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Furthermore, we sustain this vulnerability throughout, through a use of long/mid shots as they make
him look small and alone on screen.
Although our main protagonist is weak, the use of a male as the protagonist is unconventional. However, by using a
feeble male we have been able to merge two of Propp’s character types. His feeble character symbolises him as
‘The Victim’, yet his male dominance allows him to also be ‘The Hero’ as we see him fight against the ‘Villain’ that is
the killer later in the thriller; which seems to be typical for the genre.
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