Representation plays a huge part in postmodern films because it shows the audience what genre the film is and it adds to the storyline. In our teaser trailer we have tried to portray different groups by using power.
There are primarily two different groups that we have got within the trailer; they are the government and a group of secret agents. We wanted to portray the group of secret agents positively and as “Heroes” and we have done this mainly through mise-en-scene. The costumes that we have given to each of the secret agents are very similar; they are black suits which show that they have power and authority. The representation of agents and their jobs were magnified when we put the characters into a high profile setting like London. This would show the audience that they are important and play a big part within the film.
The agents would obviously need an enemy and we decided that a government based plot would work well with our film ‘Conspiracies’. To represent the government as enemies was going to be quite tough but we have shown them as enemies by using a character representing the government to kill off the agents. This character is also shown as a ‘villain’ in our biggest and most powerful scene where the secret agent gets tortured. We have also represented the government in a negative way by shooting a talking scene between the agents outside a major government building- the houses of parliament.
I believe that we represented each of the groups clearly and in a way that shows the genre and storyline.
There are primarily two different groups that we have got within the trailer; they are the government and a group of secret agents. We wanted to portray the group of secret agents positively and as “Heroes” and we have done this mainly through mise-en-scene. The costumes that we have given to each of the secret agents are very similar; they are black suits which show that they have power and authority. The representation of agents and their jobs were magnified when we put the characters into a high profile setting like London. This would show the audience that they are important and play a big part within the film.
The agents would obviously need an enemy and we decided that a government based plot would work well with our film ‘Conspiracies’. To represent the government as enemies was going to be quite tough but we have shown them as enemies by using a character representing the government to kill off the agents. This character is also shown as a ‘villain’ in our biggest and most powerful scene where the secret agent gets tortured. We have also represented the government in a negative way by shooting a talking scene between the agents outside a major government building- the houses of parliament.
I believe that we represented each of the groups clearly and in a way that shows the genre and storyline.
Good planning; how specifically have you shown the villain to be part of the government? And how does this reflect the ambiguity that is evident in many modern spy genre films? - Is it always clear who fights for good?
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