Username: Name:Gender: Career: Film director. Maybe famous is an overstatement - she doesn't have a huge, dedicated fanbase - but she's definitely well-known in the movie world. Most people, even if they don't know her name, have watched at least some of her movies. In terms of genre, her movies run the gamut from action to romance to high fantasy, but they're all generally recognisable for their rich characters and invariably happy endings. (64 words)
How the career changes them: Denise's career doesn't affect her so much as her personality affects it. That having been said, it has made her mark on her - she has a certain dramatic air that probably stems from watching actors do the same. It's not usually overt, but it's certainly there in the way she talks, articulated and prone to monologues. There's a kind of forced elegance to her as well. Her gait's deliberate, her smile too bright, and any observant onlooker can tell that they're affectations. Something that stems more directly from her job is that she's very good at writing and design. She doesn't necessarily know how to draw, but she knows how to evoke emotion or make a point with her use of space, colour, or shapes. The same can be said with her stories, too. There's something visceral about the way she writes; the imagery she uses and the characters she makes tend to draw out emotion from people surprisingly easily.
Her job pays well, and because she never really has to worry about money, she's very generous with it. She spends it like it'll never run out, from pointlessly expensive ornaments to constant expensive restaurants. Of course Denise donates a portion of her money, but she doesn't really put much thought into it beyond "oh, yeah, that's what some of my buddies said I should do." You'd think, given it's part of her duties to manage films' budgets, that she'd be a lot more frugal with her own. Nope. She just doesn't see the use in being careful with her money - she's rich, and she can borrow money from her friends if she has to, right?
Her work schedule is erratic. One month she's running around, frantic, because she has deadlines to meet and she's way behind schedule; the next she's not doing anything, just living off the money she made off her last job, wandering aimlessly around. Because of this, she doesn't really commit herself to anything - the few friends she has tend to be low-maintenance. She surrounds herself who'll be fine with her disappearing for weeks to months at a time before reappearing and clinging to them in short bursts. In general, she seems to hate things that she can't abandon at will, perhaps because she's just used to not committing to things. She doesn't have much of a life outside her job, many a hobby or class having been dropped because it required too much time. (409 words)
Snippets of an interview with Denise(Snippets because she's not a very interesting person, and half her answers are ridiculously dull.)
"What motivates you? Why do you make movies?"It's cliché, perhaps, but I have to say that, ultimately, it's because some stories just have to be told, and sometimes films are the best way to tell them. I used to write stories a lot - I still do, even - but I think the written medium didn't do them justice. Maybe it's just because I'm an extraordinarily bad writer, but they felt more real when I made short films out of them. These days, I do not write most of my scripts, but I still feel like I have to tell their stories.
I don't think of my movies as trying to push any agenda, though I know some of them - like Golden Summers - might seem like it. They're more art than anything else to me, and I make a point of separating them from politics or my personal life.
What are some of your hobbies? I'm rather an avid writer and reader, although I suppose most people know about that. I'm especially fond of horror. It's the sole genre I don't know how to write or direct; I can inspire fear in some people, but it's just a cheap, momentary thrill. That's why I read it so much - I'm not easily scared myself, but I love seeing other people's ways of frightening their audience.
I've taken up baking recently as well. My eternal struggle with macarons will never cease. I spend more time fiddling with the recipes than actually making them, in all honesty.
(She spends like 90% of her spare time reading through forum archives and wandering through sites like TVTropes, but she's never going to admit it.)
"What's your worst fear?" Worst? I'm not sure. The first one that comes to mind is not being able to create. So much of my life revolves around stories - my career's all about telling them through films, most of my spare time is spent writing little stories. I can't imagine having them taken away from me.
(That's a lie. She'd be pretty annoyed if she couldn't tell stories anymore, but apart from finding a new job, she'd be fine. Her actual worst fear is dolls and mannequins - they creep her out. She's okay with things that aren't imitating Viscets, though, like teddy bears.)
"If you weren't a movie director, what would you be?"I...? I'm not sure, really. It's hard to answer this question, given I'd practically never thought of anything else since I was a Viscling.
Barring the obvious - I'm sure everyone could tell my first choice would be a writer or something of that ilk - I'd guess a... mathematician, perhaps? Philosopher? I'm not sure if the latter is actually a paying job. All the same, I'm far more of a thinking person than a
doing person, and it doesn't help that I have the physical ability of a hamster. Given the chance, I'd likely decline most jobs that
"What's your greatest weakness?"At the risk of repeating myself, I'm not sure. I hate to sound arrogant, but I don't have any glaring faults, at least not any that I've noticed.
I suppose I do have a horrifically brief attention span, however. There have been an unhealthy number of occasions where I missed important information because I got distracted by someone's foot-tapping or a butterfly flitted past or something similarly inane.
"What's your biggest regret?". . .
Skip.
(She doesn't like airing her personal life like that, but
Denise does regret letting her relationship with her family slip so much. Her parents have tried to contact her, but she's invariably busy, and especially back when she was younger, she never bothered to reach out when she wasn't. Now she thinks it's too awkward to try.)
"What do you value most in a person?"It'd depend on what I was seeking in them. I have different expectations for business partners and people I actually plan on dealing with.
In colleagues, I seek skill and devotion, nothing more. Unless they're using the money for something blatantly harmful, I keep my relationship with them purely professional. I don't care about their attitude toward me or their personal life; it is none of my business what they may do in their spare time, as long as they get the job done.
As for friends, I'm not sure. My social circle is rather diverse, so no matter what I said, you'd almost always find find an exception. I'm unlikely to befriend people who expect me to be text or meet up with them all the time, but that's about it. I like knowing people with different sorts of hobbies and personalities; it's a lot more interesting than the alternative.
"What small things make you happy?"Dawns and dusks, when I have the time to watch them, leave me feeling fantastic for the rest of the day. They're beautiful, to me. In general, the prospect of just
having time makes me happy. I love my job, of course, but it often leaves me too busy to do much.
Ah, time's running out, isn't it? In list form, just to hurry things up a bit - good coffee, the stars, orchestral music, fresh laundry, wildflowers. I'm not as fond of potted plants and the like, though there's no reason for it other than that I don't find them as aesthetically pleasing without other flora around them.
Other triviaBuild - small, in both height and weight.
Voice - naturally too high for her liking; she deliberately speaks in a lower tone most of the time, though it slips when surprised.
Posture - straight, but not stiff.
Handwriting - tall, narrow, and neat with light strokes.
Diet - eats healthily for the most part.
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