Blog Podt 2- The 5W

Milo's background may not be long but I definitely unique and detailed. He was raised by his mother and and never knew who his father was. This is because Milo's mother had him through in vitro fertilization. Milo's mother is a workaholic upper class business lady who had a child late in her life. (around early 40's) She felt as though she needed to have a kid but didn't feel she needed a man to do so.

I'm sorry if this is starting to sound like the RomCom with JLo but trust me it's not. 

 

The mother I see as a strong female who does have a good relationship with her son despite her busy schedule. I get the inspiration for the mother from the mother in the book/film "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"

She is very nurturing despite her absences to sum it up.





Parents play a huge role in a child's life that is why there is so much detail that I feel needs to be shared about the mother.



Milo understands how he was brought into this world and does not have any qualms with the idea of not having a dad. This is because of the strong relationship with his mother. Nevertheless kids will be kids and Milo fantasizes about who his dad might be. He envisions possibilities of his father as some of his heroes. No matter how obviously impossible it would be.  

 People like:

Alfred Hitchcock

Vincent Price

H.P. Lovecraft

 

Boris Karloff 

Humphrey Bogart

Since Milo's mom has a high income he lives in a house with as much personality as he does. An old Victorian home in New York state. When I say the house has personality a mean that it could tell as story in it's self based on elements like secret passages, old items left in the home by previous owners and odd history surrounding the house. 

Inspiration comes from: 

The Amityville Horror House:

 

 The house from American Horror Story:

     

This is a very important time in Milo's life because of his perception of life. Also I want there to be a supernatural element to the story. Something in which Milo interacts with people who have passed away yet not be afraid of them and more think of them as an inconvenience or a normal occurrence. The age of Milo is crucial because kids are seen as more sensitive to "paranormal phenomena."
This is also the age in which Milo is fully able to grasp the idea of not really having a dad.

 He relates to classical horror icons because they are consumed by the supernatural. Milo's mom is an atheist and doesn't believe at all in the supernatural. So whenever Milo tells his mother about these occurrences she simply brushes them off as nothing. Since he is unable to confide in his mom he find relief in the fact that maybe this whole supernatural things is attributed to his non-extant father.

The perspective of Milo at this time in his life is one in which all these elements can occur with there being innocents and the struggle to understand.