Evaluation Question 2

2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

My main idea for my media was to create an overall piece of work showing Jack the Ripper in a new light.I wanted to work with a duality theme where Jack has several different personalities. My main task were always going to be different from my two ancillary tasks. The radio trailer presents the bad side of Jack representing his evil sadistic and demonic side. The poster shows us a face looming out of the darkness, his face is horribly deformed on one side and normal on the other the face appears to be neutrally smiling, this shows us both of Jack's sides making him look like a monster. In the Film he is shown to be fighting this evil side as he battles with his dark side and we see him feeling sadness and remorse at his actions. I liked the whole duality and multiple personality angle so incorporated it into my work. Having him represented in three different ways allowed the theme of duality to flow. In the Radio trailer he is an evil sadistic twisted man who is a threatening twisted killer. In the film he is seen as a vulnerable man who shows remorse and sadness at the acts of atrocity he has commited. The poster then combines the two creating a hideous monster, and as well all no monsters are usually misunderstood people. This was a beauty behind the beast idea. For example in the 1800's Joseph Merrick aka the elephant man was in freak show circuses. People didn't understand him and so he was considered a freak, or monster. Yet once people got to know him they found a man who was misunderstood and the nation embraced him. The film and radio trailer for my project unravel the mystery behind the "Beast" on the poster.

Dark and Light are key elements in my Film running and mixing with the duality theme. The film is set within a shaft of bright light in which Jack and the girl inhabit. This shaft of light surrounded by darkness represents Jack's hope and his goodness. This is surrounded by dark representing his evil side in which the disembodied voice of his evil personality inhabits. The entire mise en scene represents Jack’s conscience, his mind. The piece is surreal and is non naturalistic as the film is set inside Jack’s head. The shaft of light that Jack and the girl inhabit is a lot smaller compared to the Darkness that surrounds it at the begining as Jack trys to fight it off. I wanted to show that the evil side of Jack had nearly almost consumed his personality. As the film progesses we see more of the light side and less of the darkness. As Jack prays he gains strenghth to fight his demons who eventually leave him alone. He then has a "conversation" between himself and the dead girl, however I wanted this to show that he is explaining to himself why he did this and that by imagining the girls fear and terror at beinging dead he is really trying to understand himself, and the resons why he does the things he does as he trys to explain how sorry he is. The Light gets bigger and stronger throughout the piece as Jack finaly gets rid of his murderous side. His dual personality is finally taken over by his good side.

When Jack removes his hat and cloak I wanted this to symbolise that he has finally rid himself of the killing demon' removing the clothing he wore when he killed.The light in the last few shots when Jack does this is a lot brighter and more in the frame showing the light has won. By having Jack cover the girl in his cloak and laying her to rest symbolises that he must bury the past and find salvation for what he has done.

The use of bible quotes at the start of the film reflect both of Jack's personalities "For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her are smoother than oil,but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword, her feet go down to death, her steps lay hold in hell" The dark side sees this proverb as an excuse to kill the prsotitue as the proverb says that immoral women go to hell anyway, and that he is doing the lords work. Where as the light sides response is another bible quote "thou shalt not kill". I wanted to use religion in my media because the bible is full of powerfull quotes, and going with the duality theme the bible often contradicts itself.

Dark and Light

Duality