Initially we had decided to cast both Brunna and Hanna for two

vulnerable teenagers who get attack by a paranormal

sensation. However we didnt feel as if the filming had
represented two best friends and felt that they didnt portray
the sense of being scared and vulnerable. This was important
as in horror genre films its known for stereotypes to take place.
Women in horror ghost are usually the first to go. This is
because they are broader minded and easily believes in ghost
and paranormal activates happening. They are more vulnerable
and innocent as well as portrayed as the damsel in distress.
Teenagers in horror end up being evening more of an easy
target. This is because they have an untouchable attitude
towards these paranormal signs and try to act all cool and
shakes it off, pretending not to care. The lack of maturity allows
them to become a vulnerable target.
With this information we decided to make our main character a
teenage girl. This makes the opening even more interesting as
we have put together two social groups that are usually the
first to go.
We decided to re-film and only show one main character. From
this character we can see that shes vulnerable, by the way she
looks around and fidgets with her cardigan sleeve. In a ghost
horror is expected to have a vulnerable, innocent female as
part of a social group. Even though our character does not talk
throughout the opening sequence, we have portrayed her
through her actions and how she looks.
Her dress sense suggests that shes from a middle class
background as its neat and looks decent. Her clothing suggests
she is quite young and having a bag by her side on both days
shows that she attends something i.e. School therefore is a
student. Our character wears dark colours which could give
away the thought of her being closed, quiet and reserved to
herself rather than wearing bright and bold colours and
catching attention, With this it becomes even more creepy and

scary of how she caught the attention of this paranormal being,

especially of being with a girl of a good social class background
its the least person youd expect. However does make her an
easy target.
We have twisted some of the main conventional codes of a
ghost horror by having the innocent female not only as a victim
but also as the villain, our main character, which was shown at
the end of our opening. You could tell something had changes
with in her by the way she looks directly in to the camera.