EVALUATION: Question 2

Our character and costume design was heavily based around the generic conventions within noir films, as well as tried to appeal to a modern audience of those that are 16 and above. In terms of representations of particular social groups, we wanted to portray a detective in the lower class, as we feel it would be easier for our character to be relatable if he is from this particular class, rather than a higher or middle class.

This opening is heavily based off older films in the noir genre, so it uses many conventions which may have been used to portray social groups such as the lower / middle class of the time. Because of this we had to adapt our character to fit with the modern day with the story, but still keep the essence of the older characters we based them off there. We done this through the use of set and costume. The costume is based off many inspector characters from films in the noir genre, hence why we decided to keep the old trilby / fedora hat with a long coat look, as it is very definitive of this specific character type from the social group. The living area surround that surround this character suggests he’s from the lower class. The room is meant to look small and very improvisational, run down and look cheap. The desk presents how little money this character has, shown by the pennies on the desk.

We didn't really take in to account as to how gender would be represented in this opening, but we chose a male lead character because it stuck to the conventions of the lead characters in noir films. However, it could be said that it is stereotypical for a male character to have more screen prevalence, but there are no other characters presented in our opening so there isnt other characters to compare that point to.