Evaluation #2 - How does our media product represent particular social groups?

In terms of costume, the two characters in our project are very similar to the duo displayed on the right picture of john Simms, the main lead detective in our move is wearing a trench coat, and polo shirt very similar to the man on the right of the Johnny Simms picture, however, and he is wearing a leather jacket instead. The top button of our detective character is undone to create a scruffy representation for our detective character to suggest that he isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty, similar to the duo on the right who are shown to have loosely done ties, undone top buttons and uneven collars suggesting they have been in some form of conflict and to add some sense of power and authority as it suggests they aren’t afraid to start a conflict with the antagonist.

The victim character in our movie is shown to be wearing a white button up t-shirt which again, is conventional in the average 70’s stereotypical costume, this character isn’t necessarily a detective so can’t be effectively compared to the duo on the right side since the fact that he isn’t a detective suggests he doesn’t have the status to wear a full trench coat outfit, but we can compare the unbuttoned loose t-shirt that brings across the same image that we tried to convey through the detective character, however, the use of a loose messy shirt like this can also connote that the character has been on the losing end of a conflict and has been beaten up or lost a fight, creating the opposite impression presented by the detective.

The actual facial features of our detective character are quite different to the two detectives on the right who are shown to be clean shaven with combed and maintained hair, our detective character is shown to have scruffy, frizzy hair and unshaven facial hair to add to the more violent image conveyed through his costume design, since our movie is a horror, it is conventional to use lots of dark lighting and low-key lighting to create a sense of discretion and fear, the inclusion of the facial hair and long curly hair in the picture shown above is effective in hiding a majority of his head and making only his head visible due to the lamp, this darkening of is surrounding body through facial hair and clothing is effective in creating a sense of anonymity and mystery due to how much of the character is hidden in darkness, this can be seen as similar to the two characters on the right, who wear trench coats which are popular for concealing objects and making a character seem a lot more ominous and mysterious, however, the use of lighting isn’t used to convey any form of mystery.

Both the character on the left image and the two on the right are undercover police/detectives and share very similar roles in their individual films/series, our detective character is assigned to investigate a recent incident involve the antagonist of the movie and is required to intercept this antagonist , very similar to the television series “life on mars” featuring the character in the leather jacket on the right, whose role is also an undercover police officer and detective who’s role in each episode is to intercept an antagonist/ criminal and bring justice to restore the new equilibrium in the plot only to be disrupted again next episode.