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Script & Website - Depression

Script

This is the script that myself and billy have created and are going to be using for our video for the depression project. During pre-production, we will implement the imessage text within the video and we will tome it with the model typing on this phone.  We also need it on the day of the school as a reference for when Harry (model) will need to type and for how long for.

D = DEPRESSED

N = NATURAL

“D: Hey, how are you?

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N: I’m good thanks, how about yourself?

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D: I’m good I guess…

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N: What’s up?

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D: Everything is just getting too much for me, I can’t cope with…

 N: You know you can tell me anything?

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D: I don’t know…

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N: What’s going on man?

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D: It’s just that, I don’t know, I just can’t... it just doesn’t matter. Don’t worry abo…

 N: ???

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D: I don’t know, I just don’t know what the point is now.

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N: What do you mean??

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D: I just feel like…

 N: What!?!?!

 D: I just want to...

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N: I just want WHAT!?... WHATS GOING ON MAN!

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D:  - Getting out of bed is hard, I just don’t know what to do anymore I just give, I can’t handle this anymore I am fed up with everything… I just don’t know what’s going on anymore now. I just give up... I just don’t know why I should even bother anymore…”

Creative thinking & Development

Website & Advertising/Posters

As an additional aspect of this brief; we are also implementing a website a series of still images/advert/posters.  We got the idea of creating a series of still shots of models being on the phone sending a text message to a friend and within this text, it will address the issue/problem for which the model is facing or being worried about. For example, “I can’t handle this job anymore” could be in a speech bubble text and this could be what leads to an individual to depression, so different people with different issues or problems which lead them to depression in a speech bubble text. Possibly completely blurring out the individual's face or body so you just see the outline figure of the model and then having their depression trigger in a speech bubble in front of them/model.

A hashtag and website to get people talking about the issue all over social media and the website for where people can go directly to a counselor/therapist to speak of their issues; the website will be an online social community neighborhood - where anybody could discuss or open up about themselves, make people/individuals feel welcomed.

A rough sketch of what we are planning on doing for our project in terms of execution. Not only are we creating just a stand-alone video we are also creating a website extension for the NHS page. Where individuals suffering from depression can directly engage with other pers suffering from depression or speak directly to a counsellor or a psychiatrist; in others, it's an online neighbourhood community where people can feel safe and speak about anything they want to get off their chest and not feel confined and alone. All of your personal information is confidential; however, we are also considering doing a page where you would see individuals who had conquered or are on a journey going through depression, showing and telling/documenting their journey about their depression. But the main page will be the online chat where an individual can directly speak to counsellors and mentors showing individuals that you are not alone people are here for you, and to not confined in yourself.

Website Pages

Real Stories - Hearing real-life journies and stories for people who conquered or are going through - a series of advice and help through live videos or social media - Instagram - getting more people aware and show individuals how much of a series concern it is. 

Live Chat   - talking to other peers who suffered or are suffering from depression to talk about their issues - getting people to open up about their problems/issues/health.

We were also contemplating the use of hashtags, thinking of some effective hashtag which will make people aware and gain interest in the campaign. Thinking of other ideas to which we could implement or add on to this project to make it even better. Using the hashtag so it could be seen all over social media so that people’s voices can be heard and seen all over the world/society. Let society here your voice, make this cause a series issue addressing everyone, showing the audience of how much depression takes people lives, and how it can affect everyone and anyone.

Research - Idea Inspiration

I had got this inspiration/idea from the Lloyd bank advertisement campaign of the awareness of mental health. In this campaign, you would see a series of people addressing their issues on social media by writing on that sticky note addressing the issue or mental health and then applying that stick note on to their head with and then taking a selfie with that sticky note attached to their head on social media. To get people aware and speaking of mental health. An effective approach a combination of a still, effective and vivid photography shot of an individual with a sticky note attached to their forehead addressing their issue creating a very intense atmosphere for the audience. 

