EVALUATION ACTIVITY 2

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULg49_MUvjE  < Advert for New Girl

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).



Photo evidence

To prepare for our film we decided to do a photoshoot of our main character in role which will help us when filming.

 

 

First, an establishing shot of the first scene is our character Jess asleep in her bed. The pictures helped us to work out the mise-en-scene in each scene, we then designed her bedroom according to the personality of 'Jess' this included: piles of clothes everywhere, lots of heals and generally a skatty room.

 

Above is a shot of Jess waking up, we ruffled up her hair, made her look as natural as possible and scatteredcushions ontop of her bed so it was obvious that she just woke up.

Above is a picture of Jess choosing her outfit for the day, she is wearing bright purple polka dot pyjama shorts which show her bubblyness.

This is a shot of Jess applying her makeup, we really liked the idea of using a shot which reflects in the mirror so we were testing out a few ways in which it could work.

This shot is when we were thinking about the mise-en-scene of our characters room and how she comes across in it. Jess is very disorganised, ditsy and bubbley so the fact she has dying flowers and shoes on top of her wardrobe just matches this perfectly.

We dressed Jess in a short polkadot dress with leather ankle boots, a tote bag and pretty plaits. in the picture she is checking her phone which shows she is very social and likes to keep up to date with everyone or she could be checking the time because she is late.

This is a behind the scenes shot of us back combing our actresses hair so that it looks messy and like she just got out of bed.

This is a shot from what we are planning for our final scene, the closing shot will be of the door to show that she has left the house all in one piece after all of the dramas of getting ready.

 

 

Prop List

The majority of our opening sequence is filmed in a bedroom which means we will need to think about props which you willl find in a bedroom such as:

• Bed, covers and duvets
• Wardrobe
• Chest of drawers
• Clothing and clutter
• high heels and shoes scattered around the room
• Empty food packets
• Laptop
• Scattered papers on the floor
• photographs and pictures on the wall
• Sofa
• Dying pot of daffodils

Then we have a scene of Jess brushing her teeth in the bathroom, so we shall have her looking in the mirror in the reflection we will need a traditional bathroom

•  Shampoos conditioners
• Toothbrush
• Toothpaste
• Towels
• Loo Roll
• Scattered clothing on the bathroom floor

We have a scene of Jess putting on her make-up and getting dressed so we will need: 

• Mascara
• Her outfit
• Lip balm
• Lipstick
• Face cream

We will also be using a dog and a gat which is going to be very challenging but the animals are well trained and we feel that it will add to the ditsyness oh her character

Costume List

 Opening Sequence (First costume)

 

• Pyjama shorts and plain T-shirt

• Messy hair; out

Scene of Connie (Jess) painting her nails Blue, red, yellow and pink, This shows how multicoloured she is.

 

2nd Costume

• Little shift dress preferbly neutral colour; brown and black with polka dots
• Little cowboy boots
• Canvas bag
• Hair tied up in high pony tail or Plaits

Call Sheet

Character profile (Jess)

Charcterisation of  our character Jess

• Brunette
• Tall
• Fresh faced
• innocent
• Stylish
• Messy and Ditsy
• Friendly
• Loves to socialise
• Single
• Model
• Baby Animals

Shooting Schedual