Claudia Brief

For Claudia’s character for ‘In the Flesh’ I am going to have her as one of the characters that suffers with ‘PDS’ (partially deceased syndrome). At the age of 17 Claudia died (I have not identified a specific cause) but 4 years later in ‘The Rise’ when many rose from the dead in an apocalypse so did Claudia. Where many were treated in special institutions for their cravings for flesh and trained to live within a normal society, Claudia’s neighbor Mrs. Laderman collected medication for her and trained her herself. Making Claudia’s three everyday necessities that were brought to her; an injection to stop her turning back in to a zombie, special cover up makeup to hide her pale lifeless skin, and contact lenses to make her eyes look normal (they use these in the series). Claudia stays in her house as she is scared to venture outside where others may not accept her and her experience in the rise has led her to become obsessed with the idea of a supernatural life. However a group of young people that she used to go to school with break into her house on a regular basis to hang out and experiment with drink and drugs. When she starts to picture her imaginary boyfriend Quentin hanging around with them and flirting with the other girls she becomes jealous and begins to plot how to gain revenge.

She will appeal to the audience demographic as she is part of what the series is based upon .. Those with PDS but she also offers a more exciting and slightly unnerving twist to the plot as she is so unpredictable.

SPIRAL

I chose this as Claudia’s keyword because she twists things using her warped imagination and you never know how she is going to react or who she is going to turn on next as she lets her imagination ‘spiral’ out of control.

All Claudia’s scenes would be based in her house as she never leaves, so it would be a dull dark house with little around to occupy her. However because she died at 17 and those who used to be her own age are now 21 and experimenting with various substances and sex, she desperately wants to experience these things too but is afraid of being rejected by the others.

I would have her styled in something dark to show her personality but skimpy to represent Mrs. Laderman’s desires for her. Mrs. Laderman would have fetched her the outfit so she could change out of the one she was buried in.

This outfit wouldn’t be an issue living in her old abandoned house because she is technically dead so she cant actually feel the cold.