Advanced Portfolio EvaluationMillie-May Rich

Question One: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Characters Our main character, Olivia, we developed from the character Tris from Divergent. We wanted our female lead to have a clear progression throughout our trailer, being represented as vulnerable and then becoming stronger and more independent. Similarly, Tris begins to find herself more as the film goes on and becomes more confident in her situation, like Olivia becoming the stronger character.

The character Olivia would have broken stereotypes for her strength and control in the trailer, however this genre is introducing strong female leads and we are seeing more and more females taking the lead in post-apocyliptic films and action.

Our character Nate, was developed from the character Peeta from The Hunger Games. We wanted his masculinity to come through but also his softer side needed to be represented. We felt our target audience would find this a relatable character within the trailer.

We wanted the character Connor to represent masculinity and strength. His character is portrayed more arrogant and serious than Nates. His role his survival and we this character as a tool to explain our narrative to the audience, showing his natural leader ship. Connor was developed from the character Four from Divergent where his main focus his also his strength and masculinity.

The two male characters are both relatable to an audience and can be seen as object of desires, stereotypically, to the other sex.

Settings

The control room was developed also from The Hunger Games and we wanted to convey the idea that they are being watched. The first shot we use this for the dialogue ‘Station 21 is now active’ helps to establish this and later on when the setting is used again they stand in from of a screen watching the characters from the shot before and they can be seen discussing and monitoring our main characters.

Our two locations was a rural setting where the characters are placed and then a control room where they are being watched and monitored. We used the idea of the rural setting from The Hunger Games as it allowed us to quickly portray the need for survival in a short amount of time in the trailer.