Male Protagonists

Male Protagonists

Hero

• Stereotypically brave and courageous male, often either completely selfish or selfless.
• Strong and physically able to protect themselves and others.
• Handsome and sexually attractive to both other characters and the audience.
• Protective father/son/boyfriend figure in dominance over female vulnerability.

Geek

• Socially awkward, few friends/small social group.
• Physically incapable of defending themselves or others.
• Usually young, teenage and unable to cope with growing up/being in high school.
• Easily scared, phobic of violence or any minor harmful activity. 

   Subversion

• Masculine male, physically fit and attractive.
• Able to defend themselves against other humans and protect others.
• Defeated by evil despite their powerful dominance.
• Overpowered by a threat originally thought to be far smaller than them.  

 (This would be most suitable for our chosen theme as we want to introduce an immediate sense of danger to our audience within our opening scene and we feel by choosing a victim to unexpectedly be defeated it can demonstrate how large a threat our killer is, establishing it as the plot would continue for the duration of the film.)