CRAGSApplied to Misjudged: AS Level Media Piece

ClassClass has more importance at the start of the

film due to the clear divide in clothing between the interrogator and terrorist, however in this case class doesn’t show importance, the terrorist is more ‘valuable’ than the protagonist due to containing valuable information.

the protagonist is a stereotypical upper middle class agent (represented by the white shirt), which is then disrupted by his travelling on the bus, as stereotypically people from the lower income bracket use the bus.

RaceMiddle eastern male (Muhammad) seen as weak

when being abused in the interrogation scene, therefore stereotype of the middle eastern man being strong is rejected.

Middle eastern male is not a terrorist and is innocent, completely rejects classic stereotype used particularly in Hollywood movies.

White male becomes part of a terrorist organisation, not traditional at all, makes the white man the villain.

White male starts off in a good job, wealthy – changes completely after incident

AgeThe interrogator is fairly young which

contradicts with the classic action man stereotype and usually we see a middle aged man playing the role of the ‘hero’, in our case he he needs to be young and fit. We counteracted his physical strengths with his mental weaknesses. This shows binary oppositions; strong vs. weak.

The general stereotype of terrorists represent how people think of young indoctrination of Muslims. We used this is our interrogation scene as we used a younger male as the ‘terrorist’.

Gender We portrayed the male protagonist to have power, whilst in the

flashback shots he is in control. A male fit the role better than a female due to the violence needed, we used a stereotype there due to it suiting our film.

We focused our film on the message that racial stereotypes are no longer relevant within today's sociality and the ideology that all terrorists are from a middle eastern background is wrong. Therefore we thought the use of males would be easier, following the general Hollywood platform of male’s being violent. We felt it to be too much of a challenge to use females for the interrogator/suspect.

However we did play with gender a little, we challenged the stereotype that mental strength accompanies masculinity. We applied Butler’s theory of gender performance. The interrogator shows worry and brakes down upon the bus, these are stereotypically features of femininity therefore the male protagonist is show to put on a feminine performance.

SexualityThe sexuality portrayed in my production is

heterosexual, we created a heterosexual male as it didn’t question stereotypes. This can be seen through the masculine role as the action man, which my protagonist has, this confirms the stereotype that men are seen as masculine.

We didn’t want to change the protagonists sexuality as we wanted the focus of the plot to be on the terrorist ideology, not the protagonists sexuality.