Character
This is the last stage of my character i chose to make my character like one of Jim Henson's Muppets because i took inspiration from Happytime Murders which is a fan made film in currently in production that is also inspired by Jim Henson. Furthermore i thought it gave the character a lighter tone in contrast to the depressing time setting of the 1940s when countries were at war and the black cinema gave into peoples worries and unhappy moods, films of that time were called "Noir" which in french means black. So i went for a similar setting "Mitch" was a prideful young man wanting to help people but as time pasted at the world got to him and he losted his way now he is serious and cold with a dry sarcastic humour who secretly wants to be the hero again but is scared of the repercussions. This was the short story and list of emotions i wanted to give my character, so to convey this on to page i gave him a dry look by lowering his eyelids and frowning his eyebrows along with creases of skin on the top of his head as if he did this facial expression alot and said "are you serious?" I could'nt settle on the colour of his skin so i did two one with blue and the other with brown. The blue further expressed his cold emotion but the light brown made him look Cuban and i like that because it makes me think his voice is deep and croaky,
Equipment
For the equipment i wanted it to be as historically accurate to the time and similar to the character for example people who meet you for the first time, judge you and determine what type of person you are by the clothes you wear and accessories you have. This is why i chose guns from the 1940s. In the brief it was written that the character "Mitch" has a revolver but i thought this made the character like a cowboy in my direction with the character he took pride in what he did but know he serious, cold and depressed so the image of him holding a revolver reminds me of john wayne and clint eastwood the heroes of westerns. I chose a Walther PPK. this gun is mainly associated with James Bond now this character is also the hero but his means of stopping the bad guy is ethically questionable and i like to think that Mitch is similar. I also chose a luger with a Narzi swastika engraved on it to give indications to the viewer who the bad guy is although in the brief it is said American soldiers bring back a nasty disease from japan, but i always like to think that there is something bigger to the story. Finally the cigarettes are based from a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes which was the most popular brand at the time, accompanied by a gold zippo lighter to give the character a bit more class.
Environment
To be honest i spent a lot of time of the character and neglected the environment so i did the inside of the hospital more specifically the empty rooms as and hospital walls like a prison because the virus is being contained. Here i could of done better.
For the equipment i wanted it to be as historically accurate to the time and similar to the character for example people who meet you for the first time, judge you and determine what type of person you are by the clothes you wear and accessories you have. This is why i chose guns from the 1940s. In the brief it was written that the character "Mitch" has a revolver but i thought this made the character like a cowboy in my direction with the character he took pride in what he did but know he serious, cold and depressed so the image of him holding a revolver reminds me of john wayne and clint eastwood the heroes of westerns. I chose a Walther PPK. this gun is mainly associated with James Bond now this character is also the hero but his means of stopping the bad guy is ethically questionable and i like to think that Mitch is similar. I also chose a luger with a Narzi swastika engraved on it to give indications to the viewer who the bad guy is although in the brief it is said American soldiers bring back a nasty disease from japan, but i always like to think that there is something bigger to the story. Finally the cigarettes are based from a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes which was the most popular brand at the time, accompanied by a gold zippo lighter to give the character a bit more class.
Environment
To be honest i spent a lot of time of the character and neglected the environment so i did the inside of the hospital more specifically the empty rooms as and hospital walls like a prison because the virus is being contained. Here i could of done better.
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