Above on the far left is Francesca Wallace who is the protagonist in my film. During the pre production stage of my project I had to think about who would be the protagonist in my film. From the research that I did into characters in thriller films I realised that they were mostly males. I believe that this is due to the fact that men are stereotypically seen as physically and mentally stronger than females. Having taken this into account I decided that it would be best to conform to the genre stereotypes regarding gender representation as I wanted to give my thriller a very authentic feel. The actor I chose is called Francesca Wallace. Francesca is a young female in her teens. In my film she has no dialogue and she is killed right at the start of the film. This means that I have conformed to the general gender stereotypes of the thriller genre.
The picture above shows the actress Famke Janssen in a screenshot from the film "Taken 3". In this film Janssen conforms to all female stereotypes in thrillers. She is weak and vulnerable and in this film she basically acts as the "damsell in distress". She is captured in this film which makes the malprotagonist hunt down her captures. I think that this film serves as a perfect example of how most female characters are shown within this genre.
The picture above shows Jodie Foster in the film "The Silence of the Lambs". She is an example of a character in a thriller who does not conform to stereotypes for a number of reasons. Firstly, she is a female protagonist. This is very odd for a thriller as they are mostly dominated by male characters. Secondaly in this film the antagonist is a male character called "Buffalo Bill". In the film Foster's character arrests the male antagonist essentially dominating which contrasts most stereotypes. Despite this I did not want to base my female chaeacter on Jodie Foster's character as I wanted my film to have a very authentic thriller feel.
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