2. Our film mainly represents women, as all the
characters are female. In some sense it
subverts the stereotypes of women as ‘weak’
as the two characters left surviving are both
women; showing they must be strong to have
survived as long.
however as they are
running from the
zombies rather than
fighting and one
character dies, this
could be seen as
supporting the
stereotype as it would
be more expected for
women to run and men
to fight.
3. Also, in the horror genre, there is always
‘the final girl’ who is left the last character
standing at the end of the movie –which has
become a stereotype for the representation
of gender in horror films.
Final girls in ‘Halloween’ and ‘Scream’
4. We constructed representation of gender with:
Camera angles – high
angles show weakness
Fast editing shows the
characters are in danger
Sound – girls screaming
suggests fear (supports
stereotypes of women
being scared easily)
Mise-en-scene – carrying
weaponry (shows they
are strong, able to fight
off enemies)
5. The use of fast cuts and the sound gives the sense that the
characters are in danger (screams from the characters could
be seen as supporting the stereotype of females being
weak/scared), however the music is dramatic but gives the
sense that the characters are powerful –and the mise en
scene suggests that the characters are due to them carrying
weaponry (which would be seen as a more masculine
role, therefore subverting the stereotype)
6. Although we acknowledge the other social
groups such as:
age
disability/ability
ethnicity & class
In our 2 minute opening there wasn’t time
to show our representation of all these
social groups.
However if the film continued, there would
be opportunity to show the representation
of most of these groups.
