Evaluation of Finished Production - Question two

There were very few actors in our thriller opening, this was because people who wanted to participate in our short film were very limited. We used 4 females over all in our thriller however we did use a female to play the male antagonist. We tried to get the females to try and look as weak and vulnerable as possible, so that they fitted their characters better. However a female critic could argue that we are being prejudice by making the females look weak towards the man, like he is more dominating. We had originally planned for a male to play the part of the antagonist, but after some confusion this had to be changed. This means a female critic could also protest that it is unfair for one female to be portrayed as a dominant male, and the others looking weak and vulnerable.

The character on the left of the picture was the protagonist during our 2 minute thriller. She is shown as a 'normal' teenager in a normal situation, from what she knew she was simply going out with her friends. She could be seen as having a normal life, however in the thriller she is portrayed as quiet weak and vulnerable, to make it obvious that she is the victim of the stalker. She seems to be from a working class background as she is not over dressed and looks like an average teenager. Her sexuality is unknown and also irrelivant

The person in the centre of the image is the antagonist, we do not know much about this character, this causes the effect of an enigma and the scary effect which causes an ominous effect.

Finally the other two people in the image were the protagonists friends, they were also 'normal' teenagers and we didn't dig deep into their characters. Their part in the story was to keep the story flowing . Like the protagonist they are working class and their sexuality is not exposed in the thriller. Not much is revealed about these two.

We did not put much thought into ethnic minoritites as we didnt think it would make of a difference which ethnicity our actors were. However we did try to refrain from using any prejudice or racist language or remarks as this could cause a problem if the thriller was to be watched as a film. Although, by having the protagonist as a mixed race person this could be seen as a racist remark as it could look as though the thriller is suggesting that mixed race people are weaker and more vulnerable than others. However by saying that we could say that if we had put a mixed race of black person as our antagonist it could be suggested that we are stereotyping as our antagonist was also wearing a 'hoodie'.

We felt that sexuality was not relivant throughout the thriller and it was not revealed at any stage. Although the pictures of the protagonist on the antagonists wall are placed in a heart shape, it may seem that the antagonist is in love with the thriller, however we only done this to portray the antagonists obsession with the protagonist, as we do not know the sex of the antagonist it is irrelivant of what their sexuality is.

Our thriller is not likely to be watched by younger children as it can be seen as innapropriate and too disturbing or frightening for them. The teenagers in our thriller are portrayed as 'normal' teens this means our thriller is more for the adolenscent age catagory, As we show the girls as 'working class' and normal, the audience should be able to relate to them better as the characters are 'ordinary' making the audience more involved in the thriller.