In our preliminary task we only have two characters. The protagonist is played by a black female and the antagonist is played by another female of Indian heritage. We wanted to do this to challenge the stereotypes in movies. Typically females are portrayed as the weaker ones, who are in need of constant attention from the males. They also depend on the males to get them out of dangerous situations. So, instead of casting a heroic male protagonist, we chose to cast a female, who is black. By this character being black we also challenge the stereotypical ideas of blacks being presented as the best friend of the main character, or a brassy woman. As our protagonist has none of these attributes we believe that the audience would be more intrigued in our film, as we do not follow the conventional patterns of the movie industry.
We have also have made the antagonist a female as well. The most successful antagonists in the movie industry are typically male. We thought that it would be unique to have a female antagonist, especially one from a Indian background. The common stereotypes of Indians in movies are beautiful maidens, magical medicine men and bloodthirsty warriors. Additionally, in major blockbuster films, the antagonist rarely Indian but usually Caucasian men. So, to have a female playing the role of a villain, especially one from a Indian background challenges the stereotypical ideas, of a successful antagonist being a Caucasian male.
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