AS Evaluation - Question 2

HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA USE PRODUCT REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?

The main character of my film is the victim.  My victim is female giving the idea to the audience that she is innocent, vulnerable and naïve.  I included this character in my thriller film because it’s conventional to the thriller genre to have a victim.    A reason, why I decided for the victim to have brown hair instead of blond would be that it would be more unexpected and more realistic for the audience as these things can also happen to people who also have brown hair.

  The other main character of the film is the antagonist.  The villain of our film wears black and something covering the face.  We decided that the villain would have a hidden identity as this creates mystery.  The villain is quite tall making the audience and the victim, fear him as they would be inferior of the villain.

Gender is represented in a stereotypical way because females are said to be represented as the weaker character.  This means that they would be known as the vulnerable and innocent character.  On the other hand, males are said to be more dominating and the strongest out of the two genders, meaning the male character would be scarier as they would be well built and taller.

The victim would appeal to the audience as she would be seen as the innocent character and as the film goes on would create a relationship with the audience as they wouldn’t want her to get killed.  The victim is said to be a secretary, so she is wearing business like clothes.  People will be able to relate the character as they may be going to work in that kind of attire.

  The villain would appeal to the audience as threatening and make the audience feel suspense as they know what the villain will be doing to the victim, they just don’t know when that specific moment will be.  Therefore, the suspense would be built up and shock them when he kills her.  The villain will be wearing all black; this highlights the hidden identity and would give him less of a chance of getting caught or being seen.  The colour black has connotations of evilness and would appeal to the audience as the antagonist of the film.