On creation of our final project, The Following. We had to also decide on ways of representing the characters which would be in the film, also having to stereotypically out them into social groups. Deciding on the characters social representation was challenging but exceed able. We decided to stick with the codes and conventions of a action film, rather than having to twist and bend them, which in time could have made the project a lot harder than it should have been.
Choosing the social representation of all three characters was quite simple when following the codes and conventions of a typical action film.
For example, Jamie's character was an assassin. A character who's authority and weaponry is his power. To represent his authority we clothed him in a suit, which does speak for its self. For the representation of his weaponry we used a standard issue barreta pistol replica. This shows the power that surrounds the assassins figure and character. A gun is one of the main props within a film that shows the representation or phallic symbol of power.
Matt Fox, who's character I played wasn't the hardest character to stereotype or represent. Imagining what an average day person cold be dressed like is easy. So we represented Matt Fox's character as an average day person, wearing very casual clothes. His nature though as a computer hacker was represented in the way of his body language and he acted around others.
As you can see in the best picture we have of Matt Fox's figure, very casual clothes and relaxed look.
An opposites look for his body language as this character is very unpredictable.
Matt Fox's Girlfriend Emma, was played by Georgia Windsor a friend and fellow media student as well. Georgia's role in the final project was to play a very concerned girlfriend, who didn't approve of her boyfriends computer hacking and was scared of loosing him.
We didn't have a lot of choice on clothing representation with Georgia because it was in the same day that we wanted her to play the part and that we were filming.
A representation of Georgia's character we would have to say she was the concerned sort of type, with the contrast of light hair colour and darker clothes. This all ties in with " Madonna or whore" representation by theorist Laura Mulvey. Showing that Georgia is a Madonna character, mainly focusing on her hair colour which signifies purity and innocence.
Laura Mulvey's theory would really be he only theory we could use to explain the representation and social groupsof our characters.
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