The horror genre typically represents social groups by things such as age, gender and the stereotypes that apply to these groups as this will draw in their target audiences such as a film aimed at aged 15 - 18 year olds would include a younger cast around the age of that of the target audience. We applied these typical representations to our original idea as we planned to show a group of teenagers at a party as this is a typical stereotype for a group of teenagers, we also planned to show them going to a fair and this also adds to the stereotype. As we changed our original idea we applied these representations and stereotypes to our finished film by casting our actors around the same age of our target audience (aged 15 - 24) we used female characters as in horror films these are considered the most vulnerable and we set it in an area where teenagers would typically hang out and feel safe. We also represented another social group by the fortune teller, we had our actress dressed up in a patterned old robe with a scarf over her head, we also gave her jewellery such as old fashioned clip on earrings, a big ring and a number of bangles to give her a more creepy look. Some examples of what we were insipired by are shown by the pictures (taken from Final Destination 3) on the right above and below, the picture above insipred us for the look of our fortune teller with lots of jewellery and old looking clothing. The picture below is a good example for the typical representation of teenagers in a horror film as it shows a mixed group of teenagers at a fairground.
By Rebecca and Annalise.
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