Our main character is Detective Dennis Dale. He is portrayed in our project as a having a dominant ideology. At first he is shown walking down the street, smug and respectable, once he enters the bar he appears as arrogant diverting any conversation rising with the working class, this emphasises that dominance once again. This shows the type of social class Dale is from, he one of the top men in his town and known by many. I have tried to follow the stereotypes associated with this type of character by making sure his body language and speech is portraying power. There are two main female roles, the different females are showing a different social group. The femme fatale pictured below is a strong intimidating woman who the Detective is bound to fall for. He body language is presented quite vulnerable at first, as she creates her web to destroy the Detective. During her speech to the detective she is constantly using hand gestures, this emphasises what the character is saying and highlights her state of panic. She is the stereotypical beautiful female that is deviant and manipulative at the same time. Meanwhile, on the other hand you have a woman who is the opposite of the femme fatale. She is a cute receptionist who has always adored the detective and who would be right for him. She is definitely not manipulative and instead puts everyone else before herself.
Thursday, 19 February 2015
Question 2: How does your media production represent social groups?
In our film social groups have been represented in a way which ties to the Film Noir genre. The representation of class and status is strong within our film I wanted to make sure there was a clear separation between the proletariat and bourgeoisie. One example of this is when the Detective is in the bar and is talking to the bar attender, firstly the bar attender addresses his as 'boss' this shows audiences that he the detective is someone higher than him, that the detective owns some authority. When the Detective responds to the bar attender he talks aggressively, showing that he sees the bar attender as someone below him. Meanwhile, on the other hand we have the opposite approach off the Detective when he is in a conversation with the femme fatale. Instead of speaking to her in an aggressive tone he acknowledges her in a patronizing way when he says 'calm down precious, just tell me everything slowly.' The word 'precious' however indicates a mixed response, on one side it could show that the person his is speaking to is someone special to him and that he is calling her these things to make her feel good about herself while she is in this state of worry. The alternative response is that he is emphasising a patriarchal system within our society, demonstrating the power he holds over the woman and talking to her in any way he wishes. This also leads into how gender has being represented in the opening sequence. Due to the time era this opening sequence would of been set in many women did not have the independence they hold in society today, I wanted to implement this concept into my work as I felt it would give a more realistic Film Noir.
Our main character is Detective Dennis Dale. He is portrayed in our project as a having a dominant ideology. At first he is shown walking down the street, smug and respectable, once he enters the bar he appears as arrogant diverting any conversation rising with the working class, this emphasises that dominance once again. This shows the type of social class Dale is from, he one of the top men in his town and known by many. I have tried to follow the stereotypes associated with this type of character by making sure his body language and speech is portraying power. There are two main female roles, the different females are showing a different social group. The femme fatale pictured below is a strong intimidating woman who the Detective is bound to fall for. He body language is presented quite vulnerable at first, as she creates her web to destroy the Detective. During her speech to the detective she is constantly using hand gestures, this emphasises what the character is saying and highlights her state of panic. She is the stereotypical beautiful female that is deviant and manipulative at the same time. Meanwhile, on the other hand you have a woman who is the opposite of the femme fatale. She is a cute receptionist who has always adored the detective and who would be right for him. She is definitely not manipulative and instead puts everyone else before herself.
Our main character is Detective Dennis Dale. He is portrayed in our project as a having a dominant ideology. At first he is shown walking down the street, smug and respectable, once he enters the bar he appears as arrogant diverting any conversation rising with the working class, this emphasises that dominance once again. This shows the type of social class Dale is from, he one of the top men in his town and known by many. I have tried to follow the stereotypes associated with this type of character by making sure his body language and speech is portraying power. There are two main female roles, the different females are showing a different social group. The femme fatale pictured below is a strong intimidating woman who the Detective is bound to fall for. He body language is presented quite vulnerable at first, as she creates her web to destroy the Detective. During her speech to the detective she is constantly using hand gestures, this emphasises what the character is saying and highlights her state of panic. She is the stereotypical beautiful female that is deviant and manipulative at the same time. Meanwhile, on the other hand you have a woman who is the opposite of the femme fatale. She is a cute receptionist who has always adored the detective and who would be right for him. She is definitely not manipulative and instead puts everyone else before herself.
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