Our film is about a woman who defies the string of fate, and basically cheats on two men.
For this concept I have then researched the characters and attitudes of women who cheat. Look behind the reasons as to why they do so, and how the ones they hurt often react.
The typical cheating woman is represented as a mean and evil woman, or sometimes extremely quiet ones, sometime they say it’s the quiet ones that are the most mischievous. Our character has a little bit of both, as although she does go on to cheat on these men; she is actually attached to them.
For her cheating side I have looked into films and TV shows like:
Mistresses
Pandoras box
Eastenders
Why did I get married?
Hollyoaks.
My favorite one and most realistic is the character of Mercedes from holly oaks; who can be seen as a very beautiful, sexy, and independent woman.
Her marriage with her husband is something we would think should make her happy, however she cheats with another man in the series called Calvin.
When we look at her character we can see that she is quiet:
*A devious woman
*very opinionated
*quiet secretive about her personal life
* is a good liar
* has a loud mouth, which she uses to defend herself. To defend her self, or to avoid suspicion as well as in other things.
These character traits are very similar to all the other woman who cheat in the films which I have researched.
However thee character of Delilah is not just a cheating woman, she is kind of stuck between two men, which she really likes, which is why we intend to have the broken strings at the end of the film actually have a big impact on her, which would not be the case if she was just a cheating person without a care in the e world. From this I have decided the character traits best for the character of Delilah are
*secretive and private about her private life
*organized
*glamorous
*a good liar
*a devious woman
However at the same time
*gentle
*reasonably nice
* Easy going
This is so she doesn’t just fall into the category of a ‘cheating woman’ because although she cheats, she is much more than that
When looking at the motives behind, cheating woman there are many reasons, using the example of the character Mercedes from holly oaks,
Her reason for her affair was that her husband had was suffering from AIDS which she found lot to cope with and she found comfort in another man, which she didn’t have to care for or wouldn’t always depress her with the subject. Most importantly although she doesn’t like dealing with the AIDS she still stays with her husband, because she does in fact love him, but feels the same for Calvin, the other man. This is simply because each of the men has something that the other doesn’t making her stuck between the two, this is defiantly something which we will incorporate in our character of Delilah.
Based on my research I have also found that the top 4 reasons why women cheat are as followed:
Revenge
Self esteem
Being the bad girl
Lack of intimacy
The most interesting and achievable reason for our film would be the self esteem one
It is thought that having more than one man after a woman makes her feel more sexier, more wanted, basically much better about herself and allows her to overcome her insecurities.
Delilah could be one of those women, just searching for attention.
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