45. Evaluation Activity 2 - "How does your media project represent particular social groups?"

The two images show Penny in our thriller 'Immolation' and also a character from the film 'The Virgin Suicides' As you can see from the photos, the scenes are extremely similar. When coming up with the idea for our thriller, we had never heard of the film 'The Virgin Suicides' however after completing 'Immolation' and doing some research, we can now see the similarities.

 Both characters find their lives unbearable and both of their lives result in suicide.  They are both teenage girls, living in a regular town. All appears well on the outside, they are both however hiding secrets about how they truely feel.

Both characters suicide is also due to a relationship with a male. In our thriller opening, it is unclear what the actual relationship is between the female and the male. However, in the film ‘The Virgin Suicides’ one of the girls shares a relationship with a guy which is consummated however, her happiness is short lived because he then leaves her and she’s left isolated again.

Also in both ‘Immolation’ and ‘The Virgin Suicides’ the characters that committed suicide are female characters. This suggests that women are more likely to get more emotional and take relationships much more seriously and to heart than a man would.