Character Analysis.

In any horror film you always have a villian, which is normally the killer and a victim/s that are being tortured. After watching many horror trailers the murderer is conventional male therefore we wanted to do a unconvetinal twist on the murderer to create a good selling point for our film. Therefore we decided to do a female killer as we could really use this to distinguish our film from many other horror films on the market. We had already planned the majority of our story line, our story line was that several a level students where heading off on a camping trip we needed more than one vitim. We decided to use five as we wanted to use an odd number to convey a sense of unsteadyness. To begin with we was going to use male and female victims with different personalities e.g. a nerd, a big headed one and a couple. However we then decided to do an all female horror as not only was it unconventional but it would appeal to males due to the male glance and them viewing the females fighting for their lives but also females as they can emphasise with other females easily and perhaps they have been camping or perhaps they are like a percific character. Below are the characters we used and the reasons we used them:

Jodie- The murderer.

We choose Jodie to be the murderer as we felt she was not a sterotypical killer, her long blonde hair and blue eyes are very unconvetional of a murderer. However we wanted to add a twist to all our characters and plot. Although she is not classed as a conventional killer her mis-en-scene was dull, dark and scary which is conventional of a killer therefore it was still easy for the audience to easily identify she was the killer. To begin with we was going to use a small timid character as the murderer, as our storyline was the murderer became a murderer after being bullyed over a period of time. However we felt Jodie worked better as she is very timid, shy,broad and tall. These adjectives are not normally ones you would associate together therefore it makes it clear to the audience why the other characters may be bullying her. Also Jodie was our final choice as she had some knowledge of what it was like to be bullyed and therefore could convey real emotions in the filming and also we knew she would be very reliable as she was a part of our group therefore she wouldn't let us down when we needed her for filming etc.

Philippa- The Survivor.

In most horror films it is conventional to have a survivor, however although we stuck to conventions we added a slight twist. As quite often the survivor is a man or a strong willed dominating character. As our cast was all females we had to choose a female survivor, however we choose Philippa as she is a short and blonde and conventionally blondes are seen as being dumb and fake, therefore we wanted to change conventions and show blonde women in a different intelligent light.

Chelsey- The Geek.

When we was anaylising conventional characters amongst a gang of friends, there always seemed to be "the geek". However the geek is conventionally very clever and seems to survive or be the last to die, however we wanted to convey the geek as being ditsy and not very clever meaning she was one of the first to die. We choose Chelsey for the role as we all thought she fitted the appearance of a geek well.

Miranda (me)- The loud one.

Amongst every group of friends there tends to be a leader, therefore I was chosen to be the loud one as I was the leader of the group. You can tell this in the trailer by the way I am driving the vehcle and also the way the other girls tend to follow me e.g. when the car broke down they all followed me.

Natalie- The dumb/ doopey one.

We all choose to have a doopey one as they tend to break the tension in a horror and add a little laugh to the story line. We choose Natalie to play this part as she natuarally comes across as dopey by the way she acts, therefore we thought she would be perfect for the role.

Kelsey- The tom boy.

Finally our last character was Kelsey acting like a tom boy, we decided to choose a tom boy as we did not have any male characters in our trailer therefore we wanted to add somebody who would have that masculine, sporty attitude. We choose Kelsey because her dress sense and style is slightly more casual than some of the other girls we choose for our cast.