Holly Probert DFSA Productions

What is memory? MEMORY:  1.  the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information 2.  something remembered from the past; a recollection The human memory is something that has been studied and researched over 2000+ years. everything we know is comprised by human memory, from learning to speak, until the memories we create today. various people have formulated research into the human memory, having completed experiments; such as in the 1960's where it was thought that memory didn't only exist in the human b rain, but also in other cells, known as cellular memory. experiments were conducted, these were referred to as "memory transfer", where they used canibal flatworms, and recipients of organ transplants, to survey the fact. it was reported that recipients had taken on new habits or memories after their transplants. however, this is now considered mistaken and has been disregarded in todays scientific journals....

EMDR: Online videos about EMDR – observation of subjects in therapy – talking about personal trauma- re-entering memory trauma – in silence – being guided by breathing into a safe space. Look at training and literature for EDMR – what would I need to train – where etc: EMDR has been an established therapy since 1990, first discovered in 1987 by Francine Shapiro, 39 year old psychology grad student in california. She discovered it by accident when walking through a park thinking about her trauma, noticed her eyes moved and then the trauma seemed to have less of an effect on her. She started to test this on her friends, but they seemed to struggle just using their eyes and so this introduced the hand movement so that subjects could follow their fingertips, making the exercise easier. It was discovered through further testing, that this therapy was very effective on veterans, out of 200, 80% improved. Later these results continued when Dr.Lipke got a selection of EMDR train...

Planning: in regards to planning this is what I'm thinking: a repetitive dance piece showing the layout of the therapy, delving back into trauma, presenting the eye movement and then reevaluating the emotional response of the trauma. repeating this process until the emotional responce is lessened, enabling the individual to be less negatively effected by changing the response from the inside. the reason why I've decided to go in this direction with the film is because I really want to talk about the positivity of the therapy and make it clear that it is different to conventional talking therapies such as counselling. EMDR focuses on the trauma itself, as a pose to counselling, which focuses on how the trauma takes effect on the person now. I think it is a really important focus in regards to EMDR's development and its expanding ability to treat various traumas. preproduction: risk assessment for permissions is underway. learning agreement draft 1 is finished. pe...