Idenity Deconstruction

This is a deconstruction of the film poster Identity, this is very useful to our research because this film like ours is to do with Schizophrenia.

Photography

We also researched into another form art, photography. We found the documentary photographer Kris Allan who spent several years shadowing musician, actor and charity founder Devon, who has Schizophrenia.


Devon preparing for and receiving his all important his fortnightly injection of Depixol from his community psychiatric nurse, at home.

                    Devon walks the corridors of Springfield hospital.

The local chiropodist treats Devon's feet.

Devon prepares to have his injured arm examined at the hospital.

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

We thought that it was important to research into literature that would be relevant to Schizophrenia and 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the novel that we felt linked very well to our story line. This novel was first published in 1886 and Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and experiments reveal his evil side, named Mr Hyde. This novel is great inspiration for our film trailer, because it clearly represents the inner conflicts of humanities sense of good and evil and the duality of human life. It also links the psychologist, Freud and the Freudian theory that the thoughts and desires banished to the unconscious mind motivates the behaviour of the conscious mind. A bible quote that was linked to this novel is, “Now if I do what I do not want to do it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me that does.” This quote really inspired us for our trailer, because we thought that it could really represent the idea Schizophrenia, and that the actions that the character makes aren’t of her own choice. This quote will be shown in the trailer to demonstrate this to the audience. There have also been many film adaptations of this novel, 1931 directed by Rouben Mamoulian, 1941 by Victor Fleming and lastly, the 2008 version by Paolo Barzman.

Symptoms of Schizophrenia

We researched into the symptoms and signs that a person has schizophrenia, we picked out a few that can be incorparated into the trailer:
·  Depression
·  Social withdrawal and isolation
·  Deterioration of social relationships
·  Dropping out of activities and life in general
·  Deterioration and abandonment of personal hygiene
·  Excessive writing or printing without apparent meaning

·  Inability to express joy

·  Not blinking or blinking excessively. Staring

·  Bizarre behaviour (hopping, wearing only torn clothing, applying strange make-up)

These symptoms can be shown in our trailer through a variety of ways through messages on the wall and the way the character is shown. These symptoms were drawn up from some one with real life experience along with other real life cases. Other symptoms include:

·         Excessive sleeping or inability to sleep for long periods of time

·         Shift to unusual behaviour; significant personality change

·         Hyperactive or inactive

·         Inability to concentrate or cope with minor problems

·         Extreme religiosity or preoccupation with the occult

·         Decline in academic or athletic performance

·         Accidents or self-imposed injuries (cutting oneself)

·         Drug or alcohol involvement with extreme or dramatic reactions

·         Forgetfulness and losing things

·         Devastated by peer disapproval

·         Noticeable and rapid weight loss

·         Attempts to escape through geographical changes; frequent moving or hitch-hiking trips

·         Excessive need for acceptance

·         Inappropriate laughter

·         Irrational statements

·         Strange posturing
·         Refusing to touch anyone or certain things

·         Shaving head or removing body hair

This is a deconstruction of 'A Beautiful Mind,' there will be more deconstructions of posters, this will give us more thoughts and ideas for how our own film poster will look like.  

Schizophrenia - Professor John Nash

Professor John Nash, (born 1928) won a nobel prize in 1994, but has a had a life long battle with his diagnosed schizophrenia. John Nash showed signs of paranoia and that his delusional thinking was due to unhappiness, his strive to feel important and be recognised.  He did not hear voices until 1964, later rejecting them, gradually on his own. John Nash had (and is still having) such an interesting life, that in 2001, the film 'A Beautiful Mind' was published about John Nash, which went on to be nominated for 8 oscars, and won 4, including best writing and best picture. John Nash claimed it to be accurate, with the exception of hearing voices. We intend to explore the themes further, and take inspiration from the high acclaimed film.