Evaluation 2

I have chosen to do a comparison between John Doe and my villain, who as yet does not have a name. These 2 characters possess both similarities with each other and also various differences. Both these characters take the role of the villain in their films, and decide that it is their jobs to murder people. They both possess a desire to kill people, and are very clever and methodical about how they do it and how not to get caught. In terms of appearance these characters look very different having different ages, skin tones and build. The costumes that these characters wear is also very different as the character from my film is wearing a black hoodie and a balaclava to hide his face, and look more intimidating, whereas John Doe isn’t wearing anything to hide his appearance in any scene, and actually wants to be caught by the end of the film, so that he can finish his work, and have the final kill. 

The representation of these 2 characters is very different as they belong to two different social groups. The character from my film is seen as and represented as a troubled teenager, whereas John Doe is seen as a psychopathic middle aged man. I have a male villain in my film, as I believe that having a female antagonist wouldn’t be as effective, as the thriller audience has become so encompassed to having a male antagonist that having a female wouldn’t be as effective. I believe this is because males are typically more interested in the violence side of films, and that they are the gender that is stereotyped into murder more than females, which is why you see more male villains than females. The audience are also most use to seeing a middle aged villain such as John Doe in thriller films, alongside with little children, rather than teenagers, as they are seen as more dangerous than a teenager. I do regret not using middle aged actors in my film as they come across more scary than a teenager.