MUSIC IN ANXIETY AND ADHD !!
By Katie Cornish
01. RESEARCH
[WHAT I CHOSE TO RESEARCH, THE METHODS I WENT WITH AND
WHAT I LEARNT (END SLIDE) ]
02. STOP MOTION
[THE PROCESS OF SHOOTING AND EDITING, WHAT I DID
MY TOPICS RIGHT/WRONG, AND MY OWN OPINIONS]
03. SHORT FILM
[SHOOTING, WRITING, STORYBOARDING AND ALL THE
ELEMENTS. MY OWN OPINIONS ON MY SHORT AND A LESSON
ON WHAT I SHOULD DO NEXT TIME]
BRITISH YOUTH
1.
I was very unsure with
what I wanted to make
in the beginning of this
project. I had made a
mind map to stretch
out ideas and see what
I was most comfortable
in. [1.]
After looking at the 2.
topics I decided to
make another map to
go into detail for
myself for what I
wanted to make it clear
and flesh it out. [2.]
MY RESEARCHMUSIC / ANXIETY
/ ADHD I FIRST STARTED TO LOOK AT ADHD AND ANXIETY IN
PEOPLE AROUND ME AND I ASKED THEM QUESTIONS IN
MY RESEARCH WAS FOCUSED REGARDS TO HOW THEY RELATE TO MUSIC.
ON HOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE ADHD
RESEARCH
AND ANXIETY USE MUSIC IN THEIR
LIFE AND HOW IT HELPS THEM. I
THIS HELPED ME GRASP A BETTER PERSPECTIVE AND NEW
WAS TACKLING THE STIGMA THAT ONES FROM MY OWN TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
PEOPLE IN THIS CATERGORY HAVE
BEEN LABELLED AS “WEAK” OR
GENERALLY “BEHIND AND
USELESS” AND I WANTED TO
EXPRESS THAT THEY ARE SIMPLY
NOT THAT. I WANTED TO EXCERISE
THE IDEA THAT THEY FUNCTION IN
A DIFFERENT WAY. THEY TAKE A
DIFFERENT PATH BUT STILL HAVE
THE SAME OUTCOME, POSSIBLY
BETTER THAN THEIR PEERS.
SNIPPETS FROM
MY RESEARCH
MY STOP MOTION
My method of research
INTERVIEWS AND MY I chose to first interview three willing participants, one participant
METHODS focusing on ADHD and two focusing on Anxiety. The answers* I
received helped me flex out my idea of colour and outside
ANSWERS *
experiences with music. I went into further detail for the colour
idea as I felt that not only would I be able to draw interest from
the watchers from music choice but the visual effects I had
planned for my stop motion. I had decided on adding an element
of live colour into the stop motion, to reflect and, in a way,
exaggerate the experience of music around people. I found out
that colour synaesthesia is what this is. An example of colour
emotions below
A WHEEL LIKE THIS WAS WHAT
HELPED ME UNDERSTAND TE
EMOTIONS BEHIND COLOURS
AND WAS MY MAIN FACTOR
INTO THE COLOURS OF MY
SHORT
My short film, Mood swings is a
Anxiously stop motion
Procrastinating, is through drawings
centred around our of my own and is a
main character Sam. short story of a girl
Sam is struggling to who’s living in
focus on her work and music. She’s
cant concentrate. expressing her
After procrastinating emotion(s)
for a while and through the music
[ANXIOUSLY PROCRASTINATING]
brushing off her around her and its [MOOD SWINGS]
0:00━━━━━━━━━5:18 nerves she finally changing her 0:00━━━━━━━━━0:27
◅◅ ▷ ▻▻ ◅◅ ▷ ▻▻
settles and plays perspective on
music. The music things. Colour in
comforts her and is this short
able to complete all emphasises this
of her work in time with its movement
and relaxes after a and changing of
long day colour.
FEEDBACK – SHORT FILM TEACHER FEEDBACK
POSITIVES IVE DONE
WHAT DID I DO WELL?
From my teacher feedback, I had
After sending out a survey to my class, I received some feedback on my created some close up shots and
short film. Both positive and negative. Some things people liked about my had used them in the correct
short was the ending, and especially the use of the close up onto the app fashion to emhasise the
spotify. This has helped me realise that many people like the little details in importance of said shot. My
films as it brings everything all together. editing matched the pace and feel
of the entire film.
*Spotify
THINGS TO IMPROVE
WHAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT?
I had some black shots in my film
After publishing the short, I sent out a survey to get outside
which I do agree, take you away
opinions. Some critiques I got were to add more dialogue or from the film. A scene at 3:8 could
some voiceover to help navigate the story and the idea of the have been shot better as the back
film. I now understand that a weak spot of mine is dialogue was infocus and drew eyes off
scripting and I will flex this out by using dialogue in the next Sam.
short I produce.
FEEDBACK – STOP MOTION TEACHER FEEDBACK
WHAT DID I DO WELL? POSITIVES IVE DONE
I had received a lot of comments on my use of My character movement was
colour in editing and the music choice. Most very good and the use of colour
research of mine went into these factors so in post production editing
brought it to life. My song
hearing the praise made me feel confident in my
choice was also very fitting.
production.
THINGS TO IMPROVE
WHAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT? I could have added more shots
towards the end to show actual
Some thing that needed work in my film, which
movement instead of repeated
occurred to me after posting and watching after shots, like adding a tear dow
others thoughts was that the story or concept could her face. An additional slogan
have been a lot clearer. People who watched did enjoy at the end would help clarify
but were midly confused at the plot throughout. This the message I was sending.
has told me that there are factors that help fix this like
notes from my TEACHERS FEEDBACK.
THIS PROJECT HAS HELPED THERE ARE A FEW THINGS
ME REALISE MY STRENGTHS THAT I WISH I HAD DONE
AND WEAKNESSES IN FILM WHAT DID I LEARN BETTER, ONE THING I WISH
MAKING. EXAMPLES OF MY WAS MY STORYBOARDING,
STRENGTHS AND THINGS IM FROM THIS PROJECT? IN BOTH FILMS. I FELT LIKE I
CONFIDENT IN ARE HAD LOST MYSELF IN THE
ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN HEAT OF IT ALL AND DIDN’T
FILMING, MY INDEPTH FULLY PLAN OUT EVERY
RESEARCH AND MY SHOT, SO I FOUND MYSELF
OVERALL ABILITY TO MY FAVOURITE PART OF THIS ENTIRE PROJECT WAS COMPRIMISING AND NOT
CHANGE IDEAS AND STILL EDITING MY SHORT FILM, BEING ABLE TO SEE IT ALL BRINGING THE FILMS TO
BE CONFIDENT IN WHAT I COME TOGETHER WAS VERY REWARDING. THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL.
HAVE. MY WEAKNESSES ANOTHER THING THAT
HAVE SHOWN THROUGH IN COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
THIS PROJECT BUT I AM WAS SCRPITING. I DIDN’T
HAPPY THEY HAVE SO I NOW WRITE A FULL IN DEPTH
KNOW HOW TO IMPROVE SCRIPT [TO MY OWN
UPON STORYTELLING, STANDARDS] AND IT FELT
SHOOTING AND QUITE EMPTY WHEN ACTED
STORYBOARDING TO THE OUT, ONE OF MY CRITQUES
EXACT FRAME SO I DON’T WAS TO ADD DIALOGUE, THIS
LOSE MYSELF IN THE WAS WHAT HELPED ME
PROCESS REALISE A WEAKNESS OF MY
OWN.
