Evaluation post- Question 2

Question 2

In our thriller sequence we have 3 main characters. We have the two young girls and the Male antagonist. We wanted to use two innocent and young girls In our thriller sequence because it is very stereotypical of the thriller genre. If you look at the main blockbuster thriller films you will notice that nearly all the protagonists are Female. This is clear in films like "Scream" and "The strangers". Directors use this technique because the audience can sympathise and relate more to  female victim. Females are also looked upon as being fragile and weak which in turn makes the audience feel like they need protecting. This trait also makes them more venerable especially when the antagonist is on the loose.  I think that these two characters will appeal to the audience because they will be shown in a child like manor which will make the audience very protective of them. This in turn will create a bond between the audience and the two young girls shown in the film.

The other character is our sequence is the Male antagonist. We wanted to make our antagonist Male because the Male sex is the more dominant of the two which in turn makes our antagonist more threatening to the audience. We also made our antagonist wear a mask to try and hide his true identity from the audience. Our main aim though was to make our antagonist work alone. We found that by having him work alone it made him more distant from the audience. This made the audience more wary of him because they didn't know where he could pop up next. We used this technique to try and break the bond between the antagonist and the audience. If there is no bond then the audience will start to fear the antagonist because they don't know anything about him. We got this idea from watching "Halloween". In "Halloween" the  antagonist is always masked ad you never see his true identity. This helps build tension and it also adds to the fear factor of the film.