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Textual analysis

What's the says,


I recently begun my textual analysis for my project. I analysed a documentary on suicide, called suicide.


Released in 2001, suicide is a film directed by Earnes Yates and explores the suicide of his own brother which occurred 2 years prior to the films release. Earnes' brother Teddy was 40 when he shot himself whilst at home.


The film addresses some fundamental questions surrounding the issue, such as: what kind of suffering can lead to someone taking their own life? Was there anything that could of been done to prevent this?


Through a number of interviews the documentary also hears the thoughts and opinions of experts in the field who all help us gain a better understanding of the subjects.


This documentary really appealed to me as it answered many big questions around mental health which is similar to what I would like to do in my project.


I have gained a vast amount of ideas from the textual analysis on this and will gain even more information when I continue my textual analysis with another media text.

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