The document discusses how a film represents mental health issues through the mother character and portrays the antagonist ghost. The ghost conforms to horror movie stereotypes of having a dark motive of revenge or scaring others. The ghost is portrayed by a 25-year old woman dressed in black to seem sinister. Scenes introduce the ghost strangling the son to establish her as the antagonist and show her creeping up on the mother to represent the guilt and evil haunting the mother from her past.

1. HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA
PRODUCT REPRESENT
PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?

2. FOR MY FILM OPENING, I USED
DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES TO
REPRESENT AND COVER
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT
CAN OCCUR FROM DIFFERENT
HORRORS THAT HAPPEN IN
SOMEONE’S PAST, WHICH IS
SHOWN THROUGH THE
MOTHER.

3. MY MAIN ANTAGONIST REPRESENTS THE
STEREOTYPICAL GHOST FROM HORROR
MOVIES.
• THE GHOST IN MY FILM, DOES CONFORM TO THE STEREOTYPES SET OUT FOR
THEM AS TYPICALLY, IN A HORROR MOVIE, THE GHOST OR ANTAGONIST ALWAYS
HAS A DARK AND SINISTER MOTIVE BEHIND THEIR ACTIONS, USUALLY EITHER
REVENGE OR WANTING THE ‘LIVING THINGS’ TO BE SCARED OUT OF THEIR
TERRITORY.

4. • WHEN AUDITION FOR THE ROLE OF THE GHOST, I CHOSE A 25 YEAR OLD
WOMAN WHO IS THE SAME AGE AS THE GHOST WAS WHEN SHE WAS KILLED IN MY
FILM OPENING. IN THE FILM, SHE WEARS A TYPICAL BLACK DRESS AND HAS BLACK
HAIR, WHICH IS TYPICAL FOR GHOSTS IN HORROR FILMS TO WEAR AS IT
REPRESENTS HOW SINISTER THEY ARE.
• THE GHOST IS FIRSTLY INTRODUCED WHEN THE MOTHER (MAIN PROTAGONIST)
SEES HER STRANGLING HER SON TO DEATH, WHICH IMMEDIATELY PORTRAYS THE
GHOST AS THE ANTAGONIST IN THE FILM. THE SHOT IS A CLOSE UP OF THE
GHOST HAND ON THE SONS NECK WHICH ALSO ADDS MYSTERY AS THE
AUDIENCE CANNOT SEE THE GHOSTS FACE.
• THE ANTAGONIST REPRESENTS THE HORROR IN THE PROTAGONISTS PAST AND
HOW EVIL IS ALWAYS HAUNTING HER. THIS IS SHOWN IN THE OVER THE
SHOULDER SHOT OF THE GHOST CREEPING UP ON THE MOTHER WHICH ALSO
ACTS AS A REMINDER OF THE GUILT THAT HAS OVERCOME THE MOTHER
BECAUSE SHE DID NOT HELP HER SON.

5. SIMILARITIES
BETWEEN
CHARACTERS
The mother in my film opening
is very similar to the
messengers, Mrs Rollins. They
both are distressed when in
difficult situations and both
strive to protect their much
loved son, even though both
fail.
Differences
between
charactersHowever, the mother in my film
opening presents her distress and
regret after he son is dead rather
than whilst. Whereas the mother in
The Messengers is distressed
because something is attacking
them both rather than just one.

6. SIMILARITIES BETWEEN
CHARACTERS
Differences between characters

7. SIMILARITIES
BETWEEN
CHARACTERS
Differences between
characters