In thriller films, women don't have specific stereotypes when compared to other genres. For example, in horror films, the women are often the ones who scream and run away from the villain and rely on a male to save them.
In films, there is a theory called 'The Male Gaze' which is about the fact that films are seen from the males perspective and women are always sexualised. This is common idea in films and one way this can be tested is by doing the 'Bechdel Test'. This is used to test gender bias in films by asking three questions about the story:
1) Are there at least two women in the story?
2) Are they talking to each other?
3) Are they talking about something other than a man?
A lot of films actually do fail the tests which prove that some films .
In thriller films, however, the women can be anything from the damsel in distress to or the survivor (the last person alive out of a group), or they can be the dangerous person. For example, in a recent film called 'Lucy' which was actually rather successful, Scarlett Johansson played the main female character who does as much action as a male would do in other action-thrillers.
Men in thriller films are often both the protagonist and antagonist. When they play the protagonist, they are often either the hero stuck in a position and having to save the day, or they are a villain who is doing something bad but the audience still supports them to a certain extent. An example of this is in the TV show 'Breaking Bad', where the main protagonist seems to be an anti-hero and does quite a lot of bad things (like poisoning a child), yet for some reason, a lot of the audience still sided with him and wanted him to win in the end.
If a woman is a villain, they will either be made to be sexualised or they will be made to look scary or ugly. It is very rare if they are made to look like a normal villain. In 'Man Of Steel', there is a villain that works for General Zod, Faora-Ul isn't sexualised in anyway, she is made to look like a normal woman and a villain. However in films like the James Bond franchise, they are often made to look
sexual and the main character will always seem to have some sexual interest in them.
However when men are villains, they are either made to look scruffy and suspicious or just look like a normal man. Like in 'The Taking Of Pellham 123', the villain seems to look like a normal man but with sun glasses in order to look more evil.
In conclusion, men and women are represented in different ways sometimes in the thriller genre and in film in general. Women seem to be represented in a way that is in a sexual way a lot but men seem to represented as heroic or a normal human being.
In films, there is a theory called 'The Male Gaze' which is about the fact that films are seen from the males perspective and women are always sexualised. This is common idea in films and one way this can be tested is by doing the 'Bechdel Test'. This is used to test gender bias in films by asking three questions about the story:
1) Are there at least two women in the story?
2) Are they talking to each other?
3) Are they talking about something other than a man?
A lot of films actually do fail the tests which prove that some films .
Men in thriller films are often both the protagonist and antagonist. When they play the protagonist, they are often either the hero stuck in a position and having to save the day, or they are a villain who is doing something bad but the audience still supports them to a certain extent. An example of this is in the TV show 'Breaking Bad', where the main protagonist seems to be an anti-hero and does quite a lot of bad things (like poisoning a child), yet for some reason, a lot of the audience still sided with him and wanted him to win in the end.sexual and the main character will always seem to have some sexual interest in them.However when men are villains, they are either made to look scruffy and suspicious or just look like a normal man. Like in 'The Taking Of Pellham 123', the villain seems to look like a normal man but with sun glasses in order to look more evil.
In conclusion, men and women are represented in different ways sometimes in the thriller genre and in film in general. Women seem to be represented in a way that is in a sexual way a lot but men seem to represented as heroic or a normal human being.
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