Evaluation - Agent Davidson vs Jack Bauer

Jack Bauer is a character in the US television series '24' who plays a similar character to Agent Davidson in our opening two minutes. He is a CTU agent, who tackles terrorism with a fast trigger finger and a cunning mind. At least once in every season of the show, Jack goes 'rogue' and becomes a lone cop type of character, which is very similar to Agent Davidson's role in 'Sins of the Martyr'. Their costumes are also very similar; both sporting the long, trenchcoat-style jacket that makes them look very militaristic. Both characters' attire is predominantly black, with no bright colours, in order to emphasise the dark nature of their work and the seriousness of their character. Jack Bauer does seem to have a slightly darker colour scheme which seems to be all black, whereas Agent Davidson wears navy and grey in our opening sequence. These slightly lighter shades help him to appeal to a wider audience, as he is more friendly to look at, but without losing any of the seriousness of the role. The two different characters also use similar semantics revolving around the military, such as 'Yung is down' and 'I've got a visual'. By observing Jack Bauer's character these semantics were easy to figure out, and it helped a lot with the development of Agent Davidson's character. The earpiece that Agent Davidson uses was also derived from Bauer, as in '24' most characters just use a normal earpiece, but Bauer has a wire attached, which he uses to change channels. We liked this idea, as it helped to distinguish him, so we used the same idea for Agent Davidson.
Jack Bauer was a big influence on our film making decisions, as he is such a similar character to Agent Davidson. Several times we referred back to him, either to take inspiration from him, or to make sure that Davidson wasn't too similar to him. There are several big differences, such as their fighting style and ways of handling situations and it is clear to see that they are very different characters, but there are some distinct similarities. Agent Davidson represents the 'lone cop' type character as a tough, quick-witted, skilled fighter. In the opening he doesn't show much of his emotional side, so in this way Davidson presents the 'lone cop' as very down to earth and almost like a machine.