CCR Question #1

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen!

Today I will be answering my first CCR question that I have researched over the past couple of days.

The first question is...

How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

Well, our film opening uses many of the action comedy conventions. We use traditional elements that help bring that familiarity of a classic action movie to our target audience. For example, we implemented the classic audience favorite characters: the badass yet funny protagonist and the evil, brute antagonist. Some of that inspiration came from fan favorites such as Guardians of the Galaxy and Bullet Train. Our two main scenes (the exchange scene and the chase scene) that we have implemented in our film opening also uses those classic conventions of a good action comedy.

Nonetheless, we have challenged one convention in our film opening and that was with our protagonist.

It is very rare to see a leading lady in an action comedy movie. Usually the protagonist is the stereotypical goofy dude that outsmarts the evil boss. According to the website Stat Significant, about 50% of females are cast as protagonists in Romance films but only 11% of them are cast as protagonists in an action films and 30% in comedy movies.

Nonetheless, me and my teammates decided to challenge this narrative and have a woman lead the story. Agent Vienna is a badass character but she also brings comedic relief to the tension that is created between her and Binzy. We took some inspiration from the film Ocean's 8, an action comedy with a cast of leading ladies who drive the story of a crazy heist. 

 

I guess it is safe to say that our film opening represents the social issue of underestimating women's ability to execute jobs as this. Although times have changed, and we are in 2026, there is still much prejudice on women. I believe that women are underestimated on the daily because we are believed to not be able to take much... however we have proven throughout history that we are capable of doing a lot, from saving the economy of a country to pulling off a big heist, we are capable of much more than most believe. 

Script:

CCR Question #1→

Camera turns on

I am trying to settle the camera into a firm spot

Fix my hair and sit down 

Me: Hello, my name is Kiarmary Roman and today I will be answering my first two CCR questions

I look down 

High-angle mid-shot of my lap opening folder

The folder is empty

Me: Uh… where did my questions go?

Look up at camera

Me: There seems to be-

A door opens and distracts me

Walking into frame comes Agent 1

He is all dressed up with black sunglasses

He hands me the paper

Agent 1: Don’t leave your stuff lying around next time

Me: Yeah that’s become an issue hasn’t it

I chuckle but he has no expression in his face

Me: Alright, question #1

How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

Well, our film opening uses many of the action comedy conventions. We use traditional elements that help bring that familiarity of a classic action movie to our target audience. For example, we implemented the classic fan favorite characters: the badass yet funny protagonist and the evil, brute antagonist. We have also implemented classic scenes: an exchange and a chase scene. 

We have also challenged a convention with our main character. It is very rare to see a leading lady in an action comedy movie. Usually the protagonist is the stereotypical goofy dude that outsmarts the evil boss. According to the website Stat Significant, about 50% of females are cast as protagonists in Romance films but only 11% of them are cast as protagonists in an action films and 30% in comedy movies.

I guess it is safe to say that our film opening represents the social issue of underestimating women's ability to execute jobs as this. Although times have changed, and we are in 2026, there is still much prejudice on women. However we have proven throughout history that we are capable of doing a lot, from saving the economy of a country to pulling off a big heist, we are capable of much more than most believe. 

Message pops up on watch.

Message: There is a package waiting for you. Meet me at the lake.

Me: Oh

Breaking 4th wall

I stand up and open the garage door

Me: Damn it uhh

The garage door finally opens

I grab the camera

Me: We’re going on a little field trip.

Citations:

"Gender Representation in the Film Industry: A Statistical Analysis," authored by StatSignificant (Daniel Parris)"