Representations

The representations and stereotypes we are going to be using in our opening are the naive, vulnerable girl, the aggressive boy and the scary bleak woods with no escape. These are dominant representations and we are going to be using these so that people watching the film are able to relate to it more and so that the film seems more realistic. But also in our opening pushes her boyfriend down a hill which makes her more dominant and creates an alternative representation. This is because she isn't standing in the corner crying as women are usually presented in films. This keeps the viewer entertained as the film shows different representation to usual films. 

For example in this clip from King Kong the woman is represented as very helpless and all she does in this scene is scream and get thrown about which is the typical representation that women are weak and helpless. The woman in indiana jones and the temple of doom is also very helpless and screams a lot and is dominated by the man which is what happens in most films. 

 

This scene from Lara Croft Tomb Raider shows the woman as very dominating and this is a very extreme stereotype which is the complete opposite of how women are usually represented in films. Our woman isn't as dominating or extreme as this stereotype but in the end she does dominate the man as she ends up killing him so this is similar to our own girl.