Monday 16 April 2012

Little Viccy Grows Up: Occupational Transition



Our film starts off with a little girl, Viccy, being dropped off at Kindergarten by her dad, this is then merged into a screen shot of her playing with a friend. In the next shot Viccy and her friend have grown up they are now in primary school and this is shown by their independence in crossing the road alone, this is then merged into a screenshot of the girls doing some school work. As Viccy continues to grow we see her reach High school with her friends - this is shown by their interest in Bebo and technology, this is then merged into a screenshot of Viccy and a group of friends all chatting and using cell phones. We see Viccy next in university with an armload of books, this is then merged into a screenshot of her drowning in a pile of paperwork and assignments. Next we see Viccy continue to grow up as we see her in a work environment, this is then merged into a screenshot of her working at her desk. Finally we see Viccy at retirement age, this is then merged into a screenshot of her knitting. 

Our team’s short film was based on the concept of Occupational Transition. Occupational Transition is defined as “Circumstances creating a change in the nature or type of occupational engagement pursued by or available to an individual. (Christiansen & Townsend, 2010). We decided to demonstrate occupational transition through education and the changes in occupation this can bring.

Our group worked really well together. When we were given the four concepts we discussed which one we wanted and threw about ideas on how we could portray the concept on film. We came to an agreement on occupational transition and how we could show this through education and its occupational change over time. With the concept decided we allocated a director, cameramen, story boarders, prop bringers and actors. As a group we collaborated with the story boarders to draw/write up a base idea of what we were going to film and we showed this to James. Once our idea was given the OK we got straight into filming the next time we were together. As we had already planned our filming the process was easy. Our director had good ideas on how to film and when to have still images merged in with filming. As we had the OT storeroom at our disposal we were able to find good props and use them well in the film.

References:


Christiansen, C. H., & Townsend, E. A. (2010). An introduction to occupation: The
art and science of living (2nd ed.). United States of America: Pearson
Education Inc.

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