Question 2 - How does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media UNFINISHED

   Our thriller is a very male oriented film, with no female character and two male it is very one sided.  The two characters are quite contemporary ones, but with classic archetypes by their sides. Danny's character has a very obvious 'heavy thug' with a very masculine appearance. The character creates a very strong sense of british gangster films such as lock stock and two smoking barrels and also Essex boys. All of this gives us the sense of a controlling male dominance. Sam's character, Edwood, on the other hand gives off a very different spin on a male role. Edwood is also a contemporary character with a recognisable archetype, the 'fallen into trouble boy'. He does not have an overtly masculine appearance, and is wearing up to date fairly stylish clothing. Because of this he is, for most people, who the audience will relate to and support. Edwood is a pretty realistic character, not becoming the hero in the situation, nor doing anything unexpected to get away. He reacts in a way that many of the audience would through blind fear. 
   Though Edwood is wearing up to date clothing, the film is set in a very run down, urban environment, giving off the impression of low class living. We get the idea that Edwood is not necessarily used to this area (or class) where as Danny's character is. This character seems to know the area very well, and could easily be of a lower class. Although I have said that Danny's character creates a sense of british gangster films, he also gives off a possibly eastern European appearance. This brings in a whole other area of immigrants and controlled crime through exportation. Often when immigrants come to the UK to work, they start off and live in low class environments. The reason we choose these representations for Danny's character is because a lot of the people watching our films we be of middle class or perhaps even higher class origins. Because there is often not a great deal of contact between lower class and higher class citizens, the theory of fear of the unknown comes into play. A higher class audience member, along with Danny's threatening appearance may find the foreign aspect threatening through a lack of knowledge.