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Question 2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

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Question 2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

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The antagonist is a young white female which is considered as anti-stereotypical. The fact that she is a female makes her seem weak and defenceless however in the narrative we all tried hard to portray her character as independent and dominant at the very start of the thriller opening. We did this by making sure that the Mise en scene and the location reiterates her freedom and shows that she doesn’t depend on anyone because she lives on her own in a large house; making it clear that she can manage. Also within our opening when the main character was seen getting ready to undress and in the process of taking a shower we made sure that this character was deemed as a subtle sex symbol and this therefore adheres to Laura Mulveys male gaze theory. Another factor that adheres to this theory is that Chloe’s makeup was quite heavy on the eyes, a smoky/sexy eye makeup was replicated and a red lip to connote warning and danger. The red lip supports the connotations of women being provocative and sexualised/objects of desire in media texts, therefore we chose this makeup look to emphasise her purpose. Once she has a shower, her makeup is removed this could symbolise her loss of being sexualised and then being replaced with vulnerability; this was suggested once she wore the white robe. This then links to the alteration and divergence in our plot. The white maintains the ideology of purity and innocence; this was in fact a contrast with her previous intentions which was attempted murder. As the thriller opening continued we wanted Chloe’s character to be epitomised as vulnerable and take on the role of being a damsel in distress, this therefore changed her character to eventually being stereotypical. Both of our characters used were female which is usually unconventional in a film. Due to our thriller opening including a damsel in distress and a protagonist/antagonist it adheres to Propps character archetypes. Before Chloe’s character was having a shower she was wearing clothes that were implied as being professional and business like. She wore a white shirt and black trousers. These types of clothing are common office wear; we did this so that our audience could recognise that she has a good job and is dependent on only herself. This is very different to women in the 1960s, they were represented reliant on men, and however they were seen as domestically capable and amazing housewives according to men. Whereas in today's society women are now able to stand on their two feet, make a living and take on the responsibility of being the bread winner. Modern society is losing the allegory woman were once subjected to and now it's becoming increasingly matriarchal. Therefore we thought it was a good idea to use two females to play these roles. The antagonist is similar to 'Gone Girl Amy Dunne' played by 'Rosamund Pike'. They are cunning, devious and anti-stereotypical women. They are both white, blonde haired females who need to have it their way. They are both successful individuals in terms of careers and have a good amount of money; this shows that they have that financial support. Amy Dunne exudes the manipulative and heartless side of her persona; she is extremely similar to the antagonist in our thriller opening, as they both are presented as strong, independent and conniving character. On the other hand, as said before Chloe’s characters changes roles as the opening progresses so therefore she eventually loses the similarities and gains differences with the character 'Amy Dunne'.

The protagonist is a young, Asian female which is considered as also anti-stereotypical. This thriller opening imposes that Asian character and supports the idea of cultural imperialism though casting/filming. The iconography of this character suggests that she is the villain however this character is the protagonist, which accentuates the fact that this is unconventional in the film industry.  Within our thriller opening we made a reference to Levi Strauss’ theory of binary oppositions. The theory itself proposes the idea of opposites creating conflict to fuel the narrative. In this case the binary opposition would be the fact that Chloe is White and I am Asian. (White Vs Asian). The protagonist was seen holding a knife once she pressed the doorbell, this would insinuate that she’s the villain; this has been represented this way so that the audience can identity her true character once the thriller opening progresses. Character two was located outside of the house, struggling and injured, but Chloe was seen roaming all around the house, carefree. The protagonist was presented in low key lighting and the antagonist was viewed in high-key lighting, this could represent the superiority of each others characters. The makeup was created like the ‘Jennifer’ in ‘Jennifer’s Body’, played by ‘Megan Fox’. The makeup shown on these characters both make them look psychotic and unnerving due to the excessive blood on their faces/body.