The document outlines ideas for an opening sequence about a girl struggling with bulimia who goes on a strict diet to get into university but ends up making herself sick after eating and losing a dangerous amount of weight before seeking help. It proposes showing the girl looking in the mirror critically, making herself vomit, and depicting her body disorder to convey the inner turmoil of bulimia.

1. Part E
Brainstorm Ideas For your
Opening sequence Bulimia
A Girl went on a diet, she began to restrict her
conflict at a crucial eating cutting out fats, carbs As she began to lose
moment in their lives weight she started to feel that life was worth living.
dealing with emotional All because of the stress, worries on getting
themes. accepted into university. She thought that if she
didn't stop to eat and work work work, her chances
Her Family has been having ups would be higher to get in. At the end she ended up
and down from the pass month. in bed for 5 weeks...
They decided to get divorced after She only realized she need help after her hair fell
a big argument. She blames out, her skin cracked (dry),she could see the
herself for all its happening. She details of her bones...
become depressive and stopped
eating... she doesn't realise that
what she is doing (making her self
Bulimia She went to the GP asked for help and at the end
she received a letter from her first choice of
university for an interview on the following day and
feel sick after eating) its a
problem. she got accepted.
Parents find out what she has
been going throw... Ask’s for
help...

2. Part E
Main Chosen Idea
• Girl walking to college with her friends - they want to get food she says she is
not hungry.
• She gets home and goes to the kitchen straight away
• She goes after to the bath room and pushes her two fingers down her throat
making her self feel sick
• Goes to her room looks at magazines (models, skinny) looks at her self in the
mirror
• Goes to bath room opens water tap in to bath tap takes her clothes off and
enters .
Why ?
Because we have enough actors to do this
we also have costumes, props and make up
Suitable locations
An actor who is skinny

3. Delia Dan
Chosen Theme Part E
Bulimia

4. Research of the Topic / Theme Anna Azevedo
Part F
Bulimia – Eating Disorder
1 What’s Bulimia Nervosa?
Bulimia is an illness in which a person binges on food or
has regular episodes of overeating and feels a loss of
control. The affected person then uses various methods
such as:
- Vomiting -Laxative abuse
2 Causes, Incidence and Risk Factors
-Many more women than men have
bulimia.
-The disorder is most common in X
teenage
girls and young women.
To prevent weight -The affected person is usually aware
gain!!! that her eating pattern is abnormal and
may feel scare or blame with the binge-
purge episodes.
A strong desire to
go to the bathroom - Genetic
or vomiting - Psychological
-Trauma
-Family
-Society

5. 3 Symptoms
Anna Azevedo
Part F
-People with bulimia are often at a normal weight, but
they may see themselves as being overweight.
- People with bulimia often eat large amounts of high-
calorie foods, usually in secret. People can feel a
absence of control over their eating during these
episodes.
-Forcing oneself to vomit
-Excessive exercise
-Use of laxatives, enemas, or diuretics (water pills)
4 Signs
-Broken blood vessels in the eyes (from the strain of
vomiting)
-Dry mouth
-Pouch-like look to the corners of the mouth due to
swollen salivary glands
-Small cuts and calluses across the tops of the finger
joints from forcing oneself to vomit

6. Interviews On Chosen Theme Anna Azevedo
Part F
Question & Answer
Permission Form

7. Part G
Conventions
Using
Mirror Body disorder Vomiting
Why & How : to Show Why: add information to the situation
that she is not confident with (showing that bulimia means that ‘you force
her self and she it not happy yourself to feel sick’
by the way she look. This will
be presented by facial
expression and body language

8. Part G
Developing
Mirror Vomiting Body disorder
Why : to show more what bulimia involves (happens)
To show how they life goes from one day to another
To show they can hide their feelings from the outside world

9. Part G
Challenging
Mirror Body disorder
Why : Because we want to make our audience
uncomfortable so they never end up in this situation.
Give people confidence about their self