As well as casting the actors and grossing inspiration from characters from a range of films and TV programs, we also needed an animal to play Naomi's pet in our opening sequence. We narrowed the choice down to two candidates:
Ollie, Carolina's dog
Albert, My cat
Similarly to Legally Blonde, the film that inspired our decision to include an animal in the opening sequence, we chose Ollie, a fluffy, blonde dog. Although Albert is a very handsome cat, he isn't stereotypically the kind of pet our target audience would associate with our character or genre. He's balck which connotes superstition and darkness, unlike Ollie who is blonde, connoting fun and happiness, the mood we are trying to create initially in our opening sequence.
Between you and me, Ollie is also much better behaved on camera and will actually do what you want, rather than get comfortable in a ball and wait for strokes like Albert does. Ollie is also very cute and playful, and traditionally the kind of pet associated with our girly-girl protagonist, Naomi, hence why we chose him as our pet.
Pheebs, OUT!!! ;)
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