Monday 17 January 2011

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Bradley playing James P.Eldwin the serial killer        -        killer Richard Fenton character from "Prom Night"

The character I am comparing my character to is the serial killer in the 2008 film "Prom Night". The killer becomes obsessed with a student and kills her family and gets put into prison for it. A few years later he escapes and goes back after her because he wants her and begins killing anyone that gets in his way.

Similarities:
- I think my character in my opening sequence has a lot of similarities to this character because they both kill people that get in their way. Some killings however have some connection to certain killings.
- Not intentionally but if you look at their lips they are both pursed in the same way like they are both in thought. This was really effective as it seems my actor took his role seriously and captured what to be and act like as a serial killer. 
- They are also both mentally disturbed which worsened as they murdered more people.
- They are also are set in the same genres of horror/thriller/mystery however Prom Night is more horror.

Differences:
- They are both in different plots for instance they are both serial killers however the Prom Night killer is lusting after something however my serial killer we don't know his reasons for it. 
-Prom Night killer kills not just women and he kills mainly younger people (the girls friend at the prom) and my killer from what we know only kills women.



I would also like to compare Vicky who plays the victim in my film to the victim in Prom Night the 2008 film, Donna Keppel (Brittany Snow) :

Vicky playing the victim in "Soul Harvester"      Brittany Snow playing in the film Prom Night

Similarities:

- They both play victims in a film.
- For the opening sequence they are both introduced on their way home via car or walking and entering a house calling out using sort of the same lines "mum/dad i'm home"
- they are both around the same age of 16/17 both students as you can tell.
-They are also both wearing similar wear of coats as they have just come home.
- They both play in the same genre of film horror/thriller/mystery.

Differences:

- Vickys character is British and Brittany Snows character is American.
- Brittany Snows character (Donna Keppel) is the main character of the movie however Vickys character is not the main character.

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