Evaluation 2

How does your media product represent  particular social groups?

Lola Gray and the character 'Teddy Daniels' in 'Shutter island' are both based around mentally unstable people with issues they were unable to deal with resulting in the psychological conditions. Although the character in shutter island has a more severe condition than Lola's they both have similar symptoms. There are many differences between Lola and Teddy, we did not base our character on any other characters, we just created her.

The obvious difference between the two characters is the cultural differences. Shutter island is set in 1954 in the U.S.

The differences in both characters in terms of appearence is gender and accent Lola Gray is an English female, whilst Teddy Daniels is an American male. This obviously causes different circumstances to arise during the film.

When creating Lola we tried to create a character as normal as you and I, but because she was neglected in childhood, it shaped her to have a psychological illness. Because of Lolas drug abuse and her poor unstable background, Lola is part of the 'underclass.' Social groups are generally determind wealth, which Lola does not have, leading to her being involved in crime. We see nothing of her interests as she does not have to time or money to spend on them. Lola's life is taken up by simply trying to survive and feed her addiction. We have presented her as a warm-hearted young girl that has been pushed onto the wrong path. Lola has not chosen this life, but has little opportunity to get out of it, it's a vicious circle.