Evaluation Question 2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I'm going to be comparing a character from my Film to a character from a film that has similar aspects in it. The film I will be comparing my film to is the Grudge, the character Yoko.

Percy From the film 'The Grindylow'

Percy: This character is our protagonist in my film. He is an innocent person who doesn't enjoy his life because of the suffering with the wife at home and lying to her especially about his work life. He supposedly works at an office but his wife doesn't know that he is a cleaner in a school elsewhere.

In the film he is the protagonist, a cleaner who comes to work everyday and cleans, lies to his wife and has new experiences. This is similar to Yoko from the Grudge because she is also a cleaner. And from just that, the audience can understand how the two films relate in terms of their plot and also their film themed genre which it Thriller.

Yoko from the film 'Grudge'

Yoko: This is a girl who cleans for a living and is a carer too. She, similar to Percy in the Grindylow, are somewhat being haunted or chased after something that wants them. They both are protagonists because they are against that something that is after them, showing their vulnerability.




Similarities of Percy and Yoko

•  In the Grindylow, Percy is the protagonist and from watching the film, he shows how the film comes about, what revolves around the plot of the movie, how everything pieces together and how things don't go according to plan. 

• In the Grudge, Yoko shows the audience herself with her actions and personality, how the plot comes about, what will happen in future as small hints from the film implies that something bad might actually happen, also what kind of movie it is and how it is what it is, a Thriller.

• Their death/ disappearance is similar because of the technique used to emphasise their death, the grabbing of a hand. This is similar because both hands are hardly seen and no one realises exactly what it is and from that the audience can see the similarity between the two films. 

• They both have the aesthetic innocence because of the way their personality's are, the way they are around others, Percy and his Boss. And the way they behave towards a situation, they both flinch when something bad happens and also have that sense of insecurity, that something is after them but they don't fully know what.

• The fact that the radio in the Grindylow cuts off is similar to the phone landline that cuts off in the Grudge. Both of these effects add tension and suspense to the atmosphere, therefore building up the climax of both their deaths, which is emphasised as these few errors/ problems occur during the rest of the films.

• Finally, their death and disappearance build up. This is similar because they both are alone and confused when it occurs. Percy is alone and the atmosphere and mood of his surroundings start to change, things are out of the ordinary. Percy then, from what everyone else would know, disappears. Similar to the Grudge when the girl Yoko disappears. 

Differences of Percy and Yoko

• Percy is only a cleaner in the film, who lives a life full of lies, to his wife and from the film it seems that he is depressed with his life. On the other hand, Yoko is also a cleaner but also a carer, which adds to Percy's job.

•  Their clothing and style of it is different, Percy has to change into a jumpsuit because of the lie he fixes upon his wife that he works at the office. But, Yoko wears an apron and normal casual clothes underneath because her job isn't a lie to her loved ones.

• The location of the film is different because for the Grindylow, Percy is located walking down the corridor in a school. In the Grudge, Yoko is located in a house, this differs in terms of location but the plot of the films are quite similar.

Evaluation Question 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop, or challege forms and conventions of real media products?

Evaluation Question 1