Our thriller highlights stereotypical thoughts in many ways. We perceive people in hooded tops as being as being scary and the antagonist of the film, and young people to be at crazy parties and getting into trouble. The film also goes against stereotypes in many ways. People of ethnic minorities are not committing crimes and a male is in a position of weakness, where usually it may be a woman.
The photo above shows a still of the party scene of our thriller. The party looks manic and it looks as if alcohol or drugs are being taken. We make the character seem intoxicated with the quick shots between him drinking and dancing. These quick shots make it seem like the character is drinking a lot, this is stereotypical to todays youth as it makes the character look like a binge drinker, also as the shots speed up this builds tension. The fact that a drink gets spiked at this party also is stereotypical to teenagers. It follows the stereotype that todays youth are troublesome because someone at the party is committing a crime by spiking someones drink and also by being in the possession of banned substances.
The still on the left portrays people in hooded tops to be scary and dangerous. This stereotype is followed by the hooded man spiking the main characters drink and kidnapping him. The fact that we shot the hooded man from a low angle and slowly tilted up but didn't show his face gives us an insight into the character. The hooded man is in a position of power and as his face was not shown the character has a mysterious way about him. Also the fact we put a red filter onto the character shows he is dangerous, which fits the stereotype that people in hooded tops are dangerous and maintains hegemony.
Our film also goes against stereotypes in some ways. For example in the still on the right the character in the position of weakness is a male. This goes against the stereotype that men are powerful and women are weak and in films are 'damsels in distress'. The way we done this is by using a high angles shot when filming the character when he is in a position of weakness, in this scene when the character had been drugged and has passed out. This camera angle makes the character seem very weak.
Finally the fact that the crimes are committed by one person who is not of an ethnic minority goes against stereotypes and challenges hegemony. This is important because many people think most crimes are committed by people in ethnic minorities and in a gang. Even though the character is still committing a crime this is important because it may show the viewer that not all crimes are committed by gangs of ethnic minority groups.
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