19 year old Guy is not just socially awkward but unlucky in life. He has never had many friends let alone a girlfriend. Yet finally he is going on his first date - with a girl he met online. Our film opening follows his routine full of mess ups that will make our audience cringe as well as laugh. Of course, he isn't just a negative portrayal of a high school geek. The audience will also be able to relate to Guy.Things such as the shower being too cold, choosing a bad
outfit and styling your hair badly are all unfortunate events that
many in the audience will have experienced themselves.
The bad choices he makes doesn't completely define Guy as a person; the audience will gradually see his lovable character through his happy-go-lucky attitude and take warmly to him and the fact that he runs to try and not delay his date any longer. We also did not blow his geeky side out of proportion and alienate that part of the audience. Guy is mainly seen as a geek because of the various game posters up in his bedroom.
Excellent examples of characters such as Guy are Seth and Evan from Superbad. Both are geeks who rarely go to social events, lament their virginity and poor social standing. They are finally invited to a party in exchange for bringing alcohol and we laugh at their mess ups but can relate when they are bullied and used. Geeks are generally shown both negatively and positively, as are many social groups in the student age group such as the jocks, the hippies, the preppy people, the music and arty cliques and so on.
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