Thursday, March 12, 2020

The Psychology of Grief

            Since our character is coping with grief and loss we decided to do blog posts about what her mental state would be at this time and how she copes with the loss of her best friend. We want the audience to understand and empathize with what she is going through but we also don't want all of our messages to be metaphorical or have to be interpreted. However, at the same time no one outright says what they are feeling at every given moment. Grief and loss are very hard to watch, mostly because the audience cannot help but feel the sorrow and pain of the character. We want the audience to feel they know this character and what she is really feeling despite what she amy say to the other characters in a scene.
            When people start spiraling after a loss they do not think rationally and often take drastic measures to reflect what is going on in their head. Loss affects everyone differently, but we want this event to have a profound effect on our character. We want to show the audience how she grows and moves past her emotions. Today, there is still stigma about having mental health issues and we want to combat this by having our character be open with her friends and family about what she is feeling and what she needs from them throughout her grieving process.

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