Character representation

In our film opening we want to give the impression of stereotypical characters within a romantic comedy, therefore we have included certain items within the characters costumes to represent certain characteristics.

Some items that we have used include:

Glasses :- A few of our charaters wear glasses in our movie opening in order to give the impression of a 'nerdy' personality. By stating that this character is 'nerdy' the audience stereotypically sees them as a relatively unpopular person due to modern day social groups, we use the glasses to show that our film is based on a unpolpular cliche of people. However, we also use glasses in our film opening to show the importence and the authority of the teacher. The glasses in this senario give an impression of knowledge and wisdom, whereas the glasses previously mentioned would be big and thick rimmed to show youthfulness, the glasses worn by the teacher would be thin rimmed and smaller. By having smaller glasses the audience relates them with an older character because that style of glasses was popular in previous generations, and due to sight deterioration glasses become a necessary part of life, although the glasses do still keep an essence of intellegence, as a teacher, in their proffesion, is expected to be relatively interllectual.

Tie :- Only one character wears a tie in our film opening and that is the teacher. The tie is worn in order to show a state of proffesion. In the work place people are expected to be accordingly presentable as a social expectation. So in our film opening the teacher is wearing a tie to show his proffesionalism above the students in the classroom and his age, where presentation is an important factor of who they are. Although a tie has no meaning what so ever, in many cultures it is considered a respectable attibute of a working man.