Queston2 by chelcea townsend

How does your Media

Product represent particular

Social Groups?

In our thriller opening our antagonist is a typical male, we choose to have a male antagonist rather than have a femme fatal as we wanted our character to appear more intimidating. For example: in our opening we are representing a stereotypical representation as the male is dominant over the female protagonist. By watching our opening you can see our antagonist has a close resemblance to the fictional antagonist ‘Hannibal Lector.’ Like Hannibal our antagonist is a “pure psychopath,” although our target audience do not know the exposition of antagonist it’s likely that him and ‘Hannibal’ had many similarities. For example; both may have been traumatized as a child, this is usually the cause of the choices some serial killers make. Both characters are similar also; in our cooking scene classical music is played, this connotes that like ‘Hannibal’ our antagonist is portrayed as cultured and sophisticated with a refined taste in music.

Similarities to the fictional character ‘Hannibal Lector’

Differences to the fictional character ‘Hannibal Lector’

Compared to the fictional character ‘Hannibal Lector’ our antagonist is also portrayed differently in our opening. For example; in our thriller opening we had no dialogue, because of this we did not develop the antagonist’s personality, like Hannibal. Hannibal is known as a “social elite” rather than an introvert, like our antagonist in our thriller opening. Also, contrasted with the other films that ‘Hannibal’ is in connotes that they are different in the way they are viewed. For example; In ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ Hannibal is described through protagonist’s eyes, however in our opening the antagonist is viewed purely by the audience themselves. This allows the audience to make their own judgements and views on the antagonist.