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Our film has a strong female cast who dominate the film and lead the narrative throughout. We also have a lack of male character within our film with the only male being shown for a brief second in one shot. From an audience’s perspective the main character Megan is an unlikely heroine for a film due to the narrative and context she is seen is. She may come across as an antagonist due to her criminal activities and will most likely be seen as a villain than as a good hearted character. It is unusual for films to have a singular female villain who is also the main character.

This has only been seen in a few blockbusters such as Adrian Lyne’s 1987 classic ‘Fatal Attraction’ starring Glenn Close and Robert Reiner’s 1990 thriller ‘Misery’ starring Kathy Bates.
We also kept to the generic codes and conventions of a psychological thriller by keeping the identity of our main character Megan somewhat of a secret until 2 minutes into the film. At the beginning of the film we often had shots that cut off some of Megan's head or only showed her in a profile position. This mystery kept the audience in suspense, as did the use of extreme close ups when Megan was packing the duffel bag. This left the audience wondering why she was packing the certain items and what she was planning on doing with them. This suspense was kept throughout the entire film in the hopes of the ending being a surprise to the audience.