We would hope our film represents a younger, female social class. With it's female lead character and she is quite young, it would make sense that they would be able to relate to her. Also, because the film is in black and white and the introduction scene is set in an older house with an older woman living in it, it could represent an older social class.
It seems to be very unconventional for a young person to play a main role in a thriller film these days, especially if it were to be a female. One of the most recent films with a younger character as the main role is 'Stormbreaker' but that was in 2006. A thriller film this year where the main cast are all young people is the film 'Maze Runner', however it's a very male dominated film. This is why we decided to make our character a female as in breaks the conventions of most thrillers and it's very uncommon. Usually, if a female character is in a thriller film, they are represented as the 'Damsel in distress' role which doesn't make them look strong and makes it look the the males always have to save them. They also very rarely get their own narration as well.
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