Thursday 13 December 2012

Representation in thrillers

Stereo types
In most of the thrillers I have seen a male has been the main character for example I Am Legend, Max Payne, Inception and The Bourne ultimatum. This may signify that males are very determined and good a problem solving, and typically there are action/fighting scenes so it maybe seen that females aren't suitable for these roles

Ethnicity
Usually the main character is white and between 30 and 40 years old for example Max Payne perhaps because the audience may feel safer if they are more used to the type of character
In our film I think that we will break some of the these typical representations because personally I don't think that some of them are fair like having a male protagonist because a female would be just as good at the role, that's why we will have both Theo and Tina in the lab and give them equal roles.

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