THE FINAL GIRL VS THE FIRST GIRL

The final girl and the first girl are used in thriller films, especially horror films. The final girl is known as being 'the last character left alive to confront the killer', where as the first girl is the first character to confront the killer and normally ends up dead within the opening sequence of a film. 

THE FINAL GIRL: 

The Final Girl, Sidney, from the film
'Scream", which is a horror film similar to mine.

The Final Girl is as crucial part to the horror genre, some people argue the  Final Girl is as important to a horror film as the villain is. A final girl always has to be a tough character because they are strong enough to make it to the end and 'defeats' the villain. The Final Girl is normally a character who the audience can relate with and who have the audience's sympathy therefore the audience are rooting for her to survive. The audience are compelled by this character which is why the Final Girl have become a vital character in horror films. The term Final Girl was created by Carol J. Clover in her 1992 book Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the modern Horror Film. Clover highlights some typical traits with Final Girls have. For one, most of them are brunettes. This is because blonde girls are stereotypically seen as being naive and ignorant, so by using a brunette girl, you are going against common ideological views that woman are naive and therefore a brunette Final Girl can be represented as tenacious character.                

The Final Girl, Jill, from the film 'When A Stranger Calls'
which is a horror thriller film similar to mine. 

THE FIRST GIRL:
The First Girl is another crucial part to the horror genre. They are normally the first character the audience see on screen. The First Girls are normally killed within the first five minutes of the opening sequence of a horror film. Therefore, they are a classical character, so when the audience see The First Girl on screen, they can immediately identify the film as being part of the horror genre. The First Girls are mostly blonde. This is because blonde girls are stereotypically seen as being naive and ignorant, hence why they would be killed. Therefore horror films conform to this common ideological view by using  blonde as a First Girl, representing how she will have little to no chance of survival and will therefore be killed shortly. The First Girls are normally represented as being innocent and virginal in order to emphasis their vulnerability to the audience, highlighting there little chance of survival.

The First Girl, Casey, from the film 'Scream'

My group and I are creating an opening sequence to our horror thriller '666'. Therefore due to it being an opening, it is logical for us to include a First Girl instead of a Final Girl. We plan on our First Girl being similar to the character Casey from 'Scream'. We will use a blonde character because we want the audience to immediately identify our film as being in the horror genre, therefore we will play on stereotypical ideologies which society has on blonde girls, especially highlighting their nativity. For example, we will have our First Girl go and 'investigate' the strange noises on her own, instated of sensibly calling the police for assistance, which will then ultimately lead to her death.