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Moodboard - Depression Video Idea

A collage of images which correlate/portrays how we plan on presenting and creating this video; how we want this video to lead to or look like. A very dark, emotional and contextual/vivid emotional campaign to make individuals speak about their issues and not confide in themselves, giving the opportunity be open and speak up about #text&talk #whatsnotbeingsaid.

These 2 hashtags will be what will be going around social media for individuals to listen in and get people aware of the issue. 

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Mental Health: In Our Own Words

13 people, aged 18-25 talk about what it's like to live with a mental health problem, and what helps them cope. Watch part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

Documenting and analysing the questions, videography and incorporation of illustration/typography. The constant change shots of individuals/models to keep the pace of the video, engaging with the audience instead of having one consistently long video they have broken down the shots into little segments. Making the audience intrigued and engaged with the stories for which are being told by the models/individuals, hearing everyone perspective and thoughts.

With the additional illustration and typography making it easier for the individual to keep up and not get lost within the video or the constant change in shots/individuals story and also keeps it interesting and engaging and not just having consistent plain and simple video. As engaging and interesting and important this video might be it will get to a point where it would be a bit dull/uninteresting so adding that bit of illustration and type makes it more appealing.

So what am taking from this video is the constant change in shots and not having one long out the video, so change the pace of the video. The incorporation of illustration and typography to make it interesting, in different styles. The presentation of the shots, the angle and lighting of how each individual is being portrayed/shown in the video adds a sense of depth and focus/attention. So presenting/creating that sense of atmosphere so the audience can feel being in that mental environment, making the audience feel the full experience/perspective/thoughts - getting the audience in that feel/zone. 

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Listen to Talk Depression by Hamza “S” Sunghar #np on #SoundCloud

 NOTES - INTERVIEW

There is a side to depression - it is all about how you see things; depression is good and bad - if you accept that its a condition, it can be a very bad thing for the rest of your life or I can find a balance and find the good and bad in it. - The bad not being able to move, no motivation, feeling bad about yourself, overthinking, thinking too deep.  But then here's the good side, thinking deep. as being a creative thinking deep I create things other people cant create.

no motivation can also be a good thing sitting down to observe and ponder your thoughts - being able to sit down and focus on your thoughts. 

Depression is a mindset, being able to turn your thoughts around.

you cant decide or choose to be positive.

seasonal depression -  3 times a year - January time - end of summer -  a random at any given any time - and this phase can last anything from 3 to 6 weeks.

Don't truly realise you have depression till much later on, and you also don't realise that you have cured yourself after some time after too. 

The individual who is helping a person with depression must be open-minded and non-judgemental.

Finding the trigger for depression each individual has its own trigger for depression - each individual is different.

Sometimes the answer for depression is the comfort.

Learning from the past and improving upon it - revaluating yourself.

People cannot relate due to the fact that they have not experienced what you have experienced.

There is nothing nobody can do, it's only yourself, it doesn't matter who you're speaking to, it doesn't matter if your speaking to someone with depression or someone who is a proficient in depression, or studied it. Sometimes it's only yourself. 

Depression can trigger things from the past.

Any trauma that has happened in the past drops into depression, each individual has it owns trauma which drops them into depression.

Give someone with depression time... but there is a balance there if you give someone with depression time who don't want time and then that's a bad time that they are having. 

It's about communicating 

You need to evaluate yourself, getting your head right. 

People don't truly understand, they can't comprehend it. Unable to fit in.

There is a big stigma within society with depression, they do not take it as a serious issue enough/they do not think much of it

Underachievement, you beat yourself up with underachievement but the flip side of that is, under whose rule, what is an underachievement. - perspective - society - possession. The world which we are living is making you believe you have to have this possession when in reality you don't its all about yourself and perspective.

Society is a big cause of depression. 

Schools kill creativity.

Don't let anybody life or possession dictate how you should live or work.

