I'm Guinevere MacDonald and As a senior at Newton North High School I decided to create my own research project focused on The Media's PORTRAYAL of cancer.
I am investigating how film’s depiction of cancer influences the way viewer’s think about how they live their own lives. I watched many, many films about cancer and closely studied a selected few being; The Fault In Our Stars, 50/50, and The Bucket List. In addition to the study of films about cancer I conducted interview with people who have a close connection with cancer, meaning either they themselves have had cancer or a close loved one has passed away due to cancer. After studying the films and conducting interviews I chose clips from the main three films I studied and three of the interviews I conducted and played them in a focus group in Newton North High School’s Film Lecture Hall with students and teachers. Responses to questions regarding the clips were collected for primary research.
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