SECTION TWO OF THE EVALUATION

The characters in my film

There are three main characters in the movie: Boris, Jim and Nicola.

 All of which do not have a certain age. Their age is not identified to the audience, however they do behave like young adults/ older teenagers. The use of a pocket knife and torch suggests that they know what they need to survive long enough to look for alternate equipment. This could underline the fact that they are quite mature.  (Boris is holding the knife and Nicole is holding the torch).
Nicola is the only female out of the three and she is presented as independent and straight forward. Almost as though she is the one in charge as she had to break up the fight between Boris and Jim. This also suggests that she is more sensible than the other two and she is not interested in fighting. Alternatively, this could suggest that she doesn't want to fight as she is female and she is 'following society's norm ' of women not being able to fight men or being able to fight at all. A strong leader role in a post-apocalyptic film is Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games. Nicola's prevalence is also longer than the others' and the long take of a close up of Nicola's face suggests that she is of importance.

Stereotypes of a female in a position to survive are usually: the female dies, the female brings the others down or the female is weak and vulnerable. In our film Nicola is quite strong hearted and strong minded. This is reflected by the fact that Nicola is the one to go and explore what 'the noise' was when all three of the characters are sat down. Additionally, Nicola is the one to separate the fight between Boris and Jim.
The other two character, Boris and Jim are represented as opinionated and are shown as leaders in a way. This is due to the fact that they both argue about the situation and are quite aggressive with what they're saying.

When Boris goes out to inspect what the noise was he starts to get dragged away. This goes against typical plots of a post-apocalyptic story as it is usually the female which gets injured or attacked. An example of this is in 5th Wave when Cassie gets shot in the leg.

Nicola is not the one to get hurt it was Boris who got attacked. The long shot of Boris being dragged away is quite mysterious as the audience is able to see Boris getting dragged away but cannot see who or what by. This makes the audience feel worried for Boris as they don't know what he is up against.

Usually, the survivors of a post-apocalyptic film are adults and they are usually protecting themselves or a younger family member. World War Z, the main character tries to find a 'cure' in order to save himself and his family and in The 5th Wave Cassie tries to look after her little brother, but Cassie is protected by Evan Walker. In my movie all three of the individuals are slightly younger than a usual adult age, they are more like older teens 17-19 years of age, with no child to look after, just each other. 
Jim is quite an independant character and is very confident with his ideas which is quite typical of male characters in post apocalyptic films. One example of this is Gerry Lane in World War Z. Gerry Lane is the main character in WWZ and has a dominant personality which is similar to Jim.