Thriller Genre - Character Stereotypes

I did research into how men and women are portrayed in thriller movies. I looked at Norma from 'The Box' and Arthur from 'The Box.' I looked into how the two characters start off and how they grow and adapt to become the stereotypical characters that the audience expect to see. I then looked at Teddy Daniels from 'Shutter Island' I looked at how he fitted in with the representation of men and if he contradicted or reinforced the stereotype of me. Then finally I looked at a film called 'Crave.' I looked at the two main characters which were Aiden and Virginia. I looked at how Virginia fitted in with the theory that all women are just objects of sex and looked to see if she was more than just a pretty face. With Aiden I looked to see whether he fit the stereotype of men and how they should behave.
By doing this research I am able to learn and understand how different characters should behave in the Thriller genre. I found that sometimes women are shown as more than just an object of sex and can be shown to be strong and in some cases stronger than men. I found that in most films I looked at that Men fit the stereotype that they have always been give which was strong, brave etc./. This task helped me to understand and give me an idea of how and what I would like my character's to behave like and whether or not I wanted them to follow or contradict a stereotype.

 In conclusion to doing this task I have been able to clearly identify and find out that Women are most of the time shown as an object or symbol of sex. Therefore they are shown as weak and easy. Men are shown as powerful and superior to Women with Women being Inferior to Men. I think that when it comes to making my own Opening Sequence I don't want to stick to the stereotypes that have been set in stone because I feel that these stereotypes are not all that true. Therefore I want to contradict them and make my own stereotypes for my own Thriller opening sequence.