Evaluation Activity 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The character that Helen plays in our film is quite stereotypical. She acts as the typical teenage girl in most horror films, not too intelligent and the damsel in distress. In our film she is seen screaming and running from an unknown entity and shouting 'help' for someone to save her because she can't defend herself.

The female character from When A Stranger Calls is similar to Helen's character. The similarity of both characters is that they are both the lead roles and are both struggling to survive. Both are young, slim and have medium length brown hair. The plain and normal clothes they both wear means that you pay more attention to their face and expression, since facial expressions are important to portray the characters emotions. Also, the plain clothes builds fear and tension because it shows that they are normal people and the situation they are in could happen to anyone.

The characters are slightly different though. The main character of When A Stranger Calls is alone in someone elses house, whereas Helen is in her own house and with a friends for some part, so she has a level of comfort that the other character does not. Helen doesn't try to defend herself properly in our film, instead she struggles a little, but eventually gives up and gets taken, while the character from When A Stranger Calls, maybe because she is a little older, grabs a knife and defends herself, and in the end manages to survive.