THEME/CONCEPT: The concept of the video will focus on the struggles with anxiety and how to combat anxiety.
GENRE: Nonfiction
SYNOPSIS/FREE-WRITE: The purpose of this video is to inform others who unaware of what people with anxiety/ social anxiety go through every day. The video will be based on a real person that goes through these struggles and there will be examples when this person experiences anxiety. This person will recount past memories of dealing with social anxiety and how in the present time he tries his best to combat this anxiety. Advice will be given on how to deal with social anxiety.
VIDEO STYLE (what does it look like? What other examples are similar? What is your style?): The style and theme will start off very hopeful then quickly become dark, and I want to end things somewhat hopeful, so other people can be inspired that things can be different.
BREAKDOWN OF POSSIBLE SCENES:
The way I want to make this work is that everything will start off great showing examples of this person having fun with his friends and playing outdoors, but then it will show that on the inside this person is panicking.
The scenes will contain many instances of this person trying to live through their daily lives only to be overburdened by anxiety.
The person will give his output on how he tries to battle this anxiety, but he will let the viewers know it doesn't always work out.
One of the ending scenes could be this person telling the audience to be mindful when meeting new people and even to the people that you already know like your friends and family members because you never who's going through this emotions every day. Some people may even realize that they have anxiety by watching this video. It will end with advice and a warning to seek help if needed because the anxiety you may be dealing with can evolve to something much worse like depression or suicidal thoughts.
TARGET AUDIENCE (who are you making the video for): This video can be for anyone but I feel like it can relate more to people who are 17 and older because those are individuals who are most affected by social anxiety.
LENGTH OF VIDEO:
5-10 minutes.
OBJECTIVES: The objective is to make people aware that there are people out there who experience these terrible emotions. The other objective is to convince people who have social anxiety disorder to seek help and to not be afraid to speak to someone you trust about the matter.
SETTING(S): The setting will be in various places in present time.
TARGET AUDIENCE (who are you making the video for): This video can be for anyone but I feel like it can relate more to people who are 17 and older because those are individuals who are most affected by social anxiety.
LENGTH OF VIDEO:
5-10 minutes.
OBJECTIVES: The objective is to make people aware that there are people out there who experience these terrible emotions. The other objective is to convince people who have social anxiety disorder to seek help and to not be afraid to speak to someone you trust about the matter.
SETTING(S): The setting will be in various places in present time.
Dear Gio,
ReplyDeleteOkay, good, you're getting closer to your concept, and have figured out some other ways to talk about anxiety. So, the next step would be to pull this in even closer and think about how you would write about this topic. Let's say that instead of making a video, you were writing a personal essay about social anxiety. How might you start it? Could it start with a description of the feeling a person gets before entering a room filled with others? Even when the others are friends? Could you describe how your palms might get sweaty and how you might have to remind yourself to breathe or start counting backwards from ten? Next, once you have figure out how you would write about this experience, think about how you might use images and sounds to further enhance the experience for the viewer. Think about the video we watched last week about the girl with her illness. She started the video with bright lights and an underlying buzzing sound to give the viewer a visual sense of what was like to be in her body. You could use this essay with sounds effects like breathing or a heart beating or other sensory details to help the viewer really experience social anxiety firsthand and therefore possibly understand it in a deeper way. If this is something that you struggle with personally, that means you will have to reveal it and write about it. That can be a good thing, because not only will it help others understand what is actually a very common challenge for people, it will also give you an outlet to express yourself. If it's nothing a topic you have close knowledge of, I am not sure what it is that draws you to it, so you will have to explore that further. Let me know if you want to meet to discuss.