Between me and my partner, we took 3 images each and I used Adobe Photoshop CS6 to manipulate the images to fit the tone and themes of our film.
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that cause a person to have hallucinations, delusions, changes in behaviour and confusion on what is real due to the intense hallucinations and delusions. Schizophrenia is described as a psychotic illness and affects on average 1 in 100 people, it affects men and women equally and is normally diagnosed between the ages of 15 to 35.
Schizophrenia can cause split personality disorder and give a person a very violent behaviour. It is unknown what exactly causes Schizophrenia but it can be treated with medication and therapy, both professional or talking to someone who can understand.
(Schizophrenia, NHS, 2014)
More Information can be found on the NHS website: Click Here
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| Photographed by Liam Atkinson |
This image represents the hallucinations that a person with schizophrenia can experience; from seeing different versions of themselves or imaginations and with the feeling of self hatred and depression can drive the person to feel like they aren't worth anything and can lead to suicidal thoughts.
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| Photographed by Liam Atkinson |
This image represents the many voices and emotions some with schizophrenia can experience; from laughter, anger, sadness, fear and madness etc. The many emotions can overwhelm the person and can lead to a form of depression.
Bulimia
Bulimia is an eating disorder that is classed as a mental health condition. Someone with Bulimia as an issue with their weight that becomes obsessive and creates a very low self-esteem. This can also lead to depression and self-harm and the desire to vomit. The obsession with weight can cause someone with Bulimia to starve themselves to a dangerous extent, then binge eat for nutrients. After binge eating, the person will purge their bodies of food by making themselves vomit or take laxatives.
Bulimia affects men and women, although Bulimia is mostly common with woman. Studies show that and estimated 1.6 million Britons suffer from a form of eating disorder and an estimate of 25% of them may be male. In conjunction 8% of woman have had or will experience an eating disorder at some point in their lives. This can occur at any point in their lives, but on most commonly between the ages of 16 to 40 and can start on average at the ages of 18 or 19. Bulimia can be treated by support, monitored care and therapy.
(Bulimia, NHS, 2015)
More information on Bulimia can be found on the NHS website: Click Here
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| Photographed by Carly Curwen |
This image is an idea that we wanted to use for our film; the shot will consist of a mid-shot with insults such as fat, ugly, munter etc. The words will appear and disappear as smoke fading in and out the shot. They represent the words that the bullies and the person with Bulimia will use to hurt that person and make then feel bad.
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| Photographed by Carly Curwen |
This image represents the main stereotype of Bulimia, which is a person making themselves sick to lose wait or just to get ride of what is in their stomach. Also this is an idea for a potential shot we could use in our film.
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder is known as manic depression that affects the moods of a person causing them to have extreme mood swings. A person with Bipolar will randomly and uncontrollably switch between depression (sadness) to Mania (Happy/Overactive).
When a person with Bipolar experiences depression, they can feel extreme feelings of worthless, loneliness and even strong thoughts of suicide. In contrast to this they can also experience Mania, which is when you feel very strong feelings of happiness and motivation for plans and ideas. This can lead to not feeling the need to eat or sleep, talking really fast and annoyingly hyperactive. Alternative with Mania, a person with Bipolar an enter a form of psychosis. This means they can see and here things that aren't there and depending on how the person feels can extremely violent or unaware of their real surroundings.
Bipolar can occur between the ages of 18 to 24 to both men and women and can affect 1 in 100 adults. The type of mood swings, the intensity of the mood swing and how long the mood swings last is completely random and depends on that person specifically. Bipolar Disorder can be treated by medication to control depression, mania or both and therapy.
Bipolar can occur between the ages of 18 to 24 to both men and women and can affect 1 in 100 adults. The type of mood swings, the intensity of the mood swing and how long the mood swings last is completely random and depends on that person specifically. Bipolar Disorder can be treated by medication to control depression, mania or both and therapy.
(Bipolar Disorder, NHS, 2014)
More information on Bipolar Disorder can be found on the NHS website: Click Here
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| Photographed by Carly Curwen |
This image represents how someone with Bipolar Disorder could feel that the world is a grey and dark place that they don't blend into and how it can make them feel depressed. Also how someone with Bipolar can feel isolated and alone.
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| Photographed by Liam Atkinson |
This image represents the polar sides of humans emotions; someone can be colourful and happy and the next minute be dark and angry and/or sad. The same person with two emotions, two personalities hidden inside both fighting to the surface like Jekyll and Hyde.
Bibliography:
- Anon, (2014). Schizophrenia - NHS [Online]. [Date Last Accessed: 10/12/2015]. URL: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Schizophrenia/Pages/Introduction.aspx
- Anon, (2015). Bulimia - NHS [Online]. [Date Last Accessed: 10/12/2015]. URL: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bulimia/Pages/Introduction.aspx
- Anon, (2014). Bipolar Disorder - NHS [Online]. [Date Last Accessed: 10/12/2015]. URL: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Bipolar-disorder/Pages/Introduction.aspx
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