Idea Generation/ Development

Focus of film: Eating disorders

Main messages/themes: Theme of bringing meaning to the otherwise insignificant. Exploring beneath the surface of the everyday norms.

 Characters: Predominantly female, some male. Recovering eating disorder patients.

Who will be in film, and purpose: Those who have experienced eating disorders will feature and tell of their journeys, what led to it, what got them through it etc. As to evoke emotion, inform audience of what’s behind eating disorders, and to show how the smaller things mean so much more.

Narrative structure: The narrative will consist of a silent narrator and questions shall just appear on the screen, to make it seem more personal, or a one on one interview with the interviewer being behind the camera. The film will start on an introduction with random people being asked what does the word “it” mean to them, and then develop to what the word means to those affected by eating disorders. It will develop by showing how such a small thing taken for granted can mean and be so much more for another person. The ending will conclude on returning to ask other people what the word “it” means to them, and then contrast it with those who it does affect.

Aesthetic style of film: Black and white, using irony to show not everything in life is black and white, and 2 dimensional.

Audience point of view: The audience are going to see the film from the interviewer’s point of view.

Time setting: The film shall be set in the present as it is a documentary, it shall however talk much about the past, and the interviewees prospective futures.

Target audience/ Appeal: The film will be targeted at an older audience perhaps 25+. The film wouldn’t be appropriate for a very young audience as it would contain mature themes and possible strong language. The film may appeal for teenagers but a younger audience may not be as interested or understand the concept of mental health as much as an older generation.

Location: Some filming would have to be done on the street to film those not affected by eating disorders to make it more casual. Filming of the E.D interviews could be in any room, as long as it had the same backdrop. It would be a bit impractical to film on the street so perhaps we could take the random interviewees into one of the rooms for a more practical filming location.

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Role distribution: The cast will consist of E.D patients and perhaps their friends/relatives and can be handpicked. The other cast such as the narrator will probably be one of our group and the random interviewees will be cast by random selection.

Documentary

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