Character Profiles

Ruby
Played by Harri Long, Ruby is the femme fatale of our piece. She is first introduced in a long red dress with red lips and nails, symbolising danger and love and instantly showing to the audience that she is a seductress. She is an attractive character who the audience are supposed to find appealing because of her appearance and seductive personality. In the bedroom scene you see a different side to her, dressed in a white gown (as shown in the photo on the left), showing that she could possibly be innocent after all and actually have emotional feelings for Jack, but it is revealed later that she was actually only using him to get hold of the whereabouts of the money, and finally shown in full black symbolising the fact that her character is evil. The change of colours throughout show her development as a character and slowly reveal to the audience her true colours.

Jack
Played by George Jackson, Jack is the protagonist in the film. He is introduced in the second scene but does a voice over throughout the first scene. He is the only character to appear throughout and the story line follows him. He does not change in costume in the whole piece as at no point does he actually go home. However he does take off his coat and/or jacket. He is less smartly dressed than Russell, showing his greater tendency to be more laid back and is also dressed quite fashionably,  making  his image, in addition to his 'cool' personality, more appealing to the audience. He falls in love with Ruby, only to be betrayed by her and his business partner once they know the whereabouts of the money, and ends up being killed for his knowledge of the truth about the previous murder of the holder of the money.

Russell
Played by me, Ben Bowen, is the other detective, who is business partners with Jack. He is introduced at the same time as Jack while playing pool at a bar, however he leaves before Ruby comes over. Ruby receives a phone call when Russell leaves, that after watching the end you can presume was actually from him. He is less immediately likable as a character, seeming more cold, and always dressed much more smartly, mirroring the fact that what he cares about most is business, which is displayed in the final scene when he has chosen the money over his partner. Unlike Jack, his costume changes throughout, by the final scene, although he is still dressed smart, it's all black showing once again his true colours. However, in the final scene, when aiming the gun at Jack, it is shown that he can't kill him, and it is actually Ruby pushing his hand which makes him pull the trigger, showing that he was also most likely manipulated by Ruby.