evaluation activity 2

From watching our opening and also comparing our opening to other films I have noticed that in the horror/thriller genre there is always a very vulnerable character by either being weak, being in a bad situation, injuries or gender. For example in the movie scream there is a lady who is chased by the main villain she has a many similarities to our main character Carlos such as: in their respected films they are both the victims from either a chase or a fight in their scene to add on they are both teenagers which also helps add to the stereo-types of the genre this would make them vulnerable as they have witnessed the crime and the main criminal/villain would want all witnesses gone, but despite one of their similarities they are also very different from one or another for example they both subvert from their stereo-types of gender as men are meant to be stronger and women are weaker and all they do is panic and just lead a group into danger.

One similarity between these two characters is that in their respected movies both characters either see the main villain kill someone or has the main villain chase them through out the film, for example in the opening film of lost Carlos is chase till he confronts the killer about his identity and what his true intensions are and in scream the girl witnesses the murder of her boyfriend and is forced to run for her life in search of help from the locals. But despite this similarity one key difference is that Carlos the character from lost was able to be strong enough and confront the killer asking for the killers purpose is but as for scream the girl just panics and keeps running away instead of being abled to either fight back hard enough or confront the masked man this also links to the stereo types of gender as the girls are meant to be weaker than the boys.

lastly one similarity of the two characters is that both characters are shown to be teenagers in their respected films for example in lost Carlos is a normal 16 year old boy just going for a stroll while listening to music and in scream the girl is spending time with her boy friend who are both shown to be teenagers. but however both characters are also different due to appearance for example in scream the use of costume is used well to represent the stereotypes of teenagers going for a more trendy casual look but as for the film lost Carlos is subverting from the stereo types as his costume is less casual and more smart.