We have finished most of our filming and are now looking at what footage we like and dislike. Something we have been thinking about is how to show Janaan's condition, as not everything can be said is words. I think the best way to show Janaan's emotions will be to highlights her everyday activities in her eyes. Some ideas we have are to show Janaan drawing/painting to display her thought and perhaps to show what her dreams display. Another idea we have is to show some of mine and Janaan's old art films that display the idea of distortion (a symptom of Janaan's condition).
Having this added texture will help us to have movement (following kinesthetic film principles), as so the audience will stay connected and active in the journey of the documentary.
Another aspect that we have changed is the film shop part, although we were hoping to film in a DVD shop to film Janaan looking around we discovered a permit was needed for the location we wished to film and upon further thought and discussion with Janaan I found that she visits another location tied to film much more. The media resource centre within the university is an area Janaan visits a lot, she enjoys working in the space and renting films to watch for pleasure and work. I began to take some shots of her in the space and found that she was comfortable and at home in the space which is exactly what we wanted to show,
We have almost finish our filming process, though some b-roll shots are in the works, I feel we have worked well as a team to get over our set backs.
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