As we have picked a very delicate subject to portray we wanted to do it justice, therefore we have read and watched multiple videos and articles to gain a wider range of information about the mental illness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vYQ6pbJt2k
This was about a girl who has been diagnosed significantly early with schizophrenia, in this video you hear her mum describe what the other people do to her mum. How that the little girl fully believes that it isn't her who hurts her mum but these other people such as "seven", seven is one of the worst. We've used this video to try and listen to how the voices affect the person.
http://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/schizophrenia/causes/#.WCnZg_mLSUk
We used this post to just get some background information and to understand schizophrenia more.
http://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/schizophrenia/#.WCnagPmLSUk This page has a video on which is where adults are discussing what they went through and still are this helped us to understand moreon how we're going to achieve what we want to. Them sharing there feelings about it helped us to try and think about what sort of things the voices would say and how they effected the actual person.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnoUKWXTcBU
This documentary was the first thing we saw, it was packed with facts and wasa very useful as we didn't really know much about the subject to start with.
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seen some episodes on Waterloo Road which helped us to see how they presented it which can help us with the experimental film later on, but they also had parts of the episode of him hearing the voices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWYwckFrksg For the scripts we created for multiple people in which we recorded for the voices, this was the most helpful as it's a simulation of what the voices would be saying which we found really helpful for inspiration as to what the voices might say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blAxSOqaVD0 This helped us have ideas for the way we would film, and the kind of clips to include.
Credited to Charlotte French and Laura Briscoe
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Meat Factory Ear Worms
Meat Factory Ear Worms
Meat Factory Ear Worms is a 13 minute long audio recording about a man's time working in a meat factory in Ireland. He begins the tale talking about his first experience there as a six year old boy and progresses onto his time working in the meat factory as a young man.
As the story the man is telling is about his time in the meat factory you expect to hear some of the tell tale sounds of a factory, including the roar of the machinery, and in this case the sharpening of knives. These sounds are used well throughout the recording, especially the knife sharpening, as it is used to fill some of the pauses in dialogue but brings the listener back to the location of the meat factory.
As the man talks about his personal experiences in the meat factory it evokes a range of different emotions. One emotion being an uneasy, nauseous feeling due to the graphic details he goes into about the slaughtering of these animals, for example "I did most of the jobs on the killing line and this is one of the jobs I didn't particularly like, it was a blood bath because the animals still sorta half alive, the brain was dead but the body still had muscle memory and it was still twitching and kicking all over the place." However other emotions include curiosity and happiness as he is reciting past events he has lived through but also creates humor through his pretty terrible singing. The way the music and him singing the lyrics is cut together is also funny as he often finishes the sentence for the song. There are also funny moments such as when he juxtaposes the smell of a back bone, he states "the sweet sweet smell, of a backbone being sawn in half"
There are many different layers to the audio piece, an obvious one being the voice over of the man telling us his story. But behind this there are many different sounds. The sound of machinery plays a big part, especially in the beginning of the recording, maybe to set the scene and give the listener a feel of how loud it would be to work in this environment. However this is contrasted by the use of soft music as he speaks about the "ear worms" he encountered whilst working at the meat factory. There is also an effective use of silence, pauses, throughout the audio recording, giving the listener time to take in what the man has just said but also because the man who is talking could be reminiscing about the past as this is his personal story, something he has lived through. The use of pauses gives the audience time to realise that.
As the story the man is telling is about his time in the meat factory you expect to hear some of the tell tale sounds of a factory, including the roar of the machinery, and in this case the sharpening of knives. These sounds are used well throughout the recording, especially the knife sharpening, as it is used to fill some of the pauses in dialogue but brings the listener back to the location of the meat factory.
As the man talks about his personal experiences in the meat factory it evokes a range of different emotions. One emotion being an uneasy, nauseous feeling due to the graphic details he goes into about the slaughtering of these animals, for example "I did most of the jobs on the killing line and this is one of the jobs I didn't particularly like, it was a blood bath because the animals still sorta half alive, the brain was dead but the body still had muscle memory and it was still twitching and kicking all over the place." However other emotions include curiosity and happiness as he is reciting past events he has lived through but also creates humor through his pretty terrible singing. The way the music and him singing the lyrics is cut together is also funny as he often finishes the sentence for the song. There are also funny moments such as when he juxtaposes the smell of a back bone, he states "the sweet sweet smell, of a backbone being sawn in half"
There are many different layers to the audio piece, an obvious one being the voice over of the man telling us his story. But behind this there are many different sounds. The sound of machinery plays a big part, especially in the beginning of the recording, maybe to set the scene and give the listener a feel of how loud it would be to work in this environment. However this is contrasted by the use of soft music as he speaks about the "ear worms" he encountered whilst working at the meat factory. There is also an effective use of silence, pauses, throughout the audio recording, giving the listener time to take in what the man has just said but also because the man who is talking could be reminiscing about the past as this is his personal story, something he has lived through. The use of pauses gives the audience time to realise that.
