Question 2- How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Throughout my sequence, 3 characters are used all together. The first one is a female antagonist, this is important to have an antagonist appear in a thriller film as with out it, our thriller wouldn't be as conventional as it could be, I decided that she should be middle class girl in her early teens, she was also dressed in all black, wearing a black hoodie with black jeans and black army boots, this was done so it would be more difficult for her to be seen by the victim and the audience, it was to create suspense as the audience wouldn't know when he was going to appear.
The second character is the female victim, it is essential to include a victim as without one the antagonist would be irrelevant. I presented her as a young girl in her early teens as well, wearing causal clothes such as a jumper and jeans as the sequence is filmed during the day. The costume that this character is wearing would appeal to the audience as it is appropriate for her age group, this tells the audience that she is young and vulnerable. This allows the audience to feel sympathy for her as she is isn't dressed inappropriately and diverging attention to her-self. The characters used were stereotypical as I wanted to create as I wanted to make an impact on the audience. I used a female victim rather than a male victim as I felt females would come across more scared and vulnerable than a male would because women are often portrayed as more sensitive then men.
I also used a female antagonist as I wanted to twist the audience's perspective, as conventionally you would expect to see a male antagonist because the female victim straight away becomes more vulnerable and gives the audience the impression that the antagonist is stronger and the victim would have less chance of being able to protect herself. The antagonist was the victim's best friend before they had their issues and differences, this is what makes the sequence more shocking then just a random male antagonist. These characters appeal to my target audience of 15+ as the story is twisted and scary which a feel a lot of teenagers like to watch as it is interesting to them.
The second character is the female victim, it is essential to include a victim as without one the antagonist would be irrelevant. I presented her as a young girl in her early teens as well, wearing causal clothes such as a jumper and jeans as the sequence is filmed during the day. The costume that this character is wearing would appeal to the audience as it is appropriate for her age group, this tells the audience that she is young and vulnerable. This allows the audience to feel sympathy for her as she is isn't dressed inappropriately and diverging attention to her-self. The characters used were stereotypical as I wanted to create as I wanted to make an impact on the audience. I used a female victim rather than a male victim as I felt females would come across more scared and vulnerable than a male would because women are often portrayed as more sensitive then men.
I also used a female antagonist as I wanted to twist the audience's perspective, as conventionally you would expect to see a male antagonist because the female victim straight away becomes more vulnerable and gives the audience the impression that the antagonist is stronger and the victim would have less chance of being able to protect herself. The antagonist was the victim's best friend before they had their issues and differences, this is what makes the sequence more shocking then just a random male antagonist. These characters appeal to my target audience of 15+ as the story is twisted and scary which a feel a lot of teenagers like to watch as it is interesting to them.
You have provided a minimal analysis of your character's and their representations, with no attempt at linking them to social groups and stereotypes. You have explained why you wished to create certain representations to an extent, but have not explained how you created them, and how you think the audience will be able to relate to/fear characters etc.
ReplyDeleteYou need to:
1) Include pictures to support points made
2) Link characters to social stereotypes
3) Discuss each characters background, costumes, etc.
4) Elaborate on how and why the audience might be able/unable to relate to characters and why this is important of the genre
5) Stereotypes of gender?
You have provided a somewhat basic analysis of your characters, explaining what costumes you have used for each and why, as well as using images to support points made. You have attempted to link some of you characters to social and gender stereotypes, but need to elaborate on this further and complete it for each character. You need to think more in depth about why you have subverted stereotypes with your antagonist.
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