Evaluation: Activity 2

Malevolent Phantom

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The first screenshot is taken from our opening scene Malevolent Phantom while the second screen shot is from the opening scene of the film The Ring. There are similarities with the two shots; we’re able to see that both girls are portrayed to be vulnerable and naïve as they’re both alone. The character’s facial expressions may suggests that they’re frightened, troubled and they’re not aware of the danger they’re in. The film The Ring and Malevolent Phantom are both a horror genre so the audience would expect the setting to be in an isolated places so the character are more accessible to danger which are all the connotations of a typical horror film. Both characters conforms to stereotypes that younger women aren’t intelligent and vulnerable which is evident as the characters seem unaware to danger that’s about to occur.

The concept of our film is “fear of the unknown” which suggests that the identity of the phantom is unknown to the characters and the audience however it’s revealed later on. The film The Ring also has a similar concept which creates suspense as the audience try to figure who the antagonist is. The plots of both films are very similar e.g. the opening begins very positively however it’s only at the pivot point of the scenes, the characters are in danger.

However there are also differences due to the different filming locations. The character in the film Scream is indoors so her costume is different whilst our film setting is located in outdoors which means that the costume would be different. The characters indicate that they’re both young, innocent and they’re abandoned and will die tragically.