Evaluation Question 2

The lead social group in our horror film opening is teenagers, we've represented teenagers in different ways showing them as weak and vulnerable characters compared to children. Our main character being a young girl appears to have more authority over the older teenage girls in the film. She is the villain in the film and this conforms to the stereotype where there is a villain however the villain in the film is brunette compared to the stereotypical dumb blonde.

         

the top image in the right hand corner shows our main character 'Carolina' who is a young girl and we portrayed her as a young girl so that the audience would sympathize with her character. This was also effective because although she is the character you mainly see it isn't absolutely obvious that she has a problem and enjoys killing people, so this leaves the audience anxious. The second image shows the character Samara Morgan from the ring because her character is exactly what my group and I wanted to achieve with Carolina. The innocent vulnerable that looks like she needs to be loved yet makes people aware of her sufferings then kills them. This conforms with the stereotype of horror film conventions having 'creepy children' as it creates an usual feel because everyone believes children are harmless so this will really freak someone out.