Juan's Character Development/ Motive

As I came after school, I started to see my YouTube feed to see what caught my attention to watch during my spare time, and i saw this video of "The Nice Guy Trope, Explained"; from the same YouTuber I had already seen explanations of representations such as blonde women in film, and honestly this one of the Nice Guy did not really caught my attention but still considered interesting to watch, i mean why not! And as I was watching the video I have come to the realization of WHAT IS THE MOTIVE OF MY FILM. Since the beginning I knew what kind of film I wanted to create, romantic, funny, foreign, etc...but still did not know how to start the story. I considered creating a love story of the musical genre, about how a boy of twelve-ish years old, was in love with this girl who was out of his league, but my ideas completely changed after I saw that Netflix had just put out a foreign film named "All the freckles in the world" which basically had the same story; therefore, I changed my plans and decided to create a film that was more personal, something I could truly speak about. And I am going to be honest, not so long ago i broke up with my boyfriend, and through reflection I have asked myself what are things that should not be done in or before relationships, and in my conclusion the idealization of a person is one of the most dangerous.

This usually occurs when we have a crush on someone and we do not know them pretty well, so we end up having ideas of how they are like, and fantasies of how they would be if we were a couple, and this is a dangerous activity or habit to do when liking a person since it could waste you a LOT of time and emotions, and IF you even get the opportunity to be become a couple, this could be misunderstand who you are dating, and end up breaking up since the person turns out completely different from your expectations and you end up disappointed of the other when it was truly your fault. I DO NOT KNOW if I am the only one who has gone through this but I consider that it is important to make a film that demonstrates clearly how toxic this could be.
I spoke to my mom about my idea but she told me that I had to look for deeper motives for the film or how is the character of the protagonist  Juan so this is where the video of the Nice Guy Tropes takes place. Who is the nice guy? The nice guy is the guys who pretends to be the best option for a girl's life, since he considers himself to be the nicest to the girl and the most honest possibility for the girl to have as a boyfriend, but as the actions of the character are shown, the "nice guy" is not truly nice, he just is getting his way to obtain what he wants, which is more dangerous but since this is  not an obvious sign of doing harm or been selfish, this is hard to reckon and is often valued by society; a man who works hard to get the girl of his dreams, or how he calls her, "the love of his life" but does the girl feel the same way about the boy? and is love about convincing? or mutual agreement?

There is a YouTube account named WordPorn in which its objective is to post wise thoughts of poets, actors, directors, entrepreneurs, etc...ideas that can change ones thinking and style of living to improve. One of their videos is what is love? a metaphor is done to question whether a fisher truly loves fish or does he/she love oneself since such action of fishing is to satisfy their desire. AND THIS will be the motive of my film, a boy who idealizes his crush and seems as if she had broken his heart since she might confused him or broke up with him, when it turns out such "memories" are truly fantasies that he would have liked to have with his crush, therefore, the raw truth of her rejecting hi seems as if she is a mean girl, when it truly is that she has never been interested in him.
According to the Nice Guy trope, he needs to be insecure, often nerd, and not an expert with girls, and before I forget the major point, he needs to be STUBBORN since he needs to insist to the girl that they are meant to be together, this may seem as cute in films but if we truly analyze this, it is a toxic attitude since it is harassing a person;s individualism and simply a no does not mean later but rather NOT EVER.

As a result who is my main character?

As many film production do, I am going to use the same name of the actor for the character----Juan Diego Martinez (not same last name).

Why him? I was in my math class and he is one of my classmates, and i think he had just cut his hair and he looked different, looked younger with more curls and shorter hair, and for me he was perfect for the role of the protagonist teenager int he 80s. 

The actor is from Colombia making him be able to speak Spanish for the film since he also prefers to speak in his native language due to how it makes him feel more confident when speaking. Therefore, he is perfect for the role, also he was willing and excited for my proposal of participating on my project. SOOO he is the chosen one.

 Juan Diego Martinez is going to be the typical teenage Hispanic boy, interested in two things soccer and girls. This may seem as stereotypical, but this is an honest stereotype. Oh, sorry almost forgot another aspect of the character that ALSO falls into the stereotype, he likes music, the one which is trending at the time but he truly likes it.

As I have said this before (dozens of times, he has fallen in love for a classmate, Ana Sofia Hernandez. But this is not a crush who comes from falling in love with the girl, or been attracted due to the chemistry between the two but he rather is in love of how she looks and how they both together may seem as the perfect couple since they would look good together, kinda superficial. Giving the major reason WHY Ana Sofia would not be interested in him, since he pretends that looks or attraction from his part would make them a meant couple. 

In addition, as the Nice Guy Trope is described, Juan needs to be insecure and selfish causing him not been the nice guy as he seems to be just because he is naive or inexperienced, therefore, the world is not been mean to him, but rather his selfishness is what truly leaving him be all by himself. Consequently, Juan is emotionally unstable since he relies on his convictions in order to relate with others, he has friends Willie and Ivan, but this does not much affect them since they are not related to Juan in such a personal manner in which his vulnerability may be shown since it is also the 80s in South America, and boys don't cry right? but well since in relationships one does need to show ones vulnerability in order to relate or be connected, Juan gets to show how imperfect he may be with his selfishness but this is actually without him and Ana Sofia been in a relationship but rather with him "working hard to get the love of his life" or rather emotionally dependent to his crush. In addition, Juan never makes a move to know the girl, he just believes they are meant and that is enough, making incoherent Juan's actions. If he does not doe anything RIGHT about his crush, then he can not argue about it.

BTWWWWWW, I also already chose who is Ana Sofia, and this came from the same origin as who was casted for Juan, since as I told Juan to participate on my project an old friend of mine was there, and she said she wanted to participate too and she is actually matched PERFECTLY! as if it is meant! truly meant not as Juan's (character's) ideal;s of love...but well this will be furthered explained later, BYE!:)