Outline of Ideas
For my short film I want to show the effect that dementia has on the sufferer and their family through an unconventional narrative structure and detailed mise-en-scene. The film will start at the end, and then cut back to the start, where a narrative about a dementia patient and their family (mainly his teenager granddaughter) and the film will end at the end, which is the scene which we saw at the start.
For my short film I want to show the effect that dementia has on the sufferer and their family through an unconventional narrative structure and detailed mise-en-scene. The film will start at the end, and then cut back to the start, where a narrative about a dementia patient and their family (mainly his teenager granddaughter) and the film will end at the end, which is the scene which we saw at the start.
A man has just been moved into a care home and his daughter and granddaughters have the job of clearing out the house. The teenager would then walk through the house from room to room and in each room there would be a memory/story of her Grandad, and the further she got through the house the worse his dementia would get. For example, in the first room (kitchen) there would only be slight early signs that something was wrong, e.g. walking into the room and forgetting why he was there, however by the time they get to the final room the memory will display more obvious signs of dementia, for example he forgets who someone is or he becomes agitated and delirious. The scene will then cut to the start of the house and there will be a one shot of the granddaughter running through the house to find the house to find her Grandad has fallen in the garden due to his condition having worsened.
What resources will you need?
Characters
Old man
Middle-aged woman
Teenage girl
Props
War medals
Mobile phone
Household appliances (to create verisimilitude with the audience)
Settings
A house stereotypical of an older person - perhaps a bungalow, old-fashioned decor etc
Crew
Camera operator 1
Camera operator 2
Sound assistant
Production assistant
Driver
Onset photographer
Equipment
DSLR Camera (x2)
Tripod
Microphone
Slider
Stabiliser/shoulder rig
Justifacation
The reason I want to create a short film showing the effects of dementia is because it is an illness which is personal to many people and therefore a relatable storyline. It is conventional of the drama genre to raise awareness of real life issues (social realism) in media texts so therefore this subject would be conventional of my film.
What resources will you need?
Characters
Old man
Middle-aged woman
Teenage girl
Props
War medals
Mobile phone
Household appliances (to create verisimilitude with the audience)
Settings
A house stereotypical of an older person - perhaps a bungalow, old-fashioned decor etc
Crew
Camera operator 1
Camera operator 2
Sound assistant
Production assistant
Driver
Onset photographer
Equipment
DSLR Camera (x2)
Tripod
Microphone
Slider
Stabiliser/shoulder rig
Justifacation
The reason I want to create a short film showing the effects of dementia is because it is an illness which is personal to many people and therefore a relatable storyline. It is conventional of the drama genre to raise awareness of real life issues (social realism) in media texts so therefore this subject would be conventional of my film.
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