Audience survey

Expansion on insomnia idea

The Idea is to have me as the character, and then I prop the camera up on tables or tripods and do a kind of self filmed piece, which in a way may look like paranormal activity but using insomnia as the subject. I think this would be a good idea as it will raise awareness of insomnia.

The idea presents the opportunity to use HA,LA,BEV shots.It also allows me to do a lot of research into insomnia, so i could if i did this idea be accurate and not offend anyone who may or may of had insomnia.

However this piece does raise the issue of me not being the camerawoman and instead leaving the camera on a tripod filming.

Insomnia.

Insomnia is difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep for long enough to feel refreshed the next morning.

This happens despite having enough opportunity to sleep.

The most common problem in young people with insomnia is difficulty falling asleep (sleep-onset insomnia). An insomniac may also experience:

•Waking in the night (most common in older people).
•Not feeling refreshed after sleep and not being able to function normally during the day, feeling irritable and tired and finding it difficult to concentrate.
•Waking when you have been disturbed from sleep by pain or noise.
•Waking early in the morning (the least common type of sleep disturbance).
Nearly everyone has problems sleeping at some point in their life and it is thought that a third of people in the UK have bouts of insomnia. Insomnia appears to be more common in women and more likely to occur with age.

There are a number of possible causes for insomnia, such as anxiety, a disrupted sleeping environment, or an underlying physical condition or mental health problem.

Horse idea

http://maireadburkesa2mediacourseworkblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/cow.html
please see the link above to gain an understanding into my idea.

Expansion of the horse idea.

If i were to do this idea i would use POV shots as mentioned but also a few shots from the rider’s perspective. This is so the audience does not feel like they are only an animal but they also have a human counterpart.
There is also space to use pictures in the film as well however I fear that this may spoil the continuity of the piece, but I can play around with this. I also fear that it might also be shot at mostly one level even though there would be areas for LA,HA,BEV, I fear that the majority would be a flat height. If I do this idea then this is something that I will have to try and figure out so I can give the audience the right feel.
I really like this piece as it has a relevancy to myself. I feel people would like this Piece as it’s different from any other done before.

Research

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Cow

This short to me is more in the comedy short. The use of the voice-over narrative and continuous stream of cow(or related) Pictures, created a comedic feel to the piece.

I do infact like this piece and is something like i always wanted to do with, instead of a cow i would replace with a horse. However if i were to do the horse idea i think i would mix in some film clips, and a variety of different voices to infer different characters. Much like a show i watched when i was younger called Chatter Happy Ponies, which were talking ponies who went on various adventures.

If i was to do this piece i would mostly use POV shots as if i were the horse. And capture things like being in the field, working, play, and at night. Due to my Job at a riding stables this is a possibility as i already know a lot about the horses cycle. Not only would i use POV as if the camera(audience) was a horse but maybe alternate with a riders perspective.

I will expand on this idea further as i really do like this idea.