad behavior. 

- Michael's desire is to become rich one day and try to enjoy life.

- Michael was diagnosed with having anger issues because one day, when he was 20 years old, he got into a discussion with his neighbor. Michael ended up destroying the front window and the lights of his neighbor's car. After that, Michael takes a daily medicine to control his anger.

- His mother helped him to get a job after the incident for him to pay the damages of the neighbor's car. He works in a small real state office.

- After becoming legal, Michael tends to drink a lot and smoke a pack of cigarettes every two days. 

- Michael may have some issues with some people ant usually tends to be an asshole (sorry), but he still has good feelings and cares for the people he loves.

- Michael has an on and off relationship with his toxic girlfriend Jenna. She treats him very poorly and always abuses of him. 

As we can see Michael is a very troubled character that has some issues that need to be fixed. Now I am going to compare my character to several inspirations of what helped me create him. 

Jordan Belfort portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)

One of the best movies of Mr. Scorsese and one of the best performances by Leonardo DiCaprio. Jordan Belfort is based on a real character of a famous stockbroker in Wall Street. His desire of power and money lead Jordan to become completely successful  at his job. The character of Belfort even though has everything he wants economically, still possesses an addiction to drugs and alcohol. Also, he pledged guilty to fraud and crimes related to stock-manipulation.  

Connie Nikas portrayed by Robert Pattinson in Good Time (2017)

In the first big film of the Safdie Brothers, Good Time (discussed in previous posts) Robert Pattinson plays the character of Connie Nikas, a criminal that after getting his younger brother involved in a failed attempt bank robbery, he would do anything to get him out of there. Connie is a very aggressive abusive character that when he thinks he is doing good for others, his actions are completely the opposite. In this case he cares about his brother, but every time he tries to do something for him, he just makes it worse.

Holland March portrayed by Ryan Gosling in The Nice Guys (2016)

One of the most underrated comedies of the last years, The Nice Guys was released in 2016 but wasn't successful in the box office because of the animated movie Angry Birds... I mean that's really sad. But whatever, the character of Ryan Gosling is a private detective that has a problem with alcohol, but does a great job. He has a daughter that loves very much. His first appearance in the film inspired a lot my idea for the opening.