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We feel that these two characters look similar in appearance. They both have quite dark hair with a medium length. The characters are playing a role in Horror films as the female victims boyfriend. In Paranormal Activity 4, the boyfriend is very good with technology and sets up the girls laptop to film out of its webcam. Therefore, we took influence from this to decide that it would be the males phone used but the females curiosity to look over at it, when it makes a noise. This is also used in Paranormal Activity when the girl starts getting interested in what her boyfriend is doing and asks for him to set up more cameras around the house.
In both films, these male characters die before the female which backs up Wes Cravens theory of 'Men are useless in Horrors'. However, there are some differences between the two characters. The male character in Paranormal Activity 4 plays a vital role in the film but is perceived as a little bit 'geeky' where as our character is wanting to drink and is at the house alone with his girlfriend, leading the audience to feel less sorry for him when he gets killed. |