Matilda's independent research task

The characters for the opening scene are going to be purely down to the Heist members with no other characters making an appearance. This will ensure that the crew members are the full focus throughout the entire sequence with no other characters stealing the spotlight. We discussed and came to the conclusion of their being four Heist members in the crew along with them all being female. With our sequence set in the 90's where male dominance was at its prime in terms of leading the well payed jobs, we though it would be a good and impacting idea to disrupt the social standard of society and have the crew be women. This would be done in order to create disrupt in what was the social norm in the 90's and open up the debate revolving around the idea that women can work just as hard and well as men.     

In order to match this idea of proving that women are just as worthy in the work place as men, the character need to be portrayed and ruthless and strong, just as that of a man. By exaggerating this idea of strength through subtle things such as the way they portray themselves, their posture and their use of words, the audience will get a larger understanding that this group of women are working to prove society wrong.     

Examples of movies that display this same idea of women empowerment:   

- Wonder Woman

- G.I. Jane  

- The Matrix

- Terminator 2 

These women, presented in highly successful films, manage to create a sense of ruthleness and strength just through the way they are presented. Therefor, when thinking about our own characters I want them to appear in this same way.

With regards to most of the Heist characters bodies being covered up by their red jumpsuits, I needed to focus on the areas that would be in sight. For their Hair it would be necessary for it to be tied back for the majority of the sequence. This would give all the women a professional appearance and allow everything to be out of their faces during the action shots. However, towards the end on the sequence once the hard work is over, it may be a good idea to have the characters let down their hair to reveal the them as women.