Case study research tasks
The basics
Your chosen industry: Film - Documentary Genre
Your chosen case study (i.e. text/institution etc.): Making a Murderer
Have you received approval for this case study from your teacher? Yes/No
Debates on the miscarriage of Justice are present throughout media in both historical and modern texts. The Thin Blue Line(1988) is a documentary film made by Errol Morris. It follows the story of Randall Dale Adams who was convicted and sentenced to death for murdering Texas Police Officer: Robert W. Wood. The film ‘is cited as being instrumental in his exoneration the following year.’ This is similar to Making a Murderer and the pressure/influence the active audience had in ensuring that Dassey’s case was taken as seriously as it should have been. Despite the changes occurring with the Halbach case, it was not the same with the Woods case. In 1989, Adams was released but it was decided that there was to be no prosecution against the real murderer due to the length of time since the crime. Perhaps this was due to the lack of new/digital media, it wouldn’t have been easy to share your opinion and try to make a stand, the investigation into the original case may not have ever happened had it not been for social media. If this film/case had occurred 20+ years later there would be reason to believe that a retrial or even official investigation would have taken place. This may only be a result of the film trending online, trends can be incredibly unpredictable so there may not have been enough attention brought to this issue. Yet, this doesn’t mean that future cases that may arise and/or be made into a media production, would see a positive and just result. The internet is unpredictable and the views/intention of online users don’t always translate smoothly into reality.
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