The Reveal:
Julie and I have a plot for our psychological thriller "Can You Help Me?"!!!
Overall:
"Can You Help Me" is a psychological thriller that tells the story of a psychologist who is haunted by her past which causes self doubt about her ability to help others.
Characters:
The film has three characters so far unnamed. A patient, a ghost like character, and a psychologist. For now, I will call the patient Penny, the ghost-like character Geri, and the psychologist Patti.
Geri is Patti's daughter who committed suicide leading to Patti becoming a psychologist. Geri is seen in old family pictures in both the real and imagined room.
Setting:
The setting is an office in two forms. One form the real form, a very bright, colorful office, and the other form the office as the psychologist sees it a very dark, colorless office.
Set Inspiration
Time Period:"Can You Help Me" takes place in the present, the characters hair, makeup, and the overall miss-en-scene will reflect this.
Current Plot:The film opening starts in the real office with Patti as the focus surrounded by happy looking items such as self-care books, bright colored pictures, and signs that have words such as love and hope. Patti is sitting down talking to Penny, whose voice is muffled, and she cannot be seen. The opening credits would be displayed during close shots of the items surrounding Patti. There would be a quick jump cut to the same room but as the way Patti in her mind views it. Geri is in the room, but Patti is in the same exact position as in her real life. The scene goes back to the real room as the patient leaves and the door closes, taking the scene back to the imagined room. Close ups are shown as they were prior, but this time with the dark, emotional items. As different shots are shown the ghost person is seen. The noise of a door opening back up is played as Penny enters the room due to forgetting something, jump cut to the real room. The psychologist is seen trying to calm down but still in panic so fast paced edits from real to imagined room are shown as the patient asks if Patti is okay. Patti tells Penny not to worry and hopes that the therapy session helped her. The title "Can You Help Me" is shown. As Penny leaves and the door shuts and the scene cuts to the imagined office's dark bathroom, Patti is seen trying to calm down. The film's opening ends as Geri appears behind Patti in the bathroom mirror.
Psychology Research:
Since our film is about psychology, I researched the common struggles psychologists deal with. A psychologist is someone who studies the mind and behavior. They find out why people think the way they do.
According to Degree Query "Psychologists often say that feelings of helplessness, the stress of dealing with clients' problems, the demanding educational requirements and the tedious nature of billing for payment are among the hardest parts about working as a psychologist."
Psychologists work for years to become licensed, you either need a Ph.D. or Psy.D to find a suitable job, and even once you have a job you are constantly learning and testing your knowledge. This could take eight years for schooling plus four or more for graduate studies, all these years rack up student loans. Once you are a working psychologist, billing may be a challenge as you must deal with insurance companies who may not always cooperate.
Helplessness and Stress:
Helplessness is not usually caused by not knowing how to treat a patient, but by knowing, and the treatment not going as planned due to the patients' struggles. Psychologists surround themselves with other people's issues that may sometimes bring up memories for psychologists. The constant knowing of other people's negativity can bring psychologists' mood down. Stress causes most psychologists to burn out.
Research Impact:
This research let Julie and I know that our idea is very accurate and that we must make sure our psychologist character seems very helpless and stressed out. It also gave me the idea to include some sort of diploma from the psychologist's degrees.
Moving Forward:Our storyboard is in the works, as we also continue to dive deeper into character creation along with the creation of props and costumes. Cast wise, so far we plan for the characters to all be in our family, and us so a filming schedule will be created soon. As we do this, I want to research suicide so we make sure our film deals with it respectfully.
Source:
Citation:
Dodge, K. (2020, May 3). What is the hardest thing about working as a psychologist? DegreeQuery.com. Retrieved February 25, 2022, from https://www.degreequery.com/psychology-degrees/what-is-the-hardest-thing-about-working-as-a-psychologist/
Julie and I have a plot for our psychological thriller "Can You Help Me?"!!!
Overall:
"Can You Help Me" is a psychological thriller that tells the story of a psychologist who is haunted by her past which causes self doubt about her ability to help others.
Characters:
The film has three characters so far unnamed. A patient, a ghost like character, and a psychologist. For now, I will call the patient Penny, the ghost-like character Geri, and the psychologist Patti.
