Representing And Stereotyping In Our Film:

Representing and Stereotyping in our film:

In the opening two minutes of our film we have used very stereotypical features from horror films to make it achieve the best possible outcome. By linking our version of a horror film to other horror films we know have been very successful. We have used stereotypes such as the main character who will be played by 'Charlotte Weston' is a young school girl who is walking home, she wants to take a shorter route so she leaves her friends and she goes on her own through the woods. Already the audience will be able to tell that by her going off on her own she is vulnerable and she shouldn't be walking through a dull woods on her own. The reason we have chosen to use a young girl as stereo-typically she is at more risk than if it was a boy because he would most likely be able to look after himself and the audience wouldn't be as worried which isn't the reaction we want. We have chosen a man as the antagonist because stereo-typically they have more power over a young girl and would have the strength to grab her. This would also grab the audience's attention because they would see the man approaching her but to start with she doesn't realise and they would want to carry on watching, which i believe makes a successful horror film.