Our Characters

We decided to pick Emma Thomas for our main character as she was a good example of a stereotypical protagonist in a horror-thriller and horror genre'd movie. This was because she had brown long hair and a slim figure as well as being a white British teenager of 17 years old. We wanted our protagonist to look like this because we wanted it to be relatable and similar to our target audience who are of a similar age to our actor. This is like direct address as it is creating similarities between the protagonist and the audience as if they are in this same posit when they are watching this film and to make it relatable as if it could happen to them and they are in danger and give them tension as it is a horror-thriller. Furthermore by making our protagonist a female we thought this was traditional as they are innocent and vulnerable unlike a man as they are stereotypically meant to be strong and dominant and be able to protect themselves and others around them, like family. Therefore we wanted to create a stereotypical role of a female slim protagonist that doesn't really know what is happening and just thinks everything i normal as this will make sympathy for her as she is innocent and vulnerable due to appearance, gender and class.