My thriller primarily challenges stereotypes surrounding gender. For the majority of films within the industry, including the Thriller genre, the main character is normally played by a male. Famous male leads in the Thriller genre include: Harry Lime in The Third Man (1949), Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed (2006), Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense (1999) and Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx in Collateral (2004).
Having said that there are examples of Thrillers that crop up on occasions and challenge the patriarchal nature of the industry. Great examples of these Thrillers include: Thelma and Louise (1991), Debra Winger in Black Widow (1987), Isabella Rossellini in Blue Velvet (1986) and Kathleen Turner in Body Heat (1981).
The pivotal moment in my Thriller is when the character of Holly (the Killer) takes down her hood and reveals the fact she is a women. Up until this point, her identity has remained a secret which meant she was a thrilling enigma character to the audience. When the hood comes down and the gun comes up, the audience are stunned. I challenge the representation of women in my thriller by unexpectedly giving "Holly" the power in the film and (to put it in clichéd way) puts the women in 'the drivers seat'.
Again try to not present in a word document. I suggest you look at the power point I sent you and organise around headings:
ReplyDelete1) Gender : Masculinity is threatened in your film by possibly paranoia! Is the woman in the forest real or not Jacob????? Google "crisis in masculinity" i.e.note that not all but many girls do better than boys in their GCSE's so the anxiety and paranoia Louis feels could be linked to an inner fear of not doing well in his A Levels.
Female...you have made good references to real films but don't list instead explain what is strong about the women in the films you have mentioned.
2) Representation of young people suggests they are isolated and living in their own worlds....you could word this better.
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Another point: Representation of ethnicity (optional). Any screen shots of deviant females endeavour to upload images of women who are not hyper sexualised or glamorous. For example the female lead in the thriller film "Misery"; Sarah Lund the detective in the Swedish noir thriller TV drama "The Killing".
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