Video Framework

Video Idea: Loneliness: "mind vs. reality"

Shooting Schedule: Probably this weekend (Nov.10) or next weekend (Nov.17).

Locations: Around places with a lot of noise like school, mall, downtown, etc. and places with not much noise, like home, residential areas, parks, library, etc. Also, will need to do some day time shooting and some night time shooting to show more contrast.

Editting: After getting the required video footages I'll try to create the contrasting experiences of the mind vs. reality. Perhaps fuse scenes together, split the screen, juxtapose. This will be all a new experience for making shooting a video and editing, however, I will do my best to learn. Editting should start around the Nov.21.

Lonely World

A lot of people who experience loneliness often leading to depression usually don't show this on the surface. It is really hard to tell who suffers from loneliness until you talk to a person.

I want to portray the reality of the mind along with the everyday normal life that people live each day. The world can be a very loneliness place without anyone knowing and caring.

(Graphic Art from Google Images)

Someone told me that Rabbits will die if they are left alone for too many days.
Therefore, this means that Rabbits are one of the few animals that require a lot of interaction and attention due to intense emotional sensitivity.

I searched for some explanations on the web. The information from this page made my understanding better:
http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/multiple.html

LINKS:

Counseling and Testing Centre Info:
http://www.uoregon.edu/~counsel/loneliness.htm

Live Science Article:
http://www.livescience.com/health/060331_loneliness.html

Streaming Song (Enigma - Age of Loneliness):
http://www.divshare.com/download/2527426-479

Experience w/ Loneliness

I remember my first trip to Tokyo, Japan last year.
Although everything was new and exciting to see, most of the time I was exploring the city myself since my friend had to work 4 days of the week.
I remember the feeling of being so alone not knowing my directions, not knowing where to eat, not knowing how to read a lot of the signs, and having no one to talk to.
In a fast paced city with a population of 12,570,000 people condensed together, which is about 5 times the population of the city I've grown up in, Toronto, and with lots of buildings and stores packed together side by side with flashing lights you tend to get overwhelmed.

Images of Loneliness (Photography and Digital Art)

(Source: Google Images)

Wilco - How To Fight Loneliness (Music Video)

LONELINESS

After thinking lots and lots about an idea/subject for my video. I think I will try to use "Loneliness" as the subject!

Taken from Wikipedia:

Loneliness is an emotional state in which a person experiences a powerful feeling of emptiness and isolation. Loneliness is more than just the feeling of wanting company or wanting to do something with another person. Loneliness is a feeling of being cut off, disconnected and alienated from other people. The lonely person may find it difficult or even impossible to have any form of meaningful human contact. Lonely people often experience a subjective sense of inner emptiness or hollowness, with feelings of separation or isolation from the world.

Common types

Loneliness can be summarized as falling into these categories:

• Situational / circumstantial - loss of a relationship, move to a new city
• Developmental - a need for intimacy balanced by a need for individualism
• Internal - often including feelings of low self-esteem and vulnerability

Common symptoms

• Believing that 'everyone else' has friends
• Feeling socially inadequate and socially unskilled
• Being convinced there is something wrong with you
• Failing to see a need to maintain hygiene or soiling oneself
• Feeling that no one understands one's situation
• Feeling reluctant to attempt to change, or try new things
• Feeling 'empty', depressed, or even contemplating suicide