Spy Kids Extract Homework

Gender

In this extract gender are presented differently as they are commonly represented in other films and extracts as the woman is depicted as the protagonist which goes against the traditional views that men should do the important jobs. There is a classic romance however between the man and the women in this extract. Even though that the main protagonist is a women the women still holds stereotypical qualities of a woman for example Ingrid is a white American female which is common in movies. The counter typical qualities that Ingrid portrays are that she is a spy which is not common as in most spy movies a man normally plays the spy role e.g. James Bond. The second main counter stereotype that Ingrid hold is that she is a good fighter. This is against the stereotype as normally women are helpless in combat and men normally carry out the heroic moves to win the fight. The other protagonist is Gregorio who is a foreign Latino agent.

Race and Nationality 

Race and nationality is also counter-stereo-typically portrayed in this film extract. Ingrid is a white American women which is common in movies however Gregorio is a Latino which counters the stereotype of heroes and spies in movies. In movies the protagonists are normally white American's and the Latino's are commonly the enemy of the protagonists. 

Love and Romance

The story line of this extract is how two spies who were originally against each other fell deeply in love. The story starts with the daughter of the two spies asking how her mum had met her husband. The fact that the two spies hated each other before falling in love is not a counter stereotype as this occurs in several movies. The spies end up getting married and the story starts to become romantic and happy as marriage should be, before the wedding is crashed by enemies and the spies have to jump of a cliff to escape.

Spies 

The spies in this extract are stereotypical spies as they possess many different high-tech gadgets which help them get information from people e.g. bubblegum which tracks the footsteps of the other spy. The only counter-stereotype that the two spies posses is that one is a woman and the other is a Latino.

Evidence

MYSTERI Final Version

In class I was told to add a tag-line into the piece as I would need a tag-line to complete the task. I had already came up with a tag-line and retrieved it and placed it into the picture. I made the tag-line into the same text as the name of the fragrance however made it smaller than the title. I also made the light around the text 'MYSTERI' not as strong so you could see the top of the letter 'R'.

Who is represented?
In this piece no particular individual is represented. The original picture showed the girls hair and face but I cropped out the face and darkened the background so you could not see the hair. The reason why I made sure that you couldn't see the face of the person is because I wanted it to relate to the title and tag-line which both suggest Mystery and Unknown.

How does this representation persuade us to like the product?
It makes you believe and get more engaged with the mystery and unknowing sense around the product.

Who is the target audience?
The target audience for this product are teenagers and young adults.

'Mysteri Examples'

 For my homework I have experimented with colour, light and shade to try and find  the perfect advertisement. The first picture on the right was my original picture. The changes that I have made from the original photo is the text has been enlarged and I have made the lighting crisper. The two examples below show how I experimented with colour and the text. The first colour that I chose to experiment with was red. I also attempted to change the colour to blue. The  purpose of experimenting with colours was to see if they would have been better as well as to try and make the perfume bottle glow.

I finally chose to use the original black and white however the change I made was to make the lighting of the bottle stronger and to make the background darker. I also changed the title from 'Mysteri' to 'MYSTERI' which I felt made the brand name bolder and better.