Our media product represents particular social groups in lights of protagonist and antagonist, in our film I was the antagonist, and Sarah was the protagonist. The antagonists above show serious facial expressions, showing no emotions. Both the antagonists are looking at their victims in a suspicious way and both of them hold negative intentions. Most of the shots are of the antagonists suggesting the significance 
of them. Below are two shots of the protagonists, from Marathon Man and my Thriller. As you can see both these shots are mid-long shots and they give off the feeling of vulnerability indicating they are preys. It highlights they are protagonists as they have connotations for one, for instance confused and innocent facial expressions. This contributes to suspense and dramatic irony leading for the audience to sympathise with the victims. 
There is a long establishing shot of the room in which Sarah is in the centre of it. She looks quite small and vulnerable in the shot which has connotations of her being the prey as well as the protagonist. Her body language also shows she's not the superior as she is sitting up right covering her knees indicating a sense of insecurity and weakness.
There is a similar shot like this when Dustin Hoffman is sitting in the chair strapped in, in this mid-long shot we see dull surroundings, showing he is already held captive. Again Dustin Hoffman is also at the centre of the shot, strapped down to the chair clearly showing he is also not superior which indicates he is a prey. I thought this was the best similarity i could find to compare from both my thriller and Marathon Man.
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