Representation was something I didn’t think too deeply about, but once I looked at my characters, I realized the story actually says a lot about certain.. social issues..
especially in high school.
Amara is quiet, pretty isolated, and basically invisible in the beginning of the film. That’s a representation a lot of students who might connect with the character who gets overlooked. I didn’t want her to be a typical“creepy girl” though, more as if someone pushed past their limit.
The bullies (Jenna, Kayla, and Maya) represent three different “types” of mean girls:
• the leader (Jenna)
• the follower trying to fit in (Kayla)
• the quiet one who goes along with it even though she knows it’s wrong (Maya)
I didn’t want them to be cartoonish villains, just the realistic high school girls who use their popularity as power. Their representation is about social pressure and image than evil. Also, since our film is psychological horror, I wanted the fear to come from the environment such as the lights, hallways, reflections instead of jump scares. The “school” itself becomes a character in a way.
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