evaluation-Q2

The main characters in my opening sequence were of different social groups in terms of gender and age as the victim was female and the antagonist was male which through my research before planning for my opening sequence i found to stereotypical of the triller genre as many films such as scream and halloween. However the audience is not able to identify any characteristics such as age due to the hidden identity but they can see physical features which in our sequence makes the antagonist seem to appear more superior in terms of height and most probably strength.In terms of the audiences perception of the antagonist they will most likely see him to be a social outcast as he is clearly stalking the female victim of the production, this may lead to the audience thinking that he may be mentally unstable as the act of stalking is not seen as a normal action.The reason i have represented my antagonist this way in order to stay conventional as through my research the majority of other antagonists have behaved in a similar way.The female victim is represented as normal girl around the age of eighteen to about twenty five, she is relatively naive as she does not really notice that she has a stalker but apart from this she is just an average girl.The reason i have represented the female victim this way is so the audience can easily relate to her as through research it seems that the more relatable a character the stronger the relationship with the audience becomes which is a quality you want.

Thriller films can seem stereotypical with the gender of certain characters which is the case in my opening sequence as well as other media products. The female victim is portrayed as weak and vulnerable in comparison to the superior male antagonist which is vastly stereotypical to thriller films however this also the general perception of the both genders in terms of strength and qualities similar to that. While doing my research i found it to be rare and almost impossible to find thriller films that had the genders reversed as it simply did not have the same effect.So in order for my opening sequence to be as conventional as possible I had to incorporate the stereotypical gender for each character.The age of certain characters can also be quite stereotypical, for example in the same movies i researched the age and there seemed to be a pattern in the age which was that the female victims were always in the age range of eighteen to late twenties. 

The target audience throughout the opening sequence will start to form relationships and opinions of the characters which in this case will be the victim and antagonist.Clearly the target audience is likely very different relationships with the two characters as they are on two opposite ends of the spectrum,per se.The relationship with the victim will be the strongest as it clear early on that she is very helpless and vulnerable to the situation so immediately the audience want the victim to be able to free herself from the situation which we know is not possible however they audience still end up having hope that the victim is able to escape. The relationship with the antagonist is of course very different as the audience tend to despise him throughout the whole opening sequence as he is trying to hurt in an innocent girl in the eyes of the audience, so the audience tend to have a weaker relationship with him as the vulnerable victim is constantly on their mind.