Chuck from our film is very similar to the character Chunk from the film 'The Goonies' (TG).
Chunk in TG is portrayed as a clumsy, loud kid who loves his food and is considered as a burden to the rest of the gang; however, at the end of the film, he proves himself to the gang by befriending the character Sloth, and he makes a contribution in order to save the group from the Fratelli's.
This is a very similar type of character to Chuck in our film opening, expect that in our piece, Chuck does not save the rest of the group, like in TG. Chuck in our piece is portrayed to be a thick, food-loving child. This is shown by his actions throughout our film. For example, when Chuck turns around to look at the field, he spots the pillbox. Most people would know what a pillbox is used for, but as he is a thick character, he has to ask somebody else about it, as he does not know what pillboxes are used for. The food-loving side of his character is shown just before he asks about the pillbox, as he is standing next to the tree, and pulls out a chocolate bar. This is very similar to Chunk from TG as during TG, Chuck is shown to be pulling out junk food at several points throughout.
Leonardo from our film opening, I believe is quite similar to Data from 'The Goonies (TG).
Leonardo is portrayed as the brains of the group, like Data is the brains of the group in TG. They have similar personalities, and the group are always dependant on Data to tell them anything they do not know, which is also the case with Leo.
Although Leo and Data are similar characters, Leo is not the same in the sense that he does not create things in order to protect the group, like Data. In our piece, Leo's clothes are not very similar to Data's in TG, as in our piece, Leo wears smart clothes, as that is what the stereotypical 'NERD' wears nowadays, however in TG, Data wears big clothes, which have all his gizmo's in it.
Lilly in our piece is very similar to Carmen Cortez in Spy Kids (SK).
Lilly is portrayed to be the mother figure of the group in our piece, which is exactly what Carmen is in SK. Whenever things go wrong, everybody else depends on Lilly to sort things out, and whenever anybody is upset or hurt, she will always be there to comfort them, like Carmen in SK. However she also likes to speak her mind, like Carmen does. If someone does something wrong, deliberately or accidentally, she will tell them what they have done wrong and if that means raising her voice to someone, she will do so.
The appearance of the two characters are not very similar, like their personalities. As SK has spies in it, the Carmen is it has to wear up-to-date clothes, with all her gadgets attached to her, however in our piece, Lilly wears everyday clothes, which are not very heroin like, like Carmen's.
Gender:
Gender is portrayed very stereotypically in our film as the males of the group, especially Tyler like to take charge in the difficult situations. This is stereotypical as the male gender is seen to be braver and stronger, and that is what Tyler tries to be like in our piece.
Also, the females in our piece are portrayed to be stereotypical. This is because during the times when they are scared, they tend to always stay behind the boys, and Lilly latches onto Tyler's arm whilst they walk into a bunker, as Tyler is a male; therefore he is meant to be the braver one of the two, hence why Lilly holds on to him.
Age:
Age in our film is portrayed in quite an unstereotypical way, however it is typical for a film from our genre (family adventure). In our film, the kids are the protagonists, and they defeat the antagonists, who is an adult. This is unstrereotypical as an adult has been defeated by children, whereas stereotypically, adults are stronger and therefore should defeat children in any battle. However this is a convention for our chosen genre, so we did it unstereotypically.
Class:
Class is not really shown in our piece, as all the characters are shown to be people who live an average life. However, Chuck's clothes and his bike show that he is slightly more lower class than the rest of the group.
His clothes don't really fit him very well, and they do not really match each other. This connotes a lack of money as he can't afford clothes that fit him properly or that he can wear and not look odd as the clothes do not match. Also his bike at the beginning is in a very bad state, as the tyres a flat and the brakes don't really work, although this is hard to see in our opening as the bike is going too fast to get a good view.
Sexuality:
Sexuality is portrayed to be very stereotypical as the males always try to impress the females, showing that they are heterosexual, which is class as stereotypical as there are more heterosexuals than homosexuals.
Race:
Race is not really shown in our film, as all the characters are Caucasian, so there is no incidents that involve anything to do with racism or there are no characters who act any differently due to their race/religion.
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