Representation and Stereotyping in our film

In our opening scene we followed the representations and stereotypes by following the conventions of a horror. For example,we have used a vulnerable girl who will play the victim and a scary man to play the antagonist.We have done this because it makes it clear to the audience what characters are what. A teenage girl is known as vulnerable due to her being slightly stupid and oblivious to her surroundings at times ,as well as them being classed as less powerful in society and more as a target for men. We have then used a man to be the bad guy as he will been known as the terrifying villain who creates tension for the audience as he approaches the vulnerable girl and grabs her aggressively.

The setting that we have used is a forest,we have done this as forests are known as stereotypical in horrors because with low key lighting they are seemed as more frightening and the silence builds tension with the leaves crunching on the ground and the trees blowing in the wind with the forever walking trail.