Casting was very important to us when thinking of our film as the whole opening is introducing the characters that would be in the film. We wanted to use quite stereotypical characters as our treatment was quite teenage phycological thriller stereotypical. Our central character is a girl named Vanessa, a college student. we felt like our character was very similar to the character Donna Keppel in Prom Night. I feel using a teenager as our central character was something we could all relate to. I feel having to have school as our location lead us to the decision our central character would be a teenager.
I do feel Grace fits a stereotype of a typical beautiful teenager- i personally feel teenagers are portrayed with a sense of rebellion , confusion and trauma so making her the victim was a good idea.
There are other films that have a teenager similar to our main character who plays the victim such as 'Black Swan' 'When a stranger calls' 'The Uninvited' and 'The Roommate'.
I felt is was very important Vanessa looked sweet as the protagonist is mainly an innocently looking person- usually a woman and the antagonist is usually a mysterious evil looking person- usually a man.
Dancing is seen as something creative a peaceful so making her a dancer shows a sweet and innocent side to her that will soon be ruined when her and the antagonist meet again.
I would say our treatment and casting is quite similar to the film 'Prom Night' from what you can see of the clothing of the janitor and the stereotypical look of Vanessa.
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