HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?
This is the actress playing jess in our film, Her Name is Connie Martin and she looks exactly how we imagined Jess to look when planning our film.
Below are some pictures of her in action.
COSTUME AND APPEARENCE
When thinking about the costumes of our actress we got a lot of our inspiration from the main character of American TV series 'New Girl'. Even though New Girl is a TV programme and not a film we felt that it was appropriate to use it as an example because the main character is also called Jess but is played by Zooey Deschanel who plays a similar part to the Jess in our film. For our actresses hair styles we decided to go for the simple but playful look so it would reflect her personality very well, for example we gave her plaits, a high ponytail and messy bed hair. We wanted her outfits to be fun and reflect her ditsy but fashionable personality. We achieved this by getting inspiration from the outfits Zooey Deschanel wears in New Girl because we think that the styling department has done an amazing job with her outfits.
Our version of Jess' outfit which is in the middle is based on the two outfits on either side which are of Jess from 'New Girl': Polka dot summery dress, Plaits, Ankle boots and a casual bag.
Polka dot Pyjamas show her playful side (middle:Connie Martin and Right/Left: Zooey Deschanel)
We got inspiration for her high ponytail from New Girl and liked it because it's playfull but also fashionable.
Below are some print screens of Connie playing Jess.
STEREOTYPE
Because our film is a Rom/Com we felt that it was very important to base our film around a stereotypical Character. Jess is a typical ditsy girl and she loves looking fashionable but is also very messy and unorganised, She's always fantasising about the perfect most romantic man but until she finds him she has a small cute dog called Ike who she loves, The fact that Jess is so ditsy also makes her character very comical. I have put together afew pictures of things Jess is interested in:
The three print screens below are from the opening, The top two show the process of her pouring coffee into a wine glass while reading the newspaper and brushing her teeth this lives up to the stereotype of girls being able to multitask and boys can't. The third shot shows Jess's misplaced phone which she later discovers in the oven, This shows that she is very Unorganised and probably hasnt checked her phone for a while.
VALUES AND BELIEFS
Jess may be ditsy but she does have some very strong values and beliefs. Jess is an animal lover which means she is a vegetarian and also part time animal activist, She tries her best to use products which have not been tested on animals and deffinatlet would never even think about leather or fur, She is also very passionate about womens rights and goes on the occasional march or protest. Jess was raised by her parents with not alot of money so she doesn't believe that money equals happynes, She is also very polite and not afraid to say her opinion.
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS
We wanted jess to come across as a young woman so decided that she would be single and looking for love, She does not have a man in her life and always has bad luck with whatever men she meets. Jess is also very social and always going out with her friends, She has a close circle of best friends and then lots of other people who are just friends. One of her best friends is a boy who she eventually ends up falling in love with. Jess does on the other hand have a little dog called Ike who she loves a lot and is almost like her boyfriend. At the Begining of the clip her dog jumps onto her bed to wake her up which is similar to the film 'Uptown Girls' except Megan played by Brittany Murphy has a pet pig instead, Her character is alot like Jess because she is very unorganised and ditsy; Another example of animals being used in films is in 'Legally Blonde' the main character Elle Woods played by Reece Witherspoon, even though Jess is very different to Elle she also has a little chihuahua called Bruiser who has never left her side and she loves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo5x_RtXWN4 < Link to Uptown Girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UUKVPC4Fq4 < Link to Legally Blonde
ROLE IN FILM
Jess from my film and Jess from 'New Girl' play similar roles in the way that they both have brunette hair which is styled in the same way, They have very similar personalities, Their love for animals and baking, They are similar in age aand both single.Apart from these things they are very different: Even though we were inspired by Jess (New Girl) our Jess is alot more stylish and knows what she's doing when putting outfits together, Another thing that's different is there living arrangements, our jess lives alone but Jess from new Girl lives with three men, They both have very different Jobs: Our Jess works in the fashion industry and Jess (New Girl) is a teacher, The final difference is that Our Jess have a pet dog and other jess doesn't have any pets. On the Left is Zooey Deschanel (New Girl and on the Right is Connie Martin (Jess).
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