3. The gender of this character is male. This is a
convention from real media texts as the majority
of protagonists are male e.g. Halloween, Scream
and Friday 13th. This conveys patriarchy and
dominance of the male character.
From the way that the character dresses, it
shows that he is of a middle class background.
The props used such as the Canon camera and
IPhone portray signs of wealth and
comfortability.
The age of this character is early 20’s opposing
the fact that the majority of leading male
characters are in their mature years.
The ethnicity of this character is Black/African.
This subverts the idea of the leading character
being a white male in slasher movies such as
Phsyco, Scream and Halloween however, this
also encourages the stereotype of
Black/African characters being into crime.
4. The class of the victim is seen as working
class/student. She is dressed casually
without showing any signs of wealth like
the protagonist.
The age of the character is 18-20. She is
portrayed as vulnerable teenager as she is
sitting in a isolated park unaware of the
situations soon to take place. She is on her
phone which is a code and convention of
teenagers always being on their phones.
The gender of the character is female. This
reinforces the conventions of the victim
being a female and of the ‘inferior’ and
more vulnerable gender. This can make the
audience experience more fear towards the
character
The ethnicity of this character is Indian.
This contradicts the generic conventions of
a white victim used in slasher movies such
as Scream and Saw.
