Initial Assessment
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Influence
Witches fall into the same genre of horror.
The concept of my short film was inspired by a Netflix series called im not ok with this. “Im not okay with this”, is a series about a misunderstood teenage girl grieving the death of her father, discovering that she has powers that she can’t keep under control. This influenced the story of my short film “ESME, a young women, treated with disrespect by others which drove her to perform a mind blowing power uncontrollably.
Horror is a big inspiration to me, but the main thing about horror movies that really brings me inspiration is female characters and how differently they portray female empowerment in different types of horror stories. In horror stories, women are portrayed into different roles, for example, horror movies commonly contain a “final girl”. A “final girl” refers to the last woman alive at the end of the movie who survives and confronts the killer, ostensibly the one left to tell the story. The common plot line of a final girl in many horror films is that several victims are killed one-by-one by a killer , culminating in a climax in which the last surviving member of the group, usually female, either kills the killer or escapes.
If not portrayed as the final girl in horror, women are also often seen as the “villain” or “killer” in horror. This shows the effect of female empowerment within horror stories. films tell stories about women’s internal conflicts within oppressive systems, rather than depicting their physical struggles to fight the patriarchy.
This gives me inspiration as i am a feminist and i believe that women’s values are justas important as mens but women’s are more important then mens, women have more power and confidence than men in todays society, and in horror of todays age that is portrayed in the best way possible with a outstanding cast of beautiful talented actresses portraying powerful beings capable of impossibilities.