Evaluation- Activity two

Social group comparison- Protagonist
Our protagonist is a young, innocent, blonde haired girl, which is being stalked and followed by a masked figure, which we assume is a murderous killer. We decided to have our character to be portrayed in this way as it makes the girl seem more vulnerable making the audience feel sympathetic as she may not be able to defend for herself; stereotypically this is viewed. Our protagonist represents the social group of the vulnerability of young girls, which conform to horror films as they are usually the first or one of many victims within a horror genre film. The picture below our protagonist in our opening two minutes, is the young lady from the well known serial horror films, 'Scream'. The protagonist in 'Scream', played by Drew Barrymore is very similar to ours, which we mainly based her on. Both antagonists are blonde haired, which makes them seem more vulnerable as stereotypically blonde haired girls are seen as less intelligent and weak so would be easy targets for the antagonists to hunt. Also, stereotypically blondes are seen as being attractive, which would appeal to more of the male audience, which would make them not wanting that girl to be harmed. Another similarities between these protagonists are the use of mise en scene of both of them wearing white tops within the films. The use of mise en scene, enables the characters to look defenseless and harmless, which increases the sympathy the audience would have for the characters. The white colour connotates many things such as purity, which makes them both seem more of a target for the antagonists desirable intentions. Also having the top long sleeved suggests that they are preserving themselves and covering themselves up, which attracts the antagonist even more. The ages of the protagonists are around the same as each other, which makes them more of an obvious victim for the antagonist as stereotypically, the antagonist go for young ladies rather than little girls and older woman. The similar ages also allows the audience to relate to the character as our target audience ranges from ages 15 and above, so these protagonists relates to the more mature audience, such as 18's and above. This is because they can compare themselves being in this situation, which would make them more scared and frightened, which horror films want to achieve from the audience. Stereotypically, the protagonists are usually white skinned rather than dark skinned, as stereotypically white skinned woman are seen as being more vulnerable and less able to defend for themselves; this stereotypical view is flawed as it can come across as being a racist stereotype.

The second comparison of social groups is with the protagonist from 'The Grudge' and the sequel 'The Grudge 2', who was played by 'Sarah Michelle Gellar'. The similarities between these two protagonists are the use of mise en scene, for example, the use of the white tops which connotates purity, innocence and youthfulness, which is reflected to the audience. Also another similarity would be them both being blonde haired, which I have already commented on above. However, 'Sarah Michelle Gellar' character subverts to the social group in horror films. Her character subverts as although she is the victim within the film she does not die or get hurt which subverts to a stereotypical protagonist. Furthermore both these characters are seen as the main characters of the film as they are in nearly all of the shots and the story is following their lives due to the point of view shots etc.
Social groups comparison- Antagonist 
The antagonist in our opening two minutes was revealed in the final shot of our film, as the whole opening was building up tension and suspense to this. However during our film we used different camera shots to make it seem as though the antagonist was following and stalking the protagonist, such as, the point of view shots behind the trees. Also we used diegetic music, such as the twig snapping, which again reinforced the idea of the antagonist following the young girl. Our antagonist was mainly based on the antagonist from the film 'The Strangers', as you can see in the picture to the right. There are many similarities between these two antagonists such as the role they have within the film. Both their roles are vital within the films as they make the audience scared and frightful as they jump out and appear unexpectedly, which scare the audience, which horror films like to achieve. Another similarities are the use of mise en scene, such as the use of clothes and costumes. Both antagonist are wearing everyday like clothes, for example, the jacket and trousers, which makes the audience feel as though this could happen to them and they would not know who it is due to the everyday clothing they are wearing. The major similarity is that both antagonists are masked evidently hiding the identity of the antagonists. This makes the audiences full of fear as the antagonist could be anyone, even the least expected. Having the prop of the mask creates many enigmas, such as, who is that, and why are they doing this?