Character Development

I developed Mindy Belle from different sources of research and she has different elements of characters from previous films. She has a strong element of ‘The Bride’ (Beatrix Kiddo) from Kill Bill in her, but also traits of characters like Thelma from Thelma and Louise in how she let her husband walk all over her and is now breaking free, She is also supposed to have lots of influences from typically cast Angelina Jolie characters. My character needed to have a sinister streak within her and a vengeful emotion in her as she deals with her revenge for her husband’s deceit. To develop her name, I needed a name with a deeper meaning to it.

Medea – a Greek name, means: either "to ponder" or "cunning". In Greek mythology Medea was a sorceress from Colchis (modern Georgia) who helped Jason gain the Golden Fleece. They were married, but eventually Jason left her for another woman. For revenge Medea slew Jason's new lover and also had her own children by Jason killed.

Mara - Means "bitter" in Hebrew. This was a name taken by Naomi in the Old Testament (see Ruth 1:20).

Lola – “Strong woman” Spanish.

Lulie – “Warrior Maidens”

Belle – “Beautiful Snake” (this has great meaning in that her beauty deceives you of the sly creature within.)

Mindy – This name has no specific meaning. But I wanted to use this name as it related to Medea and Mara, and I am using Belle as her second name to keep the beautiful snake element.

Another character idea I had was for the character that Mindy Belle meets in the coffee shop. This character needed to specialise in some kind of vengeful activity or have specific knowledge of weaponry. So I decided for Sofie Kavanagh to be a ‘friend’ or ‘companion’ in this scene for Mindy and these traits link directly to her surname meaning. This character would have the knowledge that could help Mindy find her husband.