In our film, we only have one character that is seen. This would be Amelia who is the main character throughout the whole film. However, there is one more character that isn’t seen. However, we do see the hand and this suggests that this character is about to kill Amelia.
Women: Our film represents women in a positive way as our main character is a female and she is also the protagonist. But, we is also shown to be vulnerable and weak due to the isolated setting and the unknown calls she is receiving. The isolated setting suggests that something bad is about to happen as an isolated setting is a horror convention. The unknown calls also suggest that something bad is about to happen. We got the unknown call idea from ‘Scream’. In ‘Scream’, Casey is shown in the kitchen when the phone starts ringing, at first she thinks that someone is playing a prank on her but she soon realises that this could be the end for her. We aimed to make Amelia look vulnerable and weak but show that she is the protagonist by our use of mise-en-scene. The costume shows that Amelia is in further education so she needs to be dressed formally. Because Amelia is dressed respectively, it shows that she is not hypersexual like a stereotypical teenager.
Youths: In our film, we represented youths at vulnerable, clumsy, yet independent. We also aimed to achieve this by our use of mise-en-scene. For Amelia’s phone, we used an iPhone 3gs with a cracked screen. This suggests that she is clumsy and perhaps careless about certain things. The audience can also tell that Amelia is independent as she is seen walking through an isolated woods by herself, this goes against the horror conventions as lead characters are mostly seen with a group of friends or a sexual partner. The fact that Amelia is walking alone through the woods and notices the blood on the trees suggests that she is vulnerable and something may happen to her. 
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