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GROUPS WE HAVE CHOSEN TO SHOW AND OUR MAIN CHARACTER:The groups we have chosen to show in our film are

Teenagers, different classes and genders.

There were many ways we showed our chosen groups. They included clothing style, clothing colour and location.

Our main character in the film is an average teenage girl who finds herself in a situation that most teenagers will luckily not find themselves in. She is approached by a hooded older figure, who appears to attack her.

STYLE OF CLOTHING, COLOUR AND LOCATIONBecause we wanted our film to affect the target audience of

teenagers as they would relate to the characters closest. We chose to represent many similarities between teenage girls in society and our film character. The key way we did this was through the style of clothing. Our character wears Black leggings, long white t-shirt and a brown and white faux fur hooded coat. This style of clothing is very similar to what many teenage girls wear in society in the present day.

The colour of her clothing also portrays certain feelings and emotions. She wears a white t-shirt; white is used to show innocence and insecurity. Many young girls wear white in films to show how innocent they are and the audience feel weary and develop a relationship with the character and therefore become worried and scared as the girls future starts to be written during the film. Another way we portrayed her vulnerability and insecurity was through the use of location. We used a desolate remote location near railway arch, this showed that because of the tight railway arch nothing could be seen by onlookers as the location was in the middle of nowhere where there were very few residents. The remoteness of the location also shows that an attack could happen anytime without being seen by eyewitnesses not just at night.

GENDER AND CLASSThe portrayal of gender is key in thriller films, the male character is

strong and powerful and the female is weak and most likely gets caught up in something and needs rescuing. In our film we chose to represent gender as a major juxtaposition as it puts a twist on the common convention that the male is the most powerful. At the start the female appears to be weak and the male character is the most powerful as he appears to attack her. However we see the female character walking away and the more dominant and powerful male lying on the floor unconscious or possibly even dead.

 

We showed different classes in our film, as the lower class character is usually the attacker or antagonist and the wealthier middle or upper class character is the protagonist. This is the case as in our film the antagonist is of working class as they wear work boots and basic non-branded clothing. The protagonist is clearly of a higher class, most likely middle as she has wealthier clothing including the coat and also has more expensive technology including her IPhone that is clearly displayed in the shots.

STEREOTYPES AND MESSAGESThe main stereotype that we are using is that teenage girls are

innocent and insecure when alone in non-public locations. Even though this stereotype is strong we also challenged this because at the end of the opening we see that the girl has defeated the attacker and shows that not all teenage girls are innocent and insecure about their surroundings. This relating to the common saying “Angels with dirty faces”.

 

The key message we are giving our audience of teenagers is to be weary and not go out alone around secluded, non-residential locations and especially not at night. If you go in a group you will look less vulnerable and also there will be more of you to protect each other if anything was to happen.