Character analysis

An initial brainstorm on the character . 
I have decided to interpret Julia , I believe the changes in her character throughout the book captures the audience. There are a lot of areas in the book, where I would like to visually interpreted Julia . I would like to capture her emotions , how she is able to transform someone from hating her to being in total love with her. Julia manages to get Winston to fall so deeply in love with her , that there is a feeling that this is not the first time she has been able to control a man . This also develops a new control over Winston , not only is he being watched by Big Brother,  he now has Julia who is the controls all there meetings . Julia is the person who decides where they meet, if they meet and for how long, even to the point of giving Winston instructions of how to get to a meeting point and how to exit one.

What era does my character live ? 
The book was written in 1948/9 about how George Orwell visioned the future .
What does environment look like ?
Set in Oceania , London . The city is being constantly bombed so there is smoke and dust in the air . The housing near the bombings are described as 'chicken huts'
Everything is grey with the only colour used in the posters of Big Brother . 
Clocks are read using digital description (e.g fourteen hundred hours) 
The 3 of the Ministry buildings are tall and glass windows  , the ministry of love is all concrete ( no windows) and has security around the building, no one is allowed near the building for 1/2 km , there is barbed wire protecting the building. 
the electric is cut off at certain times of the day so the environment is using just natural lighting . 
Telescreen watch every movement and are grey with mirrors in them . 
Helicopters hover around the city like flys watching into people's window to ensure that the society is kept in check . 
Description of Julia
Works in the Ministry of Truth , in the Fiction department . 
lives in a hostel with women.  
Seen walking round the Ministry with oily hands , carrying a spanner . 
Thick dark hair , Freckled face, bold appearance, athletic movements, red lips , dark eyes and lashes . Rouge on cheeks 
A narrow red sash for the Junior Anti - Sex league - which is wound round her waist this emphasises her hips . 
Julia is first thought to be clean minded  and has a dangerous stare that fills Winston with Black Terror . However through out the book Julia shows how deceptive she is, She is does knows when to smile and act correctly in front of the camera's . Julia knows how to get chocolate off the black market , has had sex with other Party members and already knows places without camera's or microphones . 
Biggest Goal
To break the rules of the party without getting caught , and to be able to seduce men for her own pleasure.
Props that relate to character 
Red sash , blue overalls 
How do these props develop my character 
The red sash is taken off by Julia when she has sex with Winston , how this red sash also brings out her feminine hips . 
Emotion audience feels towards character ?
Love to Hate 



Motion Images Image 3

Long exposure on the camera allows movement in the image . I have research a selection of images which illustrate either the pose or the type of image I would like to capture . This will show how Julia is struggling on the floor after being beaten .
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Choosing Image 3 and Imagery


The third image that I will be interpreting will be towards the end of the book when Julia and Wiston get caught by the Thought Police . This image will show when Julia is rolling around on the floor after being beaten .

She is described to have a 'livid, gasping face'  she is trying to get her breath back . I would like to cover the models face with material to show this gasping air. If this does not create the desired outcome I will show the face of Julia moving using Long exposure .
Julia's face is described as yellow and her rouge on her cheeks appears to be not connected to her face .
This image needs to project fear , with a shaking body . 

Head shot 
  • Camera : Looking down on the face 
  • Strong lighting 
  • White background 
  • Clinical 
  • Make up : Yellow tones in face , strong contouring , Blusher strong line to appear like its falling of the face . 
  • Hair : Half wavy half victory rolls 
  • Styling : no clothes , heavy contouring down the neck and shoulders 
Here is some imagery that I have collected that shows how I envisage the pose and final image . As I would like to shoot two images for my head shot one using a mesh over the face to represent Julia being trapped and caught by Big Brother and a second image using long exposure I have gathered images for both . 
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In this scene in the book Julia's face is described to turn yellow and the iris of her eye is bright white . I like how the yellow is dripping in this image I will use this and experiment with testing to she how I can get the make up to appear to be dripping or add shine . 
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This image captures fear with just the eye, lighting , and position of the model . 
Lighting 
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Both these images show bright lighting used against the face which is how I would like to light my final image I would like it to appear almost overexposed to show the skin and the illusion of the potlight of Big Brother on Julia . 

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These are a few images of mesh covering the face I like how the face appears distorted through the mesh when Julia is rolling around on the floor she is described to have a "contorted" face. 



Seductive Imagery for Image 2

I research some imagery to help my model interpret Julia in the second image which will be a full length image . This will be shot on location, the pose will be depicting Julia beginning to undress infront of Winston for the first time . Julia is in charge of this scene , she is seductive and experienced this needs to be reflected in the image.
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Choosing Image 2

 The second image I have chosen to depict is when Julia and Winston go to the country to have their first sexual encounter . Throughout this scene Julia is the more foreword showing her experience as she has had sexual relations with the other party members. The location is a grassy floor by some tree's where there are no camera's or microphones. It is a summers day and the sun is shining throught the greenness of the leaves and grass , this an aspect that I will have to enhance if the weather is not out with lighting.


Winston has collected bluebells and they are on the floor , bluebells are illegal to pick . So this could represent that what they are doing is forbidden .
Julia is describes to have a youthful body , a mass of dark hair and a wide red mouth. This will be represented in the make up hair and styling .
At this point in the scene Julia rips of the anti sex league red sash , so this will not be apart of the styling in this image .

Sunlight filters onto their faces , the shot needs to be light from above .

Using the other information to create the setting for the image this will be the point that I will be depicting when Julia begins to undress , I would like the camera to be in the perspective of Winston looking at her .
'His eyes are anchored by the freckled face with its faint, bold smile'
Full length shot 
  • Camera : will be at eye level with Julia looking slightly tilted down . 
  • Lighting : natural lighting and from above , also shining of the grass 
  • Make up : Bold lips , freckled face , contouring , thick lashes , lighter eyes that image 1.
  • Hair : pageboy up  
  • Styling : denim overall, with nothing underneath . 
  • No shoes 
  • Image : Black and White . 


Agressive imagery - image 1

Images that reflect the expression that I am trying to create as well as the setting . 
These images will also help the model to recreate my vision of the book . 

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Choosing ..... Image 1


I have decided that my first image will be when Julia and Winston first meet at the Two minutes hate . This is set in a room with chairs, there is a screeching noise and the room is filled with people of the Ministry of Truth chanting at a Telescreen. Julia works on machinery in the department of fiction she is often seen with oily hands which I would like to reflect in my image . She is dressed in overalls but as this is a contemporary fashion version of the narrative the styling will change through out the images but still reflect an overall using different items of clothing . She is described in to have a freckled face and has a bold impression on Winston . She gives him a piercing stare which I would like to use within my image .


The noise of the machine screeching need to represented with expression .

The image will depict Julia flunging the Newspeak dictionary at the telescreen and her crying out 'Swine Swine Swine' . The people  in the the room are described to be in an ecstasy of fear this also need to be depicted within the image. 

  • Mid length image 
  • Camera : In front of model slightly lower than eye level so the camera will be looking up at the model , to give the impression of power and authority of Julia 
  • Lighting : strong lighting from above on the model , top create an intensity 
  • Location : studio with dark background as  I would like the focus to be on Julia's aggressive action 
  • Model: To appear to be screaming Swine and throwing the book 
  • Hair : Up in victory rolls with a modern twist 
  • Make up : contouring , red lips, freckled face, strong lashes.Hands : Oil dripping , Nails shaped and red . 
  • Styling : A suit top, red sash with collar bones contoured. 
  • Image : Black and White . 

This is how I envisage the shoot to appear .