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We chose Natasha to play the victim in our thriller. I think
that she makes a good victim because she is young and pretty which is a common
convention for victims because it makes them seem more defenceless. Women are stereotypically
the victim in thrillers because they are less strong and are portrayed to not be
a threat in comparison to men who are typically the hero or villain because
they are strong and brave. For our
victim we used mainly high angled shots to make her look powerless and
impotent. We used face paint to create the bruises on Natasha’s face and neck
to make it look like she had been strangled and beaten. This was effective as
it made it clearer to that audience that she is the victim and it gives an
inkling to how she might have been murdered.

We made sure that our other character was a similar age to
the victim and that they have similar features such as long brown hair to help
the audience to identify them as sisters. For this characters outfit we stuck
to all black which gives the sense of sadness and mourning for the loss of her
sister, she and the victim also had other outfits for the flash backs to show a
clearer gap between past and present. All of the outfits worn in the flashbacks
are light colours or floral prints which suggest that it was a happy time she
is remembering.

For both characters we filmed in as much light as possible
to get the best quality picture, the reason why we didn’t change the lighting
was because it would change the graininess of the shots, the shots that we
wanted in different lighting for example the flashbacks were edited in
post-production by changing the filter.

We tried to link the props with both of that characters to
show there is a certain link between the two characters for example the
necklace and the scrapbook. Both items were used by both characters in the
opening which made them more relevant to the memory box.

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The female gender is represented as weak in this sense
because they are not shown as being strong and dominant in the situation, this
is usually the convention for female roles in films.

The characters in our thriller are middle class because it
is more relatable to our target audience. Most characters in thriller films are
middle class because it is easier for the viewers to imagine their selves in
the position of the character which overall makes them more engaged in the
film.

The second character in our media production has
similarities to Marion from Psycho who is the victim that gets murdered in the
famous shower scene. This character is shown to be very unintimidating and
vulnerable as there are lots of high angled shots which make her look as if
were looking down on her with more power. There isn’t much similarity to the
characters in terms of appearance but they both come across as the typical
victim, a pretty girl who looks innocent and vulnerable. This is a typical
victim because they don’t look threatening and they can easily be manipulated and
weak compared to the antagonist.

Both characters are
in an empty room which makes them seem weaker and more exposed to the killer.

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My character also reminds me of Lenore from taken. Lenore is the mum in
Taken who is played by Famke Janssen. This character is the mother
of daughter Kim who goes missing in the film. I find that the characters are
quite similar because they have both have a missing relative but all they are
able to do is look back at pictures and memories whilst professionals do the
main investigation even if they try to help.

The difference between the two characters is the fact
that Lenore in Taken is not a main character that helps with the investigation
much in the film where as my character will clearly be part of the
investigation as she is one of the main characters and is already looking in
the house that the sister had died in. In the flash backs both characters are wearing light or floral clothes likewise in taken , this shows that at that moment in time nothing has gone wrong and it is all relatively happy and calm, it also implies a clearer split between past and present as it is a noticable switch between light and dark.

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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 first character shown is one of the sisters walking into
the house and looking through the memories in a box that she finds. This
character has similarities to a character in American Horror Story (Asylum)
called Lana Winters played by Sara Paulson. Lana Winters is a character who
goes undercover as a journalist in Briarcliff Manor asylum to try and solve
mysteries and secrets involving acts such as murder surrounding other
characters in and out of the asylum for example her sister. This links to my
character as she has gone in an abandoned house and is looking through memories,
we don’t know yet if she is looking for an answer to her sister’s death but she
is in the same house that her sister died in which makes her related to the
mystery.

The two characters also have a similar outfit in that it is all black and very dark,
but the character does not look threatening because she looks sad and calm in
comparison to a typical villain who would look dangerous and more intimidating.

My character is stereotypical because she is targeted as the main character who
lost someone she loved, for example Lana Winters who lost her sister or the
mother in taken who lost her daughter.