Q8). Who does the trailer represent? Social groups, age,

gender, ethnicity? Who will you represent in yours? (consider

stereotypes)

In The Blair Witch Project they have specific social groups the characters are all American teenagers, college students. This is a very usual, familiar social group to represent in horror films, this is because it’s mostly young adults and teenagers who enjoy horror films. The age range for The Blair Witch characters represented would be 16-19 years old. They are middle class students who are from America. There is one girl, who is the main character and 2 boys although there are other characters in the film who are people they interview about The Blair Witch.

This social group inspired me and my group to do a found footage film trailer ourselves which features us; 4 young teenage students, similar to The Blair With Project.

Characters in The Blair Witch Project

These are the 3 students in the film. Although these are the main characters we do see other characters such as the people that these students interview asking them about their knowledge on The Blair Witch.

In the Cannibal Holocaust the social groups represented are American soldiers and African Tribe People. Most of the characters are in their late 20’s or older and there are both men and women. They represent the American soldiers are brutal and nasty and the African tribe people as vulnerable but at the same time it shows them eating someone’s fingers which make the audience think that they are savage and nasty people when that is just how they survive.

The American soldiers in the matching, clean uniform whereas the native people have hardly any clothes, some are naked. They are dirty.

American shown as brutal/nasty and that the tribe people are vulnerable where they aren't as developed as them etc. but nearer the end of the film we learn that it’s the other way round as we see the native people gruesomely eating another humans body parts and shows the American soldiers as just doing their job/role.

Characters in Cannibal Holocaust

The top two pictures show the Native people in the film and the bottom picture shows the American soldiers in the film. These are really the only characters in the film.

In our film trailer Me (Kat), Abbie, Beth and Jack represent late youth, Caucasian teenagers from the United Kingdom. We are all middle class students. In our group there are 3 girls and 1 boy.

We have stereotypes in our trailer of young teenagers from the current generation who enjoy themselves and are fun, lively and bubbly.

This is our group.