Monday, April 9, 2012

Tutorial Four - Video Production, "Occupational Deprivation"


OCUUPATIONAL DEPRIVATION

In class we were set a task in groups to produce a short film of approximately 1 minute in length. My group consisted of Sally, Tracey, Abby and I. We chose one of three concepts to base the film around which was occupational deprivation.

Occupational deprivation is the 'influence of external circumstances that prevents a person from acquiring, using or enjoying an occupation" (Townsed, E., & Wilcock, A. 2004)

This is why we chose to do our film on the deprivation of a vertically challenged person (Myself) trying to use the facilities in our WINTEC student hub. We decided to also use someone on the other end of the scale (Ben) who was very tall. This was to compare the difficulties of a verticallilly challenged person to someone who can easily reach the cupboards in the kitchen facilities to make a cup of tea.

We began our film by story- boarding our ideas. We tested out different areas of WINTEC to see the places I could not reach. The film was not allowed any dialogue so in the story boarding we had to make sure in each scene go the overall message across. This was compensated by common facial expressions and gestures to identify what the actors were doing. For example Ben helps me I am greatful, therefore give him a handshake to symbolise a thank you. Tracey was on filming and during the story-boarding we made sure to map out each shot. We included close ups, zooming, panning, full shots and mid shots. Full shots were a good way to grasp the large height difference between Ben and myself and zooming was beneficial to see what the actors were doing in each shot.

Enjoy watching :)

References:
Townsend, E.,& Wilcock, A. (2004). Occupational justice and client centred prectoce: A dialogue in progress. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71(2), 75-87.

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