a presentation about grief and how we will use it in our film

1. Grief
How it effects people and how we will use it in our film.

2. WhatisGrief?
 Grief is a response to loss, especially to someone that
has died which the person is bonded with.
 Although many people think it is mainly focused
around the emotional response, however it also has
many physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural
and philosophical dimensions.
 Grief is a very natural response to loss.

3. Reactions
 Crying and not crying
 Forced talking can be harmful
 Laughter is healthy
 Shock and disbelief
 Sadness
 Guilt
 Anger
 Fear
 Fatigue
 Nausea
 Lowered immunity
 Weight loss or weight gain
 Aches and pains
 Insomnia
 Intense longing and yearning for
your deceased loved one
 Intrusive thoughts or images of your
loved one
 Denial of the death or sense of
disbelief
 Imagining that your loved one is
alive
 Searching for your deceased loved
one in familiar places
 Avoiding things that remind you of
your loved one
 Extreme anger or bitterness over
your loss
 Feeling that life is empty or
meaningless

4. The5Stagesof
Grief
 Denial: “This can’t be happening to me.”
 Anger: “Why is this happening? Who is to blame?”
 Bargaining: “Make this not happen, and in return I
will ____.”
 Depression: “I’m too sad to do anything.”
 Acceptance: “I’m at peace with what happened.”

5. How todeal
withgrief
 Acknowledge your pain
 Accept that grief can trigger many different and
unexpected emotions
 Understand that you’re grieving process will be unique to
you
 Seek out face-to-face support from people who care about
you
 Support yourself emotionally by taking care of yourself
physically
 Recognize the difference between grief and depression
 Turn to friends and family
 Draw comfort from your faith
 Join a support group
 Talk to a therapist or grief counselor

6. Our use of grief
We now need to use this research and apply it to
our character so that he is accurately grieving.

7. We found some pictures of grieving people.

8. We have one character that is grieving in our film. He is shown in a graveyard, at a funeral and in a
park. He interacts with he childhood friend.
To make sure that these images and interactions fit within the stereotypical ’grieving’ image we are
going to include the following;
 Emotionless expressions of the boy
 Crying
 Hugging from other characters and other efforts to cheer him up
 He will be in the depression stage of grieving
 He will show signs of fatigue, shock and a feeling as if life is meaningless
 He will be shown reaching out to friends and family