How does your media product represent particular social groups?
In our two minute opening scene for our horror film called 'Detainment' there are two main characters; Shaun McGee, the victim and The Killer. Shaun doesn't have much influence throughout the whole film, but only in the two minute opening scene. The killer who plays a more vital role through the whole film, so I have decided to pick the killer to represent killers in different horror films, like Scream in the screen grab above and how ours compares.
Both Killers from, Scream and our film Detainment both represent a typical stereotype of a killer in a horror film. Both characters dress quiet similar in long clothing giving an impression they could be hiding something. The only difference is our killer is dresses in a white lab coat to give an impression that it could be a teacher who is the killer, where as in Scream it suggest it could be anyone and doesn't give away any ideas. Another similarity between the two killers is that through out the film there identity is covered when killing to keep the killer a mysterious character as well as keeping the audience guessing who it could be. It is also important to come across as powerful when presenting a killer in a horror. The killer must seem big, scary and dominant to show that they are different to everyone else and that they stands out because they are the killer.
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