1. Evaluation task 2 –
How does your media product represent particular social
groups?
2. This still represents The Columbine High School massacre was
teenagers/young adults as our This still is of a character from ’The a school shooting which occurred on April
actor was portraying a young Lovely Bones’ where we see Mr Harvey 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in the
adult. The social group our kill a young girl. Mr Harvey lives alone, State of Colorado. Two senior
like our main character, therefore they students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold,
main character comes from is
murdered a total of 12 students and one
an isolated, lonely background. lack any human company, resorting in
teacher. They injured 21 students, with
Our main character clearly to mental issues causing them to
three other people being injured while
suffers from mental issues as commit horrific crimes. Mr Harvey attempting to escape the school. The pair
committing a horrific crime covers up his murder impressively, just then committed suicide. The Columbine
such as murder would have to like our main character. By doing this, High School massacre is the deadliest
be provoked by mental they become smaller suspects and work mass murder committed on an American
problems, as a lack of friends or their way out of the public eye. high school campus. This real life story
role models would have a huge links to our sequence and the film as all
impact, leading him in the the perpetrators have suffered from
mental issues causing them to commit
wrong direction.
unheard of crimes. Real life stories such as
these prove that these social groups are
apparent and are causing destruction.