In horror films, they usually have a vulnerable female lead (for example in Scream), our film also has a female lead who is vulnerable. By doing this, females could feel more involved with horror films such as Scream and ours. In our film, we have a girl who is 'disturbed' and this matches with other horror films in the sense that they have a mentally ill person as the lead (such as Hide and Seek). This is because the audience may consist of people who aren't usually exposed to mentally ill people or deranged people, therefore making a film about it and exaggerating it slightly will make it more effective for them. This touches on the stereo type of mentally ill people demonstrated in the media, as our film plays on the stigma associated with mental illness, but also tries to address the issues at the same time by getting the audience to work out why the character is doing the things she is.
The film would be appreciated by those from all backgrounds and ethnic groups, in particular intellectual people as the film requires the audience to think for themselves. This may also mean that adults would appreciate the film more than teenagers as they are more aware of the different types of impacts on people who may suffer from a mental illness in comparison to teenagers where their knowledge may be quite limited.
The social group that our film would most represent would be young teenage girls as they would relate to the main character in the film. She's a typical teenage girl, looking through old photographs that bring back bad memories and then goes to burn them. Teenage girls can relate to this -it isn't something totally out of this world. A teenage girl wacthing this wouldn't find it difficult to put herself into this position as it concerns the death of a relative-which is something that happens in everyday life. However, this film takes it a step further in order to make it as entertaining as possible and to be typical of a psychological thriller.
Our film opening introduces a young woman who is the main protagonist. The reason why we chose a young girl to be the main character is to create the effect that is similarly done in 'Scream' where the whole film plot is affected by a young girl’s actions, thus we try to emphasise her significance. The protagonist is casually looking through some old photogrpaphs at the start of the film, and a lot of people ocassionally look through old photographs for memories. However, what makes this girl different is that these photos bring back bad memories.
A young woman entering an isolated park and wanting to burn these old photographs that connects to her dark past shows her vulnerabilty by the fact that she is on her own in an isolated park, which could also show that she's on her own in this world. The audience won’t know that at this point, but in some ways it illustrates that she is vulnerable. This expected meaning challenges the stereotypes that people may have about young people. In addition, the opening of a film could be regarded as the most important part of the film as it shapes the plot of the rest of the film. In our opening production, we focused only on one character meaning that there is no involvement from other characters. This is vital as it demonstrates the importance of the character because the whole opening focuses on her. Immediately, we understand her significance to the story and how the rest of the story plot depends on her behaviour. In conclusion, our media product represents a young woman in a negative light even though the story plot revolves around her mysterious life. It is not clear from watching our film opening that the character has great importance in the rest of the film. Our film opening explores a traumatic past of a young girl who is haunted by a memory from her past and we approached this subject in a very subtle way. This is because we did not want to overcomplicate the situation thus meaning that we left hints all the way through the opening of the film so that the audience themselves can figure it out.
Our film opening introduces a young woman who is the main protagonist. The reason why we chose a young girl to be the main character is to create the effect that is similarly done in 'Scream' where the whole film plot is affected by a young girl’s actions, thus we try to emphasise her significance. The protagonist is casually looking through some old photogrpaphs at the start of the film, and a lot of people ocassionally look through old photographs for memories. However, what makes this girl different is that these photos bring back bad memories.
A young woman entering an isolated park and wanting to burn these old photographs that connects to her dark past shows her vulnerabilty by the fact that she is on her own in an isolated park, which could also show that she's on her own in this world. The audience won’t know that at this point, but in some ways it illustrates that she is vulnerable. This expected meaning challenges the stereotypes that people may have about young people. In addition, the opening of a film could be regarded as the most important part of the film as it shapes the plot of the rest of the film. In our opening production, we focused only on one character meaning that there is no involvement from other characters. This is vital as it demonstrates the importance of the character because the whole opening focuses on her. Immediately, we understand her significance to the story and how the rest of the story plot depends on her behaviour. In conclusion, our media product represents a young woman in a negative light even though the story plot revolves around her mysterious life. It is not clear from watching our film opening that the character has great importance in the rest of the film. Our film opening explores a traumatic past of a young girl who is haunted by a memory from her past and we approached this subject in a very subtle way. This is because we did not want to overcomplicate the situation thus meaning that we left hints all the way through the opening of the film so that the audience themselves can figure it out.
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