Evaluation Question 2

2. Our media product featured a male antagonist, and two female victims, which is very conventional to a thriller, as this is one of the main features and what you would commonly expect to see in a thriller, for example, it is present in Alfred Hitcock's best-seller "psycho". This is conventional and common as females are usually seen as easier to overpower, which makes the audience more fearful and draws them in more if they see a female being attacked instead of a male, as it builds further suspense as their feelings of fear are stronger. As many people are used to seeing this, we did not try to change a typical and standard convention, as although we wanted to be a little bit different, we did not want to take too many risks in doing so incase our audience did not like our production.In our production, the male is displayed as powerful, unpredictable and dangerous, like many other thrillers, an example being hannibal lector from silence of the lambs, who displays all of these characteristics, however we also tried to display cameron slightly differently in a less-stereotypical and a more subersive fashion, as he had a bad childhood, showing he is depressed and emotionless, but it is not his fault, meaning that the audience show sympathy for the antagonist, which is rare for a thriller and I believe a good twist yo our production, as it also draws the audience as they have many emotions and feelings towards the antagonist. The females in our production are displayed as worried and innocent, like many in most succesful thriller films, meaning it is stereotypical, as it is a main convention of the genre and we used it in our production seeing as it had been so well known and successful in the film industry. Although we wanted to be different, we did not change the stereotype of women in thriller films, as although subersive plots such as the plot in silence of the lambs where the main protagonist is an aggressive dominant female has worked before, audience are used to seeing women as vulnerable, powerless and endangered, and in the past this has been the most common formula to grip and attract an audience. The characters appeal to the audience in a number of ways, Cameron's girlfriend is a typical, outgoing and innocent teenage girl, which many females aged 14-19 who view our production can relate to. Our main antagonist, Cameron is an emotionally confused and depressed character, which may be hard many member in our audience to relate to, however the audience feel sympathy for him, as the problems as has been through are not his fault and it's almost as if he cannot help it, bringing out strong feelings from the audience towards him.

Shot of Cameron stalking his Girlfriend

Cameron killing his mother