Questions
1. What is your research topic?
Insomnia.
2. What research will you do?
I will probably go to psychology related websites [psychology.com i already know is a good source], because they have articles by doctors, therapists, etc, who talk about how and why a lot of disorders exist and how people deal with or are affected by them [including insomnia].
3. What is the idea behind your piece?
The idea behind my piece is to take the viewer through the different stages, emotions, reactions, etc of an insomniac's night. Starting with when everybody else goes to sleep, the initial realization of being alone, which at first is not bad at all, it's quite calming. The next is trying to keep occupied by constantly doing something [i like to draw, paint, create, make lists, organize, etc]. The third stage is when the mood shifts. When I run out of things to occupy myself with I literally hit a wall and I realize the most literal, dramatic silence you could think of. Initially my thoughts begin to race but I am no longer moving around and then those halt as well and my emotions take over. Basically, I want to [in five minutes] go through these transitions and show the effects of them.
4. Why is this of interest or of importance to you?
This theme is obviously important to me as it basically controls my life, and therefore, is my life. I have had a strange relationship with insomnia and continue to both appreciate it and be terrorized by it [shown in various stages of the night].
5. What will it look like?
I think the best way to portray my idea is to set my camera up on a tripod in my room. The room will be dark with one bright light [my desk light] to create dramatic lighting, and all that will be moving is me. I'm going to leave it on all night, or at various moments of the night because I don't think I can tape that much, and in my final project I will have fast-forwarded it and then gone to normal speed at key moments. Time is an important aspect of this project.
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