planning
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...