Creative people are mostly depressed - comedians - are shapeshifters - they turn they negative into a positive - perspective and mindset. 

The cure to my depression is my depression - feeling free from the clutches of society. 

By giving it makes you feel better.

The mental health system, the NHS system it's not there, nothing is there and it wasn't there in the 90th, everything is just tablets. MAKING THE SYSTEM OR CHANGING THE SYSTEM.

Four times I have seen a psychiatrist, I found a sense of relief in knowing that I have got someone here. I have sat down and talked to my psychiatrist and the psychiatrist asks and says what the problem and then I've talked and I have literally told him the problem and the solution. 

The people to help you and someone to talk to physically are not there anymore to help you.

When you feel comfortable with the right person you can answer your own problems you can find a solution. - Insight to which I am going to work with. 28:00 - 30:00

Triggering questions which triggered me to find the solution.

When you have given the chance the think about your problem, its like when you look in the mirror to talk about the problems you tend to answer it a lot t better, because you are talking to someone and it's not just going on in your own head. It's like the conversation that you have in your own head your going this is the problem you probably know the solution but your brain won't say it.

Talking to yourself in the mirror is therapy.

When I feel good I record myself, explaining why I don't feel like that, I record the answers but when I feel bad I replay back this video to make me feel better.

Compassion could come off as patronizing. If I am in a really bad place how can I know if he is being compassionate to me, can I truly trust him, what does he want.

Mirroring World.

A balance between good and bad - a dark side brings the creative and bright side - a good representation of this is comedians and creatives turning their negative/downside into something positive/better and creative.

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Question & Research

I had a group discussion with my peers to think of a series of questions for which we could ask for our video/project. Questions for which youths could relate to or connect with/to. Looking into a range of different media platforms and see what issues are affecting youths the most or looking into articles, which are hot topics/viewed/listened. After brainstorming some thoughts/issues as a group we came/thought of these series of questions for which we could possibly ask for our video. 

Interview Questions:

 Gender:

1) As a male/female do you feel your voice is heard being the gender you are?

2) Do you believe women’s views are being listened to within this male dominated society? 

3) If you could list three words which associate to the rights women have in the 21st century, what would they be?

4) Do you believe if there was an equal amount of men and women in parliament this would help improve gender oppression?

5) Do you believe that women get discriminated more than men in every form?

Culture:

6) Do you ever feel that your cultural background impacts/overlooks your opinions and views being heard from those in power?

7) What are your opinions on the labels given by our countries democracy. Should labels be given? Do you think it excludes some minorities? i.e. White-British, British-Muslim?

8) On the topic of gay rights, do you feel enough progress is being made in the efforts towards inclusivity? 

9) Do you agree on gender neutrality being introduced into schools?

10) What are your current views on the gender pay gap between men and women. Do you think it is unfair?

11) What do you currently think about the National Minimum wage? Do you feel pay should be defined by your age? Should pay be defined by the role itself?

(Under 18: £4.20, 18-20: £5.90, 21-24: £7.38)

12) How do you feel about the youth housing crisis? (more young people cannot afford their own home so are now living with their parents much longer than before). 

Technology:

13) How do feel about the most recent developments in technology and possible future advancements? Such as AI. Do you think it’s helping to advance us?

14) Do you feel young people should be doing more to protect what they post online? (particularly in relation to the recent Facebook data scandal)

15) In your opinion, what are the benefits and negatives of using Social Media? Do you think it is limiting our communication to others?

16) Do you believe young people will eventually stop using Social Media in the future?

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Moodboard

A series/collages of images with a combination of both imagery/photography and illustration or typography bo both together; to get inspiration in terms of style, execution, visuals/designs/illustrations and photography shots of body language/facial expressions.

How do we want the model/individual to posture when documenting, do we want to involve or make the individual to act casual or to incorporate a lot of movement and facial expressions/language. I generated/created this storyboards for a means of inspiration in regards to illustration + type inspiration as well as consideration of the model's body language and facial expression which will have a big factor within this video. How will the art/illustration flow through the video and how well will it correspond/flow with the model; will we animate around the figure/model or shall we animate on top of the model/individual (like on the clothes or face of the model - so many factors to consider).

