[PLANNING] Assignment 33 - Representation of Social Groups

Representation of Social Groups

In our final opening title sequence there are:

• Teenagers (Boys)

In almost every horror film that involve a male teenager, they are all portrayed very similarly. There actions tend to give the audience an insight into what they are actually like. Generally, the vast majority of teenage boys, want to come across to others as fearless and that they don't back down from anything. This is then transferred into horror films. When they are involved in a confrontation with an antagonist, they tend to do the first thing that comes into their mind.

In our opening title sequence there are three teenager boys all of similar age. As they are in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, they realise they could be the only ones left. During our title sequence, the attitude of the three of them are contrasted with each other. Firstly, when they are in camp, they use there brains to keep another safe. The campfire has gone out and they require some wood but the other campmate refuses to let him go and collect some due to the third camper not returning previously. Then, the third camper appears with a zombie chasing him. It is at this point that their representation is showed but in another way. Without realising one of the campers looses the other two and is then quickly caught but the chasing zombie.

To conclude, our teenagers in our film are represented as clever and then helpless.