EVALUATION - Question 11.In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

At the start of our production we had different ideas on what type of genre we should chose for our film. This included movies such as war and boxing but ultimately we chose to go with the detective plot as it was the most practical out of all of our ideas which we put on the table. This fell in the thriller genre which was inspired by films such as Taken and Silence of the Lambs.

As inspired from both films such as Taken and Silence of the Lambs, we wanted to combine the two and offer a mixture of both plotlines in one movie. The Intimidation Game is the result of this mixture because in the film Taken, the daughter is kidnapped a mob which run human trafficking. Whereas on Silence of the Lambs, the main antagonist is a serial killer. We liked the idea of the daughter being kidnapped so we did this but instead of the human traffickers, we used a serial killer who’s character in our film is Jacob Duffy. We were also inspired by some of the shots used in Silence of the Lambs, such as the dark room scene.

ACTORS

Mariel Racaza as Sarah Anderson

Romeo Racaza as Michael Anderson

For our characters, we chose to follow the same principle as the character which was in the film Taken because both characters are detectives or ex detectives. Both characters are also fathers which are also both protective to their young daughters. Sarah Anderson however is portrayed as vulnerable because of her young age and still very dependent to her father which is not the case in the film Taken because the daughter is already in her 20’s. I think the younger age has a more emotional impact on the viewers because she is more vulnerable.

Mise en Scene

For Mise en Scene, we wanted to get Michael Anderson to wear the stereotypical uniform which detectives wear. This includes the suit, long-sleeved shirt, tie and formal trousers. We also considered him having facial hair so that he would look older which could suggest that he is on a higher rank than his colleagues.

Mise en Scene

For the Jacob Duffy/ seria killer we had to chose the Mise en Scene very carefully to show that he still dresses like a normal person but just to look dated and out of style, this will connote that he does not socialise very much with other people. We also did not want to show his face in the film to emphasise mystery to the character. These types of shots were also used in Taken when the human traffickers had kidnapped the girl and the kidnappers were always behind the light where only their silhouette was shown. We wanted to have this effect in our first opening sequence but have the viewers to still be able some amount of details in Jacob Duffy’s face/ body.

The Intimidation Game - 9 Shot

EVALUATION – Question 22. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

We deliberately chose a dark toned skin coloured person to play the role of Jacob Duffy. This represents a group of social people because it is a stereotype to coloured people such as African Americans or middle eastern people. This relates to the film such as Taken, because the antagonists in the film who are the human traffickers are foreign that were originally from countries in the middle east as shown through their dialogue and how they behave e.g. their culture. The reason we used a dark toned skinned person is because in films, they usually use them as the antagonists.