Friday, 7 October 2016
High Rise
High Rise
High Rise is a three minute thirty second short film
produced by Gabrielle Russel. The short film begins with a panning shot showing
the location of the film. From this we see that the film is taking place in a
large city full of high rise buildings. The building that then takes the focus
of the scene looks like a working class area most likely council flats. Just
from this the audience is told a lot of information about the character’s even
though we haven’t met them yet. We can interpret that the person or people
living here have a low wage or are claiming benefits due to unemployment. The scene then moves on to focus on one
window in particular, showing it to be partially open. This informs the
audience that we are following the story that is taking place behind this
particular window in this block of high rise flats. However this could be any
window in any block of flats in any city, therefore making the audience aware
that this could be anybody’s story as we do not know what takes place behind
closed doors. 
As the scene moves on the camera pans round to show a baby
sitting alone on the sofa. From this clip we see the classic council flat
conditions of a dirty floor and untidy living. This further supports our
previous idea of the occupants of the flat being unemployed. We then see an arm
reach out for a bottle of milk. A women,
presumed to be the mother, tests the milks temperature on her wrist. From this
scene we expect a loving and nurturing mother taking care of her baby as she is
making sure the milk is suitable for baby to drink. However that soon changes
as we see that mother and baby are apart, sitting in separate places, connoting
that the bond between mother and baby is broken. This is supported further later on in the
scene as the baby is trying to get the doll before it falls out of the window
as mother gets up to retrieve it she falls and drops the milk. The close up
shots of the milk dripping to the floor is used to show her giving up on this
life and on nurturing the baby. The, don’t cry over spilt milk metaphor.
The film focus on the split decision the mother makes. She
decides to leave the room, fully deciding to give up on this child. She rushes
back into the room as a scream, from the T.V brings her to reality. The window
is still open, the doll is gone but the baby is safe on the sofa. This displays
how her choice in that moment could have changed her life and how easy it is to
make the wrong decision just because it’s easier.
The theme running through the film is a feeling of being alone
but also the envy the mother has of other families as she is alone and living
in this small council flat. There is also a theme of choice and the regret you
can have if you make the wrong decision in that moment. Looking at the film as
a whole I feel that the mother could be suffering from post partem depression
as lots of mothers do after child birth. Due to her being alone and having no
one to help her with the child in this difficult time she doesn’t know what to
do and is therefore lead to make the decision that she does.
Monday, 3 October 2016
Inspiration
Inspiration
There are lots of things that inspire me on a daily basis, things that inspire me to be a better person or to get up and do something with my day and be creative. One thing that inspires me as a person is images. Just stand alone moments of real time, things happening around the world and all the different lives occurring on a daily basis. I am a huge fan of Instagram and some of the images I see there inspire me to be a better person and to enjoy life. There is one page in particular which inspires me daily. Although the images are not snapshots of everyday life my interpreted messages behind these images give me inspiration.
The images from Karencantuq's Instagram page inspire me a lot as a person. When I see the images it makes me want to pick up a camera and take my own photographs. These pictures are open to interpretation so different people can gain different messages from it, and I like that. An image doesn't have to be simply what you can see. However you don't have to read too much into these images to find the message you were looking for, they are simple but effective.
As a film maker these images give me ideas and inspiration for future projects.The simple use of casual everyday objects like balloons, and simple locations such as the sea or a city makes me feel like even I can have a go and recreate some of these images or make some following a similar theme. I use the images to create a story in my head, sometimes with just the one image or mixing a few together to create the plot. There are no boundaries just imagination. There is something sweet and child like about that, something that could so easily have been conjured up in a dream or a child's imagination. 
Travel inspires me. From a young age I have always been intrigued about the world and the different paces you can go and creatures you can see. The Instagram account Amazing.destination is a place i stumble upon often, taking hours to look through the images I find there. The images here inspire me to travel the world and see it's beauty. There is so much to do in this life and so little time you have to do everything you can when the opportunity arises. Say yes more and enjoy the adventure. From a film maker's perspective these images inspire me to make a documentary or a film about travel and the wonderful places you can go, people you can meet and the different cultures you can fall in love with. Through doing this i can inspire more people to travel the world and see it's beauty as the film/documentary would, hopefully, go out to a large demographic.
Another thing that inspires me greatly is reading. I love books. The way you can descend into this new and different world. To let yourself be fully consumed by this new character and the people around them. Delving into a new world is a great way to escape reality but also to gather ideas for future projects. When writing short story's I often base one of my characters on a protagonist from a book I really enjoyed, attempting to give them some similar traits. They also help me to gain an idea of how I want the characters to look and with that how to describe them.
Books also help me with choosing a location for my story to be set in, also linking slightly to my love of travel, as I have found that not everything needs to be set in the 'real world'. You can use your imagination, just like with the previous images, to come up with a fictional location or one that people can't reach such as inside your head. Reading books I have also found that story's work well no matter what order they are told in, there is no need for them to be in chronological order if you don't want them to be, as long as you make the narrative clear for the reader to follow.
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