In terms of illustration + type art style, we want to go for a simple yet creative, inspiring, vibrant yet bubbly illustration with bold vivid text and not something which is too overboard or powerful and intense because in doing so will make it quite difficult for the audience to distinguish or understand the information; not to overload with video with intense visuals and designs making it very hard to disigutish the information and get lost in the illustration/designs to the point you dont even understand or pay attetnion to the real/true objective which is peoples responses/answers to the question; I dont want the audience to get lost or in a trance in the art/illustrations/designs and not pay attention to the answers/statements/opionion which is the true main objetive of this project. So keeping the illustration/style/art nice and simple and not too overloaded, bubbly, vivid colours and bold text. But at the same time not to keep it to simple for which people get bored - so having a balance between the two. 

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Painting - Depression

There is a certain sense of emotion/sensation for if I were to paint onto an individual face then if I were to project type onto a face. The idea of painting projects/outlook/appearance is much more contrasting, vivid and bold; presenting a rather vicious, aggressive tone of voice. On the other hand, if the visuals/type were to be digitalised and projected onto the face, the outcome, atmosphere and tone of voice would drastically change/different. The final visual presentation of digitalisation/digitalised type would be presented as a much more flat surface visual/design.

Digitalisation and handcrafted visuals each present and create a different tone of voice and design. A digitised design visual would present no sense emotion/feel, emitting from the visual, unlike something which was physically handcrafted in which would present and emit more feelings/emotion and present a much stronger tone of voice; that is my personal opinion that is, along with the slight incorporation of digitalisation, such as incorporating slight textures and effects thus enhancing the visual and refining/adding that slight touch to detail.

Hand panting would exceptionally work effectively well for this project youth perspective. It would express and emit more idealisation, thoughts, perspective and emotion and would create and present a much stronger, violent and vivid tone of voice to the audience. The painting reflects, expresses and show what individuals/people truly feel and think in a physical form. Painting a series of different typefaces/fonts created in a wide range of vibrant and vivid colours onto the face. Along with additional added effects of textures and lighting, even furthering and enhancing the aesthetic visual; would create an amazing series of posters - possible idea.

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Artist uses visual projection to change people's faces

Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/ODNsubs Artist Nobumichi Asai has found a way to project and map expressions onto people's faces, effectively creating a visual...

The most inspiring and visually aesthetic project mapping video I have discovered yet. Visually, projection mapping is appealing to the eye of the viewers, its something which catches and intrigues your attention. The map expression/graphic for which is being displayed on to face is absolutely extraordinary, it is something which is possible for me to do as shown in my previous post about the production/learning of projection mapping.    

The visual illustrations displayed on to the models face are inspiration from the Japanese traditional culture; truly captivating and inspiring.  

The idea of creating an intense animation with a combination of different elements of typography, illustration (characters, rotoscopes and semiotics.. etc) and photography elements in which thus representing and relating to depression through visuals, in which will be projected on a group of different ethnicities of people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nntGTK2Fhb0

Justin Bieber - Where r u 

The idea for which I am considering to take from this video is having a group of people/individuals who can answer a series of questions and when answering their answers would be illustrated and typographical which will be presented on the individuals face, either through projection mapping  or through normal effects and animation but I am feeling more towards projection mapping. Their illustrations/drawings will express and represent their idealisation/thoughts of what people/individuals see and feel about certain topics (e.g. politics, environmental, society etc..) (kind of like going inside a person mind). The illustrations will essentially emit a sense of idealisation/thoughts/emotions.

So essentially the way this video was created, they had first videoed every single dance scene for which then they had dissected the video, second by the second, showing each and every frame kind of like a giff. for which then people could illustrate or design all over that certain frame.