Idea
Idea Proposal:
The main goal of the documentary is to make more people aware of the blood disorder called Polycythemia Vera. This is a condition that means the bone marrow produces too much blood.
and I hope that this documentary brings light on this condition as it is extremely rare and not many people outside of certain medical professionals and people or families affected will know about it. It is being made to help others understand what it is, what it does and how people are affected.
I believe that Polycythemia does not stop you from living a normal and happy life. I will use my documentary to explore this by showing that even though there are hard times, that people suffering with PV still enjoy are lives to the fullest and continue on as normal. I ultimately want the audience to feel and understand that even if you have a long term illness, it should not stop you from enjoying life and doing what you want to do.
Topic:
The focus of the documentary is me and my family and the focus of the documentary is our story with Polycythemia. On the 15th August 2017, I was diagnosed with Polycythemia and our life's were changed forever. Countless visits to hospital and a few admissions have followed but we continue to try and live life as normal. I want the audience to understand what our journey with Polycythemia has been like to this point and how we continue to rise and be positive no matter whatever life throws at us.
As the condition is rare, I am not expecting people to know much about it so they do not need to know any information prior to seeing the documentary as I will be explaining what Polycythemia is, what it does and how it affects people. This will be done with the use of text, interviews and voice over
Main Characters:
The main goal of the documentary is to make more people aware of the blood disorder called Polycythemia Vera. This is a condition that means the bone marrow produces too much blood.
and I hope that this documentary brings light on this condition as it is extremely rare and not many people outside of certain medical professionals and people or families affected will know about it. It is being made to help others understand what it is, what it does and how people are affected.
I believe that Polycythemia does not stop you from living a normal and happy life. I will use my documentary to explore this by showing that even though there are hard times, that people suffering with PV still enjoy are lives to the fullest and continue on as normal. I ultimately want the audience to feel and understand that even if you have a long term illness, it should not stop you from enjoying life and doing what you want to do.
Topic:
The focus of the documentary is me and my family and the focus of the documentary is our story with Polycythemia. On the 15th August 2017, I was diagnosed with Polycythemia and our life's were changed forever. Countless visits to hospital and a few admissions have followed but we continue to try and live life as normal. I want the audience to understand what our journey with Polycythemia has been like to this point and how we continue to rise and be positive no matter whatever life throws at us.
As the condition is rare, I am not expecting people to know much about it so they do not need to know any information prior to seeing the documentary as I will be explaining what Polycythemia is, what it does and how it affects people. This will be done with the use of text, interviews and voice over
Main Characters:
- Conor Blake- Myself: I will be the main focus of the documentary because I am the person in my family currently suffering with Polycythemia so every event that is talked about is something that has happened to me
- Christine Blake- Mum: My mum will be interviewed as part of the documentary as she has been one of the main people by my side the whole time,She has experienced a lot as well and I thought it would be good to get her thoughts and understandings or the documentary
- Daniel Blake- Dad: Same Reasons as my mum
- Kacey Blake- Sister: My sister was 11 when i diagnosed and it must be hard for to understand everything so it would be interesting to hear how see feels about it all.
On Camera Interviews:
- Conor Blake- The main purpose of interviewing myself is to find out my feelings towards the condition. I am being interviewed because I suffer with Polycythemia and I know about the condition, what id can do and how to live with it.
- Christine Blake- My mum is going to be interviewed because she knows about Polycyhtemia and to get her thoughts as a mother about having a son with PV
- Danny Blake- My Dad is going to be interviewed because just like my mum i want o explore his feelings about PV and what it is like to have son with the condition.
- Kacey Blake- it will be interesting to see my sisters thoughts and feelings about this. As I don't know how she actually processes this stuff being 3 years younger.
Audiences
Biases
In my documentary, I will not be trying to push any agenda or to get audiences to believe anything me or the other interviewees say. What we say about Polycythemia will be fact and will be presented as fact not as an opinion. We will be talking about Polycythemia by presenting the audience will the correct information that has been presented by medical professionals. We will not try and twist these as this is the basic information the audience will need to know to understand the condition
When talking about my experience we will not try and present them as fact because my experiences could be and are different to other people who suffer with PV so I do not want to present them as facts as they're not true to every person. So this is something we want to avoid..
Structure
I hoping to start my documentary with a shot of me walking up the stairs, into my room and putting on a puppet. This is something i do in my everyday life. This will be a common theme throughout just me carrying with my normal, day to day life. And that is something that i want the audiences to understand that even though I am living with a long time illness, we still try to live life as normal as we possibly can.
To go alongside these visuals, I have recorded interviews with my mum, dad and sisiter as well as one of myself. These will bve used as Voice over and will be cut away from the day to day footage.
Resolution:
Even though we are talking about a horrible conditon, I want the whole documentary to showcase that even though I may have something like this. It does not stop me from living my life so I want to showcase the things we done such as going to America (twice). Or our charity fun day where we raised £13,984.
I feel that I am a suitable person to produce this documentary as I suffer with Polycyhtemia and I have done since 2017 and I know a fair amount about it. However I don't know everything related to Polycythemia like how many people suffer every year or all the facts and figures as I am only familar with my own experences with Polycythemia so I have done research in order to get some adittonal information on Polycythemia which I will use in my documentary along with my own interviews that share my experiences
To go alongside these visuals, I have recorded interviews with my mum, dad and sisiter as well as one of myself. These will bve used as Voice over and will be cut away from the day to day footage.
Resolution:
Even though we are talking about a horrible conditon, I want the whole documentary to showcase that even though I may have something like this. It does not stop me from living my life so I want to showcase the things we done such as going to America (twice). Or our charity fun day where we raised £13,984.
I feel that I am a suitable person to produce this documentary as I suffer with Polycyhtemia and I have done since 2017 and I know a fair amount about it. However I don't know everything related to Polycythemia like how many people suffer every year or all the facts and figures as I am only familar with my own experences with Polycythemia so I have done research in order to get some adittonal information on Polycythemia which I will use in my documentary along with my own interviews that share my experiences
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