The document discusses the representation of women and teenagers in the author's film. Regarding women, it notes that the main character receives text messages focusing on her appearance and portraying her as weak, representing negative stereotypes. However, she is not portrayed as easily frightened. Regarding teenagers, it notes that the main character is constantly on her phone, representing the stereotype of teenagers being unsocial, but her clothing is normal. The environment also stereotypically depicts teenagers at night. Overall, the representations of both groups rely on some negative stereotypes but also challenge stereotypes in some ways.

1. Dylan Mann-Hazell

2.  As the protagonist in my film is a female, I shall write about the
representation of women in films, and whether I have added to the
stereotypical conventions.
 One way in which a stereotype of females is found within my film is
that her appearance is the main topic of the text messages she
receives. One says “You look pretty tonight”, making it seem as if the
antagonist has an interest in how she looks.
 A second way in which a stereotype of females is found within my
film is that she is perceived as weak and unable to help herself when
she receives the second threatening text message.
 However, my film does not conform to the stereotype that girls are
scared by many things, due to the fact that the main female
character does not appear to be fazed by the first text message she
receives.
Representation of Women In My
Film.

3. Representation of
Teenagers
 Teenagers are presented stereotypically in my film. One
way in which they are presented stereotypically is through
the fact that the main character keeps going on her
mobile phone. Being a prop commonly associated with
teenagers in modern society, this is one way in which I
have conformed to using the stereotype of a teenager.
The costume worn by the protagonists are not
stereotypically worn by teenagers, they are simply civilian
ware. The environment is quite stereotypical for a
teenager to be in, for it is outside late at night
 It is important for there to be some stereotypical
representations of teenagers in this film, due to the fact
that the audience need to be sure that everything else in
my film is normal and make it as realistic as possible.

4. Have My Representations of
Gender Been Positive or
Negative? The stereotypes of gender/females that are present
in my film opening are mainly negative, due to the
fact that these stereotypes tend not to be true
representations of this social group. Such
stereotypes include a main focus of her being her
appearance (as stated by the text message telling
her she looks pretty).
 However, the fact that the main character of my film
is female, and did not appear to be scared by the
threat behind the text message until it became
dangerous indicates that this character does not
conform to all the stereotypes found in females,
specifically in horror films.

5. Have My Representations of
Teenagers Been Positive or
Negative?
 The representation of teenagers in my film
opening has been negative due to the fact
that they portray teenagers in a
stereotypical way, such as as unsocial and
being constantly on their phone.
 However, I have also challenged the
stereotypes by showing the main character
as not being reliant on her parents, instead
trying to look after herself whilst she is in
this difficult situation.