Evaluation 2 - Protagonist comparason.

The picture on tye side shows the main girl (protagonist) from our film 'The Woods' and the main girl in Scary Movie. They show some similarities because both directors have used mise-en-scene to make them look innocent and vulnerable so that the audience feel sorry for her and know that she won't be able to take care of herself if something bad were to happen. The way the directors have made this effect on the audience through mise-en-scene is by using stereotypical features of people. For instance, 'Blondes' are know to be dumb and have no common sense, therefore they have chosen blonde girls for the protagonist act because it means the audience will automatically think they will not cope and deal very well in bad situations. Another way directors will use in costume to make the audience think this way is by choosing light and girly coloured clothes. This is because white, is known to be pure and innocent, therefore the girls who are wanted to be shown fr being innocent will wear white clothes. The girl in our film 'The woods' and the girl in there film 'Scary Movie' both have blonde hair, both wearing white and pure tops to relate to her being innocent and vulnerable. Another actress that conforms and subverts to the stereotypes of a female protagonist within horror films. Buffy the vampire has blonde hair which is meant to make her seem vulnerable however she is the one that saves the day. The way mise-en-scene has subverted the stereotypes of her being vulnerable is by making her wear dark makeup and dark clothes. In this picture she is wearing a black strap top which shows that she isn't innocent and vulnerable. The age of all the girls that are staring in these films (The Woods, Scary Movie, Buffy the vampire) are all late teenagers. This means that even young girls will look up to them as when you are little you always want to be older. This means that our product represents social groups by mise-en-scene as we have made sure that teenagers will be interested as we have made the main protagonist within the teenage social group meaning the audience we attract will be mostly teenagers.