Our media product represents the social group of teenagers,
through the main characters shown in the opening sequence. All three characters
are teenagers, and are shown in casual, conventional clothing for this group.
As the target audience for our thriller would mainly be a similar age, we felt
it was important that the characters were represented in a way that would allow
the audience to relate to them. It will also make the thriller seem creepier if
the audience can imagine themselves in the roles of the characters.
Our thriller features three white British teenage characters, but if we were to make the film in full we would use a diverse cast with representations of people of different ages, ethnicities and abilities (whilst making sure that none of the representations were offensive and were all suitable for the film). Our thriller also has a representation of women, which is conventional of thrillers, but may not appeal to everyone as it is fairly stereotypical, as we found when doing research that protagonists in thrillers are often women, and antagonists are often men. This can be seen in films such as Sleeping with the Enemy and Psycho. Some people may find this convention of a woman being a victim of a man to be sexist. Whilst using this convention makes the genre of our film clear, and will appear to fans of thrillers, there may be a small minority who find this offensive, and would prefer a stronger female character who was not being victimized by a man. However we decided that this was likely to be a small section of our audience, so we decided it would be okay to go with the conventions. In our thriller there is one male antagonist, but two female protagonists. Of the two protagonists, one is shot from high angles, whilst the other is filmed with the camera on an even eye-level. This creates an enigma, and the audience may struggle to decide whether they are both victims, or whether one of the protagonists is actually on the antagonists “side”. This adds to the suspense and tension of the thriller.
Our thriller features three white British teenage characters, but if we were to make the film in full we would use a diverse cast with representations of people of different ages, ethnicities and abilities (whilst making sure that none of the representations were offensive and were all suitable for the film). Our thriller also has a representation of women, which is conventional of thrillers, but may not appeal to everyone as it is fairly stereotypical, as we found when doing research that protagonists in thrillers are often women, and antagonists are often men. This can be seen in films such as Sleeping with the Enemy and Psycho. Some people may find this convention of a woman being a victim of a man to be sexist. Whilst using this convention makes the genre of our film clear, and will appear to fans of thrillers, there may be a small minority who find this offensive, and would prefer a stronger female character who was not being victimized by a man. However we decided that this was likely to be a small section of our audience, so we decided it would be okay to go with the conventions. In our thriller there is one male antagonist, but two female protagonists. Of the two protagonists, one is shot from high angles, whilst the other is filmed with the camera on an even eye-level. This creates an enigma, and the audience may struggle to decide whether they are both victims, or whether one of the protagonists is actually on the antagonists “side”. This adds to the suspense and tension of the thriller.
High angle shot of one female protagonist.
Low angle shot of male antagonist.
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