HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT

REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL

GROUPS?

SYMON AGUILAR

MICHEAL ODISH‘THE SHADOW’

ANTONIO BANDERAS ‘ASSASINS’

ANTAGONISTS

SIMILARITIES

• Both are Villains

• Both have bad plans.

• Both pop up in places without anyone known that they are there to hunt for their victim. As you have Michael across the road looking at Rebecca and in Assassins you have Antonio in the car with Stallone not being aware he was in the car.

• Both use the Internet to find out information about their victim.

• Both Chases their Victim.

• Both have a evil look in their faces.

• Both males wearing dark clothing.

DIFFERENCES

• Antonio is on the Hunt to kill Stallone who is the good guy, Michael is on the Hunt to Stalk and take this young girl.

• Different Ages

• They are looking for different Targets as you have Michael targeting a young Girl and you have Antonio B looking for a middle age man to kill.

• Antonio talks to his target face to face but Michael talks to his Target but they talk on computer and they do not meet face to face.

• Antonio has a plan to kill hi target due to a bad situation but Michael on the other hand tried to take his target purely for his own evil plan.

REBECCA HORNER

‘THE SHADOW’

MAGGIE GRACE ‘TAKEN’

PROTAGONISTS

SIMILARITIES

Vulnerable

Young

Both of the characters did not think about their actions and the consequences of it.

Both lead themselves to a bad situation as you have Rebecca adding Michael not realising she added a stalker and in Taken you have the young girl going on holiday and talking to strangers leading her to a kidnap.

Both were being stalked at the first scene of Taken.

Both are targeted by this mysterious person as you have Michael who is unknown and the people who target the girl in taken to be unknown too as they have no identity as they are hiding all the time.

You have both of the actors that is stalked to be woman, which is quite stereotypical claiming that women are targeted due to having less effort to target and in situations they cannot do anything as they have seen to be quite weak.

DIFFERENCES

Maggie in Taken is stalked in another Country but Rebecca is Stalked in her area.

Maggie is taken in the movie after being stalked but in The Shadow she is only stalked but maybe further on the story she is taken as well.

The shadow as stalked due to adding on Facebook and revealing and giving her identity but in Taken she is unknown.

Taken involved weapons but in The Shadow weapons is not included .

Maggie leads herself to the stalker but in The Shadow Rebecca avoids the Stalker.

Maggie we have the father knowing about the situation but in the Shadow only Rebecca knows what's happening in the situation.

Different ages .