Geri is Patti's daughter who committed suicide leading to Patti becoming a psychologist. Geri is seen in old family pictures in both the real and imagined room.
Setting:
The setting is an office in two forms. One form the real form, a very bright, colorful office, and the other form the office as the psychologist sees it a very dark, colorless office.
Overall:
"Can You Help Me" is a psychological thriller that tells the story of a psychologist who is haunted by her past which causes self doubt about her ability to help others.
Characters:
The film has three characters so far unnamed. A patient, a ghost like character, and a psychologist. For now, I will call the patient Penny, the ghost-like character Geri, and the psychologist Patti.
Geri is Patti's daughter who committed suicide leading to Patti becoming a psychologist. Geri is seen in old family pictures in both the real and imagined room.
Setting:
The setting is an office in two forms. One form the real form, a very bright, colorful office, and the other form the office as the psychologist sees it a very dark, colorless office.
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| Set Inspiration |
Time Period:
"Can You Help Me" takes place in the present, the characters hair, makeup, and the overall miss-en-scene will reflect this.
Current Plot:
The film opening starts in the real office with Patti as the focus surrounded by happy looking items such as self-care books, bright colored pictures, and signs that have words such as love and hope. Patti is sitting down talking to Penny, whose voice is muffled, and she cannot be seen. The opening credits would be displayed during close shots of the items surrounding Patti. There would be a quick jump cut to the same room but as the way Patti in her mind views it. Geri is in the room, but Patti is in the same exact position as in her real life. The scene goes back to the real room as the patient leaves and the door closes, taking the scene back to the imagined room. Close ups are shown as they were prior, but this time with the dark, emotional items. As different shots are shown the ghost person is seen. The noise of a door opening back up is played as Penny enters the room due to forgetting something, jump cut to the real room. The psychologist is seen trying to calm down but still in panic so fast paced edits from real to imagined room are shown as the patient asks if Patti is okay. Patti tells Penny not to worry and hopes that the therapy session helped her. The title "Can You Help Me" is shown. As Penny leaves and the door shuts and the scene cuts to the imagined office's dark bathroom, Patti is seen trying to calm down. The film's opening ends as Geri appears behind Patti in the bathroom mirror.
Psychology Research:
Since our film is about psychology, I researched the common struggles psychologists deal with. A psychologist is someone who studies the mind and behavior. They find out why people think the way they do.
According to Degree Query "Psychologists often say that feelings of helplessness, the stress of dealing with clients' problems, the demanding educational requirements and the tedious nature of billing for payment are among the hardest parts about working as a psychologist."
Psychologists work for years to become licensed, you either need a Ph.D. or Psy.D to find a suitable job, and even once you have a job you are constantly learning and testing your knowledge. This could take eight years for schooling plus four or more for graduate studies, all these years rack up student loans. Once you are a working psychologist, billing may be a challenge as you must deal with insurance companies who may not always cooperate.
Psychologists work for years to become licensed, you either need a Ph.D. or Psy.D to find a suitable job, and even once you have a job you are constantly learning and testing your knowledge. This could take eight years for schooling plus four or more for graduate studies, all these years rack up student loans. Once you are a working psychologist, billing may be a challenge as you must deal with insurance companies who may not always cooperate.
Helplessness and Stress:
Helplessness is not usually caused by not knowing how to treat a patient, but by knowing, and the treatment not going as planned due to the patients' struggles. Psychologists surround themselves with other people's issues that may sometimes bring up memories for psychologists. The constant knowing of other people's negativity can bring psychologists' mood down. Stress causes most psychologists to burn out.
Research Impact:
This research let Julie and I know that our idea is very accurate and that we must make sure our
psychologist character seems very helpless and stressed out. It also gave me the idea to include some sort of diploma from the psychologist's degrees.
Moving Forward:
Source:
Citation:
Dodge, K. (2020, May 3). What is the hardest thing about working as a psychologist? DegreeQuery.com. Retrieved February 25, 2022, from https://www.degreequery.com/psychology-degrees/what-is-the-hardest-thing-about-working-as-a-psychologist/
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