My character in my thriller film is a blonde female victim, this is a very stereotypical element used within thriller films. Females are often associated with being vulnerable and innocent which is a strong representation of our victim as she will be naive and weak but also will be portrayed as an average person waking up doing her make up to build a relationship with the audience. Making a character relatable to the audience is a key in making a good thriller, this gives the audience the chance to sympathize or empathize with the character this makes the audience feel a part of the film. By creating this relationship is also makes it tenser and make the audience mirror the same feelings as the main characters. They can be related from clothing, music or personality, by making the audience more emotionally attached to the character they will be much more scared in further events.
I want to make my character as relatable to the audience as possible to engage with the audience. The audience will be able to connect with this character because my target audience is of a similar age to the victim; which is 16 years old therefore they can relate to how the victim is responding to her situation. Representing my victim as innocent also helps create emotions for my audience as they will empathize for her this means the audience will be much more engaged within the narrative and making my opening sequence more entertaining and technically good, my thriller clips also represents the teenage gender as this will be the age of my victim making it relatable.
The villain is unseen in my thriller opening sequence which gives a ghostly feel to our opening sequence as the victim is possessed by an evil spirit this is a popular convention found in thriller films such as the 'Paranormal Activity' films, 'The Devil Inside' and the two 'Insidious' films. This means the character is not relatable to the audience but I believed using an unseen villain would create a bigger effect of suspense on the audience than a visible villain who they might be able to relate to as it makes the opening sequence more spooky.
Your analysis of question 2, demonstrates a basic understanding of how your characters represent particular social groups. You have made a start in considering some of the representations that you followed, but these points need to be explored in a lot more detail, by focusing on their positioning, body language, clothing and how they are stereotyped towards an audience.
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