How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our thriller represents social groups such as Age, Ethnicity and Gender. Our main protagonist is a young black female. Usually in thrillers, the protagonist is a white male who is portrayed as the hero till the end of the film.
However we can also compare our thriller to films with female protagonists for example:
Lara Croft of Tomb Raider
We have decided to go against this stereotype to suit our thriller.
Age - The age of the main character is different from the norm. She is a young female, in her late teens, so the audience can not only relate to her but can sympathise with her. Main characters are normally much older because they would seem mature, much wiser and usually the centre of attention. This all depends on what type of thriller it is and what target audience it is aimed at.
Ethnicity - The protagonist is black going against the norm where the main character is normally white. Usually in thrillers, the black characters tend to die first so having the main character being black is a challenge. I feel that the representation of ethnicity is negative because following the stereotype of black people doing bad things, the main character does kill her ex boyfriend.
Gender - The main character in our thriller is a female (as mentioned above). We decided we were going to challenging gender for our thriller due to the fact that in other thrillers, the protagonists are always male. This is seen as men are much more stronger than women are, so we did not want to follow the stereotype.
However we can also compare our thriller to films with female protagonists for example:
Lara Croft of Tomb Raider
We have decided to go against this stereotype to suit our thriller.
Age - The age of the main character is different from the norm. She is a young female, in her late teens, so the audience can not only relate to her but can sympathise with her. Main characters are normally much older because they would seem mature, much wiser and usually the centre of attention. This all depends on what type of thriller it is and what target audience it is aimed at.
Ethnicity - The protagonist is black going against the norm where the main character is normally white. Usually in thrillers, the black characters tend to die first so having the main character being black is a challenge. I feel that the representation of ethnicity is negative because following the stereotype of black people doing bad things, the main character does kill her ex boyfriend.
Gender - The main character in our thriller is a female (as mentioned above). We decided we were going to challenging gender for our thriller due to the fact that in other thrillers, the protagonists are always male. This is seen as men are much more stronger than women are, so we did not want to follow the stereotype.
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