Evaluation Activity 2

The main influence for the look of our antagonist was Kayako from the Grudge. We incorporated the dark eye make up to hint to the audience that our character is possessed, reflecting the character of Kayako. Our antagonist and Kayako are also similar in the roles they play in both films. They are both the danger to all other characters, they are both violent and known to kill. The use of the prop of blood on both these characters shows this. Dissimilarly, Kayako is viewed as an antagonistic throughout the film whereas our character is seen to have a split personality. Both characters are seen in white costumes, a colour which hints innocence, contrasting with their dark characteristics.

Another film which inspired our choice of antagonistic character was Primal Fear. We wanted to portray our antagonist as suffering from multiple personality disorder like Aron Stampler does in Primal Fear. Similarly, the cause of the disorder in both characters has come from horrific incidents in their childhood inflicted by their parents. Another aspect that makes these two characters similar is that both of them have a innocent personality and stereotype connected to them, In Primal Fear, Aron Stampler is an Altar boy, a character which would stereotype innocence. We used this in our own thriller but instead making our character a waitress. A mediocre job which people can relate to and do not see as threatening. The difference between these two characters would be that it is discovered in Primal Fear Aron Stampler is pretending to be insane whereas our antagonist is not pretending. It is interesting to see similar characters portrayed by both a male and female. The fact the male antagonist turns out to be truly evil and the female antagonist turns out to be insane, yet innocent in her normal state is stereotypical. Due to the fact males are seen as more violent and deceiving than women.