EVALUATION 2SOCIAL CLASS

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Characters and Representation in Thrillers in general (villain)

Hitchcock said he wanted the role of the ‘villain’ to be presented as a character that

appears to look normal to the audience and to also be seen as quite attractive

within the audiences eyes. He wanted the villain to be represented this way so the

audience wouldn’t expect that that character is the one doing the abhorrent

behaviour and criminal actions.

Characters and Representation in Thrillers in general (victim)

In most thrillers the victim normally is a female character with a sort of innocence about that. Normally they are of a young adult age and are normally quite fair and

petite/dainty.

Hitchcock said “Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.”

Characters and Representation in Thrillers in general (Protagonist)

In most thrillers the role of the protagonist (hero) is normally portrayed by a character that comes across

as ‘normal’ and ‘ordinary’ that has been put into criminal situations. This causes the audience to at

first almost doubt the protagonist but then is surprised with the success of solving the situation on

hand.

Gender roles: Female portrayalFemales are portrayed as the villain, protagonist and victim with my thriller film Timor. This challenges the conventions of the Thriller genre as although females normally play the

role of the victim, the female rarely plays the role of the protagonist and only on some cases plays the role as the villain. The use of mise en scene helped portray the victim

as someone who is innocent through the use of the connotations of the colour white.

How does my thriller opening present particular social

groups?In my thriller opening ‘Timor’, social

groups are represented through the idea of sororities and dormitories within and on

a university campus. For example the featured sorority focused and explored on

Timor is an all girl sorority called Alpha Delta Pi which is the first and oldest

sorority to be created.

Representation of Age:The age range within the characters of Timor is all

around 18-20 as each of the present characters have just started university leading them to seek possible

sororities to join.

Each character is represented as young people who are still trying to grasp adulthood whilst still trying to

have fun with their friends and find themselves.

Representation of Ethnicity:

Most universities are quite diverse and have people attend of all different races, cultures and ethnicities. In my thriller opening Timor the characters present were all of different races and ethicists in order to show the diversity of the place in which they are attending.

In what ways does my film opening develop, challenge forms and

conventions of real media products?

My film opening, ‘Timor’, develops the forms and conventions of the Thriller genre. It develops the conventions through: Having a female(s) as the victim, protagonist and the villain. Having the main events and problems previewed with the first 2

minutes of the film. Use of flashing images within the first 2 minutes High tension music The contrast of high key and low key lighting in order to represent

the different characteristics between the victim and the villain(s). The style of text is italic and the title (Timor) is shown at the end of

the open surrounded by blood.

Influence from other films

My thriller film ‘Timor’ was influenced by a

lifetime film called The Hazing Secret (2014).

The plot of the film is: Megan loses her long term memory in an accident she had five years ago as a sorority girl. Every night, she has the same dream of a party and the death of a sister. When she's invited to a Greek reunion, she realizes it wasn't just a dream.