Reply With QuoteIs the script in this based on some sort of poem? I found it difficult to follow, unless it was viewed as a form of "expressionist art".
Ps, where the hell is that tunnel located?
Hi Guys,
I thought you might be interested in watching my film about tinnitus. I have recently taken part in a show called The Shooting Party which is about 9 disabled people making a short film on channel 4. My film may interest some of you guys who experience the maddening sounds!
Here's the link -
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?t...nel=1418418722
- I recommend watching this with headphones, that's if you are not 100% deaf like me!
If you want to watch the whole documentary then you need to go to 4Od.
All the best,
Zoe.
Is the script in this based on some sort of poem? I found it difficult to follow, unless it was viewed as a form of "expressionist art".
Ps, where the hell is that tunnel located?
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I don't normally go for expressionist films (if I have the term right and I am not showing my ignorance) but I found the clip from the link actually quite moving.
mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur
The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so
Louis Pasteur
Thank you Hello Zo Zo,
I work for a deaf association - I have noted details....nice piece of communication I thought. Most normal people haven't a clue about the difficulties those with hearing impairment cope with. Well done.
Hi, The tunnel is in Greenwich. As for the narration I didn't want to be completely obvious, however they all have a purpose. If there is anything in particular you didn't get, feel free to ask. I know Arty films aren't every one's cup of tea, however because I am completely deaf I rely a lot on the visual experience so I guess that would explain the style of my film to a certain extent.
Thanks for your kind comments Bunny and allo allo!!! Do any of you guys have tinnitus just out of curiosity?
No I did "get it" but only when I switched tracks. Originally I thought it was to be about one girls struggle with being deaf, and the problems she faced. The dialogue was a bit esoteric for me. As soon as I realised it was an art piece It all clicked. Thats when I got the metaphors etc. I enjoyed it.Originally Posted by helloZoZo
One question though, being totally deaf, why was the film not in colour? The reason I ask is because I would have thought that being deaf, colour would be important (being one of the remaining working senses etc) Is the black and white a further metaphor?
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I think there was a point where the film suggests how the 'colour' of sound is absent from the lives of hearing impaired folk - the film, I thought, is a communication to normal people of how it feels, so black and white seemed right to me. Only my own opinion.
I am hearing impaired and wear brilliant hearing aids - my best friends! When I first used them, I was delighted to hear so many sounds - and music suddenly became rich and full. They 'colour' my life well.
About tinnitus - when I was a young woman I developed tinnitus after a plane flight. It drove me crazy for years. Specialists said I would always have it as it was permanently registered in the brain. I considered doing away with myself at times. When I was 36, with a month old baby, I had a stroke but no physical cause, like a clot, hemorrhage or any other thing was found to cause it. When I eventually recovered from that - my tinnitus had disappeared and has never returned. I am lucky.
I know hearing people who do suffer with it.
bindeweede is your guy. He has a thread on it in this subsection, as it happens!
I have a very mild constant tinnitus and infrequently get sudden outbursts of it very badly, although they only last for a few minutes at a time. Although these painful outbursts have happened throughout my whole life, I can only imagine what it must be like to have it more constantly.
Interesting question! Yeah I used black and white as a metaphor in my film for a few reasons. For a start I removed colour to give the feeling that I have one sense missing (my hearing) and to draw the focus onto what is going on in the first few scenes without the distraction of colour as it isn't relevant. Also I sometimes describe the feeling of having tinnitus like waking up in a really grotty mood, sort of like a bad hangover in the dark. So when the guy comes in to talk to me in the film I look pissed off and with heavy bags under my eyes - black and white conveys that feeling for me. But then I wanted to take it into colour to give more impact on the scene where I say silence and you hear silence... that's the reality of what I want - so by adding colour you can relate more. The line as I go into the tunnel says - 'give me back my identity, the colours of my existence the colours of me", I felt it was fitting to introduce colour at that point to demonstrate how I feel. My film is all about feeling like I am in a surreal world, because when I'm walking down the street with no external hearing and all these random sounds inside my head I feel strange sometimes.
That said, I know how to deal with the noises, and I have a wonderful life so this isn't a sob story designed to pull the violin strings. Its more about giving a different perspective that's all.
Allo Allo described it pretty well! Sounds like you have been through the mill with your story, but it's good to hear that something positive came out of it. I used to have hearing aids when I was little until they became useless as I didn't have enough hearing... I hated them tho. But I have to thank them for giving me speech and they helped me learn to lipread too!
Zo
It was very visually interesting, for some reason it reminded me of dali. I think you should have included a short clip of one of those tin monkey wind up toys clashing some symbols (those annoy me greatly)
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No I have never suffered from tinnitus and so it's difficult to image what it must be like. perhaps that's why I found the film moving, it gave me a mental flavour for it.
helloZoZo - I don't mean this in any way as a criticism but I wonder why you posted this on a sceptical forum? I am actually pleased you did but it's the connection between scepticism and your posting that makes me curious.
mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur
The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so
Louis Pasteur
Hi Bunny,
Thanks for your message, I saw a couple of blogs about tinnitus so that's why I posted the film just because I thought it might be of interest. I'm a bit confused if this is the right sort of place to do this!
Bobdezon - Yup clashing monkeys would have been an idea! lol .
Don't be confused I think we are all enjoying it. You get a lot of science stuff on this forum - not surprising perhaps. We also get the occasional werdo (we're all descended from aliens, that sort of stuff). So it makes a nice change (for me anyway) to get something a little different but really worthwhile. Hope you stay and get involved in some of the sceptical arguments.
mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur
The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so
Louis Pasteur
Article on
TINNITUS:
'For those seeking treatment, options include:.....' (scroll down the page)
9/28/08
Dear HelloZoZo,
What an excellent film! I'm so glad you made it.
I woke up one morning in 1996 with extremely loud ringing in my ears. The only thing to which it compared was the ridiculously loud bell that had rung in the secretary's office of my elementary school when I was a child. I hurried to see three different doctors, each of whom dismissed me as quickly as possible, telling me that it wasn't 'life threatening' and that I would 'get used to it'.
I did not loose my hearing, and the volume of the ringing did eventually diminish from that initial high level. Incidentally, or perhaps ironically, I had interpreted for the deaf in a South American country for eight years (several years previous to having tinnitus befall me), so when I heard that deafness sometimes accompanies or follows the onslaught of tinnitus, it was a consolation to me that, in case of deafness, I would have been able to immediately turn to the deaf community for friendship and support.
I wish that everybody would learn sign language. Deafness can happen to anyone 'in a heartbeat'. - TexJingle
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