Monday, 20 February 2012

Questions That Will Be Asked In Our Documentary. 20/02/2012

The Object (The person It Is About): 

  1. What age were you when you started having these compulsions?
  2. How was it effecting you with your every day-to-day life?
  3. What was going through you mind in this period of time?
  4. Did you ever feel like you were on your own?
  5. How different now from when you were younger?
  6. How did you feel when you were diagnosed with OCD?
  7. What is it like having OCD?
  8. How is it effecting your social life?
  9. What compulsions do you carry out?
  10. What would your life be like without OCD?
The Witness (Friend/Family Views):
  1. Did it change the way you see Josh?
  2. How dose it effect you?
  3. What would you like to see different in Josh?
  4. How do you think it effects Josh?
  5. What are your personal thoughts on OCD?
  6. Do you think you carry out any compulsions without realising?
  7. What do you think it would feel like to have OCD?
  8. Do you see Josh carry out any compulsions?
The Expert:
  1. What is OCD?
  2. How do you help people control their OCD?
  3. How do you feel about OCD?
  4. Do you find it hard trying to get them to control their OCD?
  5. Why do people get OCD?
  6. Will people ever be cured from OCD?
  7. Are there any other ways to control OCD?
  8. What do you think it would be like having OCD?
Students And Staff Views Of OCD:
  1. Have you ever heard of OCD?
  2. What do you think OCD is?
  3. Is anyone you know effected by OCD?
  4. What do you think of people who have OCD?
  5. Do you think YOU could be effected form OCD in some way?

Thursday, 9 February 2012

The Three main people that will be in the documentary.

In our documentary there will be 3 main people which will be involved throughout the documentary. The 3 main people will be, the expert, friend or witness and the object.

The Expert:
                    In the documentary the expert will give his/her expert views and open on the subject (OCD) He/she will explain different symptoms about OCD and how it effects people. Also she/he will explain how their job is to help people cope and treat OCD. She/he will talk about exposure to their fears and how it will help them to break their OCD chain. She/he will shows different ways of breaking the chain and explaining what OCD in depth so people get a better understanding of the subject. It is important to have an expert of the subject in the documentary because you will need to make sure that the audience understands what is going on in more details.

Friend/Witness:
                      In our documentary it will be a good idea to have someone who is effected by the situation. He/she will explain their views on what is going on and how it effect their relationship with the object (Who its about) They will be able to say what they think about the situation and see the changes within the object as he is getting medicated.

Object(Who its about):
                                       It is important to have the object in the documentary because it is all about the object. So this way the viewers can see how the object is living his life with the illness and so that people can help in their own way to break the cycle of the OCD. Having the object in the documentary will help people understand that people who have OCD aren't any different from people that don't have OCD and  that everyone has some sort of OCD. 


Thursday, 2 February 2012

Time Line. OCD Documentary. 02/02/2012

  • At the start of the video the name of the documentary appears on screen and lasts for at least 8 seconds long. 
  • The main person who the documentary is about is walking with the camera facing him as if he is holding it. Also different flash backs of what he dose fades in and out of the screen and his voice echoing about his OCD. 'Its likes having a monster in side of you' This last for at least 6 seconds long.
  • Scott (The person who its about) is sitting in a chair having an interview about his OCD. this part of the documentary last about 7 seconds. Also in his interview his name appears on the bottom on the screen. This last about 4 seconds.
  • After that there is a scene where scott is repetitively checking and locking the door due to his OCD. However his voice from the interview can still be heard in the repetitive door scene. This last for about 18 seconds long.
  • After the door scene it goes back to him sitting in the chair and then shows a flash back of him when he was a little kid with his friends. this scene lasts for about 11 seconds.
  • After he talks about his symptoms and how it effects him. It shows him washing his hands and washing the tap heads with water. It also shows him spraying his body with a spray that kills germs and shows him washing his cloths and that when the basket hits anything he has to go and wash the whole basket. This whole scene lasts up to 51 seconds.
  • After there is a scene when he talks about how things got so bad he started drinking and show a table that fills with bottles one by one and shows him turning to drugs and goes back to him sitting in the chair talking about it. This lasts about 18 seconds.
  • After this there is a scene where Joanna McBride - Psychological Associate where she talks about how OCD is causing problems and creating an impact on people's life who have OCD. This lasts about 16 seconds.
  • In the next scene Scott talks about how his OCD effects his job and workers around him. It shows him cleaning his chair and desk at work a number of times. He also talks about how it got so bad that he wanted to give up on life but couldn't because of his family and friends. This clip lasts 30 seconds.
  • Next it shows that Scott is walking to a building where he will meet Joanna and sits down and talks to each other about his problems. As this scene is taking place you can here the voice of Joanna talking thoughts and feelings. It then shows her in an interview talk more about OCD. Also shows Scott working a cooker and Joanna is talking as the voice of god and how to handle the compulsions. This whole clip lasts up to 43 seconds.
  • In another scene it shows Scott driving in a car and hitting a dent in he road. He talks about how his OCD will make him think that he ran someone over so he gets out his car and keeps checking and doing the sam car route again making sure he don't hit the dent in the road. This lasts up to 36 seconds.
  • Next Joanna talks about how they help people with OCD by making them face their fears and trying not to carry out their compulsions. It also shows Scott driving in his car going over the dent in the road but he is not allowed to get out the car and check to see if he has ran anyone over like he would normally do because of his OCD. This clip last 59 seconds.
  • Throughout the rest of the video it shows how his life has changed with CBT and what his life is without OCD.