FILM INSPIRATION

FILM CLIP

http://youtu.be/UZX_OxiSdSg

This clip is video put together by a medical student who wanted to show how ‘The Notebook’ deals with dementia in the film.

It uses all the clips from the film and shows the interaction between the married couple and how they deal with the wife dementia.

DIALOGUE ON DEMENTIA I found the dialogue in this clip really useful

for inspiration for the script for our film. The dialogue is simple but puts forward the key aspects of the disease. He also puts forward softly but firmly how the disease will develop. The fact that the doctor is positioned lower that the husband shows that he wants to show respect and put him in a higher position in respect.

CONFUSION This is a key element of our film as our main

character gets confused about his family. Similarly the female character becomes confused on the identity of her husband. Throughout the clip the audience remains eye level, symbolising that the audience should respect her. However she is placed lower than her husband, signifying how she is so confused about a ‘stranger’ that she feels threatened. This is important for my film as the audience must still feel respect for the dementia patient rather than being demoralised by the audience.

FLASHBACKS I found that watching this clip, that flashbacks

really helped me sympathise with the characters. It signifies the decline of their relationship but also how love tries to remain strong. The continuation of the red cardigan relates the two characters together and joins the two time periods together. I think that this would be a good feature for our film as the audience can clearly recognise that the flashbacks are of the same people.