Research into characters

The character in the opening scene of Scream is very similar to that played by the girl in our thriller.

Females in thriller films are usually stereotyped:

• lack independence ( need a man to survive
• always need to be saved (heroine
• mother figure
• objectified by men 
• innocent ( never does nothing wrong)
• beautiful
• young and vulnerable

Our thriller was inspired by the film Scream. The character in this, Casey played by Drew Barrymore is similar to the girl starring in our thriller.

Women in thriller films especially young females tend to  have a sense of purity and innocence, older women however are represented to have greater sex appeal.

This character is a stereotypical female portrayed in thrillers. She has blonde hair who are typically known as  'dumb' and therefore are an easy target.

Both the characters are:
young
vulnerable
innocent
show purity 
blonde 'dumb' thriller target
protagonists


Both characters are the stereotypical representation of women. They are both blonde who are known for being 'dumb' so therefore become an easy target.

Purity and Innocence

Both young females appear to have a sense of purity, innocence and vulnerability. This is shown through their clothing. They are both wearing a pale pastel coloured jumper showing their youth and vulnerability compared to if they were wearing revealing clothes they would be an easy target for the killer. The audience would also have less respect and not empathise with them. However in a thriller like ours and Scream, the audience are meant to be sympathising with this young girl so she wears clothes with no exposure emphasising her innocence.

Features:

Generally in thrillers, the female victims are usually stereotypically 'beautiful'. This is because it makes them an easy target as they become a mans 'object'. This increases fear in a thriller and allows the audience to empathise with our main character who is a young teenage girl.

Protagonists:

Women in thrillers are usually the protagonists, meaning the main character in a film. The idea of women being the protagonist is to focus on the idea that women are more vulnerable, naïve and weaker and need an antagonist, usually a male to rescue them. The protagonist in Scream is the same in our thriller, whereby the young female starts the route of problems. Usually in a thriller the protagonist is the 'good' character and the antagonist is the 'evil' character. in both of these thrillers, this theory is correct.