Thursday 21 April 2016
Wednesday 20 April 2016
Evaluation Question 5 (Resubmission)
How did you attract/address your audience?
As a
producer and director I feel that my thriller will appeal to all types of
people as not every individual can be categorised. That being said, there are
certain groups, which I feel will that, my thriller will appeal more to.
Our
target audience are between the ages of 15-25, yet the thriller opening can
appeal to older audiences that experience the issues shown within our thriller.
One
specific group that I feel that will be attracted to our thriller more are
women. This is mainly due to our female protagonist playing a role where she is
abused by her lover and becomes the survivor and heroine. As the thriller
portrays her side of the story by following her throughout the thriller, and
using point of view shots to help the audience relate and see the danger
through her eyes. This leads the audience to despise the antagonist as they
sympathise for the protagonist.
We
chose our target audience between the age ranges of 15-25 year olds, as we
wanted to enlighten the young adults that are more likely to get into dangerous
relationships where they may experience abuse by both sexes. The younger group
of our target audience may find it disturbing to watch especially in the last
few shots of our opening thriller, where the antagonist confronts the
protagonist. This is because it is implied that the antagonist will harm the
protagonist but the slow track camera movement when the door is slammed. This
type of shot is used often in thriller and horror films to create suspense and
reel the audience in for a cliff-hanger or to keep them entertained and anxious
to keep watching.
Evaluation Question 2 (Resubmission)
How does your media product represent
particular social groups?
The
groups represented in our film are the working class, and ethnic minorities. We
have a female protagonist in our psychological thriller; even though this is a
convention of psychological thrillers it isn’t familiar to see a female lead
character across the every genre of the film industry. Regardless, overall our
female protagonist still plays up to the conventions of female’s representation
within the media today. She is still dominated by a man, and even though she is
the heroine, she is still interpreted as a victim. This is shown through the many shots where she
is running away from someone (the antagonist). Within the thriller opening she
is seen doing domestic tasks around the house, that again, show how she fits
the general gender stereotype of females being housewives.
The
antagonist also integrates with the typical conventions represented in the media.
This male portrays the stereotype of a man who is aggressive towards women and
is the dominant figure in the relationship. Men are often shown as violent and tough;
this is reflected in the media by many characters such as Al Pacino, Tony
Montana, The Terminator, Rocky Balboa, Rambo and James Bond. The difference
between the antagonist and these male characters is their cause and how the
audience views them. Unlike my character those characters are shot in a way
where they become likable and relatable to the audience. Whereas my antagonist
is tainted in a way that he becomes hated by the audience, as they view the
thriller through the eyes of protagonist.
Using
an actor from an ethnic minority comes with the stereotypes where black males
are often misinterpreted in the media with negative and violent roles as villains,
and criminals. When creating the plot of the thriller we weren’t intending to
portray ethnic stereotypes at all as we didn’t have a specific ethnicity in
mind for our characters. We chose those who were available and suitable with
the skills for the roles. However, we later realised the use of diversity may
attract our audience as we wanted to reflect the familiarity of the
multicultural London life.
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