When we researched and planned our coursework we decided to make our target audience 15 and above as the film may scare people younger than that age. We have opened the film to all race and class. We created a psychological horror because our primary research questionnaire told us it was the most popular type of horror.
We have chosen an atypical representation of gender, we have a female aggressor this challenges the stereotypical horror film. But we have also stuck to the typical horror film by having a female victim. Women are not often seen as killers so by making are female character the killer it makes the crime seem worse as females are mainly seen as kind and nurturing.
We have broken the typical innocent child mould by making are main character a teenager with a young child's mind. Children are seen innocent so by making our child un innocent is can be seen as disturbing and wrong.
We have chosen to have our characters in a family set up (half a nuclear family). we have an older brother which looks after her (he is seen cleaning the room and he doesnt control the sister). we have chosen not to show the parents because it adds to the mystery of the character. we have broken the stereotypical child because she is aloud to do what she pleases for example in the film she is seen walking off to no where.
The setting to are place is a typical suburban area, which could create a sense of normality so when something bad happens its not normal, adding to the horror.
Key character comparing
We are comparing the main character Zoe in our film, to the children in The Orphanage.
The Orphange children seen threatening, not as innocent as they look like our small children. They wear childish clothes and there role is also as important in the film. They also never seem to show the persons face as they wear a bag over one of the characters face.
The difference is that out character is just one female where as in The Orphange there were lots of small children boys and girls.
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