In our opening sequence we wish to present women in a way that is usually reserved for men in conventional thriller movies, so as to defy convention and make our piece more unique. Firstly, the main character is a female is a member of the police force, where in most traditional thriller films (Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, etc) this role is usually fulfilled by a man. This makes our opening sequence sand out as, though we are following convention by having a police officer, we are defying general thriller codes by having a woman undertake this role. Similarly, our protagonist uses violence and threats to advance her needs, a trait that generally found within male characters in thriller films. Again we are both conforming to and defying common thriller film conventions here by reversing the cliche gender roles by making the woman have more 'masculine' personality features.
Our reason for trying to defy these conventions of gender in our thriller opening is to separate our piece from the rest whilst also maintaining a thriller film status by following the general codes of a thriller film, but reversing common gender roles whilst doing so. We also aim to make a social comment on women and their comparable abilities to men.
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