Evaluation and Conclusion

I feel that my production was successful in conveying the effects of mental health issues in men. Although from the beginning I had set out to create a magazine, I feel altering my production to photography was the best decision, as I could successfully portray a strong sense of emotion and feeling I did this much better than I would have a magazine. Reflecting back upon the outcome I think if I had made a magazine the outcome would not have been as strong and emotional as the photography. Overall, I am very pleased with how my photography looked and how it portrayed an emotion.

My textual analysis was successful in representing the Joker's mental health, although I do feel I could have developed it further with the literature review, to create more of an understanding of gender and disability. However, I feel I chose two very different identities and brought them together well. 

Completing this project has made me realise that mental health in film is always seen in a negative light and that it is rarely spoken about nor understood. Many films feel the need to represent mental health in a cynical way these enforcing wrongful beliefs into the mind of the audience. Mental health is still beaten around the bush and not spoken outright as it should be, the joker film gives people a reason to speak up about mental health as they have witnessed through this film the effects it can have on people, of course not to the extent it does with the killing but with the loneliness and other attributes.