Billie May Mason
 Stereotype of a woman victim

 Young and vulnerable

 Opposite characteristics of the
  anagonist
 Stereotype of male
  antagonist

 Male stereotype of being the
  villain of thriller films

    Opposite characteristics of
    the protaganist
 Vulnerable in a wide open
  house

 Stereotype of female victim

 In the house alone

 Antagonist is a male
 Female
  protagonist/victim

 Vulnerability in a
  shower

 Mystery male
  antagonist
 Male antagonist

 Vulnerable teenage
  victim male and female

 Dark mysterious lighting
  in the movie
Our thriller opening , Intruder, uses
the main aspect of stereotyping in a
film sequence. Ages ; Use of typical
young girl. Mise-en-scene; home
alone vulnerable within her own
house, a mystery male antagonist
enters, a villain and kidnapper.

Negative feedback could be a more
detailed view of social groups of
“stereotyping” and more thought
in the characters playing the roles
of the protagonist and the
antagonist.

Representation of stereotypes in thrillers

  • 1.
  • 2.
     Stereotype ofa woman victim  Young and vulnerable  Opposite characteristics of the anagonist
  • 3.
     Stereotype ofmale antagonist  Male stereotype of being the villain of thriller films  Opposite characteristics of the protaganist
  • 4.
     Vulnerable ina wide open house  Stereotype of female victim  In the house alone  Antagonist is a male
  • 5.
     Female protagonist/victim  Vulnerability in a shower  Mystery male antagonist
  • 6.
     Male antagonist Vulnerable teenage victim male and female  Dark mysterious lighting in the movie
  • 7.
    Our thriller opening, Intruder, uses the main aspect of stereotyping in a film sequence. Ages ; Use of typical young girl. Mise-en-scene; home alone vulnerable within her own house, a mystery male antagonist enters, a villain and kidnapper. Negative feedback could be a more detailed view of social groups of “stereotyping” and more thought in the characters playing the roles of the protagonist and the antagonist.