Final Girl Theory
- The final girl theory is specifically in relation to the
genres of horror / slasher films, and is used commonly in many conventional
films of this genre.
- The theory itself is in specific relation to the group of
females within the group of protagonists and exclaims how the innocent girl
within the group will survive where as the sexualised and explicit girl will
not.
- The innocent girl will not participate in any flirting /
sexual activities and will not be sexually objectified. This means that she
will wear standard clothing that will not be regarded necessarily as sexually
appealing. Furthermore, she will not swear and may possess child qualities. For
example, in Scream, the final girl’s room is pink and she has various teddy bears
on her bed. Reason for this is to claim her innocence to the audience and
identify her as the Final Girl.
- The explicit girl will almost be destined to die in a
horror film and will particularly adopt a very sexualised role. She may swear
often to exclaim the lack of innocence she possesses and also will wear highly
sexualised clothing which will be provocative and sexually appealing.
- With relation to our teaser trailer, I feel that because
our genre is not only a horror, it is also an urban drama and therefore a
hybrid, we must look at the wider picture and perhaps think about subverting
this theory. Perhaps we could use the idea of the Final Girl Theory and subvert
it by making the protagonist, surviving girl to be not particularly innocent.
This is especially important because we are looking at creating an urban drama
where we examine the realities of the British class working youth and
therefore, want to give an accurate representation of them.
