Question 2

Amelia Ryan

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Gender-Jane Doe plays the female protagonist. She is the residual representation of the ‘new woman/final girl’ in horror films, so she appears weak but capable of protecting herself. Doe is different from the other girls in the opening; she is smarter, watchful and level-headed. She is shown to be morally pure by how she dresses is a suit, neutral colours that don’t seek attention. She is aware of the danger she is in and recognises a lack of morals in the other victims. Her costumes foreshadows her masculinity in how she dresses in very smart, dark clothes and works well with practical matters This ironically positions her as ally with the antagonist who also wears a suit and set her apart from the other girls who wear short skirts or coloured clothes.

Gender-Doe’s friends portray stereotypes of female teenagers. They have an obsession with technology as one victim is shown to be texting. This suggests naivety as they have immature priorities and do not notice the seriousness of the immediate situation.

Age-All the characters are about 16 years old based on the truth that mental illness’ like schizophrenia affects mostly teenagers. We are contemplating with the idea that our film is psychological and Doe may be schizophrenic meaning her mind has created the character of the murderer or that it is actually a supernatural horror and the dream is Doe’s gift to be able to see into the future.