my group work:
Me VS M.E. Project
Description
‘Me VS M.E’ is a documentary
account of a young man’s life after being diagnosed with Myalgic
Encephalomyelitis in 2011. It explores and encapsulates the journey of 24 year
old Ren Gill, from diagnosis to imminent recovery and his use of social media
to connect with other M.E. patients. It engages with some
of his most inner thoughts and feelings about the
condition and about himself.
M.E.’s unrecognised
significance in young people today demonstrates how little people understand
the seriousness of the illness. Commonly connected to older adults, the effects
of M.E. in teenagers and young adults is not frequently discussed on many media
or social platforms. The absence of medicinal support methods and lack of
funding for a more advanced, professional research program of M.E. has
triggered diagnosed sufferers to share their own forms of remedies and
therapies online through their personal blogs and video diaries.
The aim of this documentary is to
provide a nonfictional account of the reality of living with M.E. as a young
person on a daily basis and thus to give an insight into the life of a
sufferer. The documentary shows what it is like from a humanistic approach,
focusing on Ren’s personal story to provide a moving and uplifting
account of life with M.E, with an emphasis on the subjects state of mind and
psychological outlook. This nonfiction film critically engages with the
documentary genre by using psychological realism to explore the interior life
of the main protagonist of ‘Me VS M.E.’
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