SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGNTHE DESIGN SCHOOL

FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILD ENVIRONMENT

NAME: Karen Kong Chai Ni

STUDENT ID NO: 0315480

FILMS SELECTED: Animated Film

WORD COUNT: 931 words

ENGLISH 2 (ENGL 0205)

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1: COMPARE – CONTRAST ESSAY

LECTURER: CASSANDRA WIJESURIA

SUBMISSION DATE: 5TH DECEMBER 2013

A film also called a movie is the illusion of moving images. A film is created by

photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera. People usually go to the

cinema to watch the film. People can stimulating experiences such as communicate

ideas, stories, feeling by watching the film. There are many type of film such as

animated film, action film, comedy and others. For my opinion, I like the animated

film most because the characters in the film are cute and funny. It can help me to

release the stress and forget the troubling thing temporarily. There are two animated

films I like the most are Despicable Me and Cinderella. These two films had brought

me a lot of fun, moral value and impress. Now, I would like to compare these two

animated films and find out what are the differences between these two films.

Cinderella is a fairy tales story. The main character of Cinderella is called

Cinderella who mother and father dead when she was young. Cinderella had turned

into servant by her stepmother that her father remarried with two daughters.

Meanwhile, the king determines that his son, the prince should found a bride. So, the

king had invited all eligible maiden in kingdom to a dance party where the prince will

be able to choose his bride. Cinderella was not allowed to attend the party and she

also has no suitable party dress for the party. Meanwhile, a fairy godmother appears

and restoring her hope. She changed Cinderella’s servant outfit into nice party dress.

The fairy had warned Cinderella that she must come back before midnight because

the magic will disappeared at midnight. Cinderella had a dance with the prince and

both of them fall in love with each other. All of a sudden, the clock had showed that it

was almost midnight and she quickly run away and dropping a glass slipper. The

prince vowed that he must found the girl who wearing the glass slipper. Finally, the

prince found that the girl was Cinderella and married her as his wife.

Despicable Me is a comedy story. The main character of the Despicable Me is

called Gru. Gru’s pride was wounded when he heard the news that Egyptian pyramid

was stolen and he planned to pull the biggest heist of the century by stealing the

moon. Gru tried to get loan but bank president, Mr Perkins refused to grant Gru the

loan until he obtained the shrink ray necessary for the plan. Gru and his minions

stole the shrink ray but Vector, a young super-villain who annoyed Gru stole the

shrink ray from him. Gru tried to get the shrink ray back but he failed. He found that

three orphaned girls could enter the lair sold the cookies to Vector. Gru adopts the

girls to use them to steal back the shrink ray. Gru was going to leave the three girls

at the park but he did not. Gru almost abandoned his plan due to lack of funds but

the girls and the minions take up a collection to keep it going. The day Gru want to

steal the moon same as girls’ ballet recital. After Gru successfully stole the moon

and he rushed to the ballet recital but it was ended. Gru had found a note from

Vector demanding the moon in exchange for girls. Gru decided to rescue the girls

from Vector and he was successes. Lastly, Gru become the dad of the girls and

settle down a happy life as family.

The differences between these two films are the relationship between the

families. In the story of Cinderella, Cinderella’s stepmother and stepsisters always

bullied her. They always ordered her to do housework. She has no time for rest. In

the end story of Despicable Me, Gru become three little girls’ father. He brought

them to park and play roller castle with them. Compare to Cinderella, we could saw

that Gru had treated the girls as his daughter even thought they did not have any

kinship. He took them as treasure and lives happily together. But, Cinderella has

been treated like a servant and has to serve her stepmother and stepsisters. Her

stepmother had married her father and she have responsible to take care of her after

her father dead even though she has not any kinship with her.

The characteristic of the main character also the differences between these two

films. Cinderella was a kind person. She made the clothes and stuff for the mice.

She never hated her stepmother and stepsisters. She also was an obedient person.

She took the most amount of work without complain. She heard her stepmother and

stepsister’s orders without any revolt. She just followed the order because she don’t

want cause a fight. Besides that, Gru was a evil man. He was going to steal moon.

This action was looked like a thief. The moon was no belongs to him. He also took

advantage of the three little girls. He used the three little girls as a disguise, but his

aim was to steal the shrink ray from the Vector. He has much of effort to achieve his

aim. He even had the ideas to abandon the three little girls at the park.

Conclusion, Cinderella is the film that can inspire me. We have to treat anyone

good even though the person who are not our family. Despicable Me is the film that

has bring many fun for me. I hope that the authors will prepare more good films for

us no matter which type of films.

References

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3. Dmcreif (2012). Synopsis of Despicable Me. Available at

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