Our film was based around the idea of a criminally insane patient, a member of a minority social group in society. People classed as insane find it difficult to cope in society and I think people see them self as inferior to themselves which is wrong. People who are insane can be linked with such groups like mentally handicapped and physically handicapped because they are a small minority in society and are not represented in many media aspects.
How do we diagnose and categorize a person who is insane? In Victorian times Bedlam Mental Hospital was the first institution in the world to specialise in mental health, patients were driven to insanity rather than cured due to inhuman methods used by the employed doctors, and the doctors were unaware of effective techniques to cure mental patients.
Our film will ultimately represent mentally ill people as dangerous and as a threat as you see our main character being locked up but escaping giving all kinds of possibilities at what he can do. It seems to create a sense of threat.
In our product we represented our main character as a criminally insane person; however being insane does not make them unaware or numb brained. He escapes from his prison which shows cunning and intelligence, he is also seen as a threat for some reason; however the audience still gains the feeling as if this villain is on their side, we call this an anti-hero, a prime example of an anti-hero is Daniel Radcliff in layer Cake a drug crime thriller.
Good work, Joe. Illustrate this with a photo of an early Victorian mentally ill patient that your group researched in class (use Google). Once a photo is captioned, the meaning is anchored. Historically, once a person was classified as insane and their records became part of a powerful institution, it was impossible to escape the label or the incarceration. Thousands of people were labelled and imprisoned for 'offences' like stealing bread or becoming pregnant.
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