There is a large amount of social groups that our media product can represent, however majority of these groups have similar interest and connections. Our target audience is unisex 15-25 year olds because there are various aspects of our product that would attract and engage each gender. This age group allows us to produce a product that we find fitting to that specific age range because we are part of it, it introduces an upper hand and advantage for us to be sure we can attract our target audience.
Our main character, the protagonist, is female and in the age group of our target audience. She has a stereotypical attitude, appearance and story; being a young female in a thriller film with a threat of a stronger masculine figure. As a group we wanted to keep her innocent and relatable by placing her in an active situation and making sure she fits a realistic social group. This character would be most relatable to a active female audience, those who go to the gym, are athletes, who run occasionally or those who run for pleasure. They would be most effective as it puts them in a state of mind that it could happen to them and this is what we wanted to accomplish.
The antagonist would reach the male audience and a strong masculine social group; the character shows authority and power by having the female character on the ground hidden therefore placing himself looking down on her. Most males prefer to be the authority figure in situations with a female which is a theme that carries through many generations and past stereotypes. This can be seen as a bad stereotype/ representation of the male species however, it is one that is common in the thriller and horror genre.
Our thriller product can link to the mainstream in thriller films showing representations that are known and almost expected. Keeping our antagonists true identity hidden not only attracts the target audience but gives the sequence an extra mystery and edge against the confusion of the flashbacks, it gives the audience more and more to think about.
As with q 1, there is insufficient length or illustration here for more than low level 3. Again, you are tending to use common-sense knowledge to interpret the question, rather than what you have been taught or advised to write about. Look more closely at advice and level 4 examples via my blog. You need to use the term stereotype accurately, as this is a basic term for representation - you are really using it to mean 'typical' rather than stereotypical, and your knowledge of this concept appears uncertain as you suggest that your target audience would be able to relate to a stereotype. Is this really the case? You need to consider the advantages for the opening of using a stereotype, if you think you do this. I would suggest though that you have constructed the character to appear realistic and believable to the audience. You need to reconsider the fact that you say you have used stereotypes and not evaluated or assessed the consequences of doing this at all. These are all expected at AS level.
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