Rob Nakihei IV

Who is your character?

Hal is a semi-hip, somewhat good looking, twenty-eight year old ex grad student who was doing his Ph.D. He plays the drums in a band composed of the math department. Their band is terrible and their hit song is called “i” (lower-case I, they stand there doing nothing for three minutes because lower-case I is an imaginary number). Hal also teaches and does his own personal Research. Robert who is Catherine’s father was Hal’s doctoral advisor. Robert passes away and leaves all his undiscovered work behind and since Hal was in Roberts “Infinite” program he is studying Roberts work.

Growing up in Hawaii I never really watched much movies besides the ones that were popular at the time and when I did watch movies none of them took place in Chicago. So, I knew nothing about my scene and what it would looked like. I decided to watch a youtube video to get a better visual (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxcsY93rjCw). After watching the video, I felt like the scene would take place outside on the porch and also in the house to use the phone. The vibe of the porch and the house should feel old and a little run down. Another limitation of growing up in Hawaii was the lack of exposure I had to mainland people. To really understand a character, I think it's best to know their background. But, because I've never been or met someone from Chicago this was a huge challenge for me. I overcame this challenge by watching movies/videos of people from Chicago. Last limitation I had being from Hawaii was the type of clothes we wear. In Hawaii all I wear is board shorts and a T-shirt, I had no clue what people in Chicago wear. To fix the problem, Ayisha and I did a little research by google imaging what people would look like at that time.