Title Ideas:
Breaking the Chains
Unveiling the Struggles
Breaking the Strings
Diet or Die
Skinny or Skinned Alive
Beneath the Skin: Beyond Eating Disorder
When Scales go Up
Fighting Shadows
Off the scales
Beneath the Scale
WTF (Where’s the Food):
(Watch the Food)
(What The Food?!!)
Draft 1: What The Food?
Final Draft: Diet or Die
Reflection: We chose diet or die as our final title. Originally we chose “What the Food” as it had a nice ring and the capitalization of WTF could intrigue audiences to choose our documentary. WTF was assumed as a food documentary when we did our survey for thumbnails. The title and content of the documentary didn’t seem to match up. Therefore with much consideration, Diet or Die became the better option with its jarring title and it seemed more original with documentaries in the health genre not having a similar title. We had problems with the WTF title as it was similar to WTH (What the Health). This could make it harder for our documentary to stand out in the market which is why we finalized on Diet or Die.
Scenes structure Idea
1st Scenes Structure:
For Your Information - Sharing resources for victim to visit
Role Model Montage -
Statistics and Facts - statistics and facts to highlight the seriousness of the issue.
Personal Stories - Interview victim
Expert Insight - Interview
2nd Scenes Structure:
For Your Information - Sharing resources for victim to visit
Statistics and Facts
Expert Insight - Interview
Societal Pressures - Examine the influence of societal standards of beauty, media portrayals, and cultural expectations on body image and self-esteem.
Breaking Taboos - Explore the stigma surrounding eating disorders and the hurdles individuals face in seeking help.
Reflection: The second scene structure seems more interesting than the first which is why we used the second as a base for our storyboard below.
"What The Food (WTF)" ; Breaking the Strings is a powerful and emotional documentary that delves deep into the lives of individuals who have battled and triumphed over eating disorders. The film aims to shed light on the harsh realities of these disorders, while also offering hope, inspiration, and guidance to those who may be struggling.
Draft 2
“Diet or Die” is a powerful and heartfelt documentary that dives into the world of eating disorders. From its origins to the impact on our youth, this documentary aims to explore the harsh realities within this silent illness.
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Script voiceover
1st draft -
Intro - insert Ms. Anita, Mr Bram quick cut
(If you’re dealing with an eating disorder and need someone to talk to, theNational Eating Disorders Association helpline is 1-800-931-2237; for 24/7 crisis support, text “NEDA” to 741741.)
When researchers followed a group of 496 adolescent girls for 8 years, until they were 20, they found:
5.2% of the girls met criteria for DSM5 anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating disorder.
When the researchers included nonspecific eating disorder symptoms, a total of 13.2% of the girls had suffered from a DSM-5 eating disorder by age 20.
Source: Stice E, Marti CN, Shaw H, and Jaconis M. (2010). An 8-year longitudinal study of the natural history of threshold, subthreshold, and partial eating disorders from a community sample of adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118(3):587-97. doi: 10.1037/a001648
In contrast to American media, which appears to be increasingly supportive of the body positivity movement but still glorifying thin, idealised bodies, K-pop culture is a welcome shift for some fans who struggle with eating disorders. The thin-centric ethos of the K-pop business is openly displayed. A survey found that South Koreans had the biggest preference for skinny people over people who are overweight out of people from 71 other countries. In fact, it is entirely transparent about the strict beauty standards, especially how bodies are viewed as ideal in South Korea.
(Role model montage) Even though a number of idols have opened up about getting treatment for eating disorders, such as singer IU, who demonstrated in 2013 that she had been on a severe crash diet, igniting the "IU diet challenge," and then revealed in a 2014 talk show appearance which her method had gotten treatment for bulimia, K-pop culture as a whole glorifies extremely restrictive eating habits.
Particularly typical eating disorder diagnoses for males is binge eating disorder (BED). Although people with BED exhibit bingeing behaviours similar to those seen in bulimia nervosa, they refrain from participating in compensatory behaviours following bingeing. 40% of those with BED diagnoses are men, while 36% of men and boys experience BED. -> source: Unknown (2021). Men and eating disorders. National Eating Disorders Association. Retrieved from https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/men-eating-disorders.
(Kpop dance montage) The media and K-pop idols frequently portray Korean beauty standards as emphasising certain physical characteristics including slimness, fair skin, and particular facial features. These norms may contribute to concerns with self-esteem and body dissatisfaction, which in turn may have an impact on the emergence of eating disorders. It's crucial to understand that eating disorders can be caused by a variety of variables, including heredity, psychological issues, and social pressures that go beyond aesthetic standards. While Korean beauty standards may have an impact, treating eating disorders calls for a multifaceted strategy that takes into account each person's unique circumstances and mental health issues.
(Mutiara Montage Fashion Show) Much research has documented the extent to which seeing images of these ultra-thin models contributes to body image struggles or eating disorder symptoms in women.
Tragically, many eating disorders cause people to feel out of control and become fixated on food, their bodies, their weight, and their ability to lose weight. Many people who are battling eating disorders weigh themselves several times each day, and they punish themselves based on the results. This preoccupation frequently centres on the scale.
(Alden gym montage) Men frequently feel pressured by society to live up to these standards in order to feel attractive, and as a result, many choose to undergo procedures like excessive dieting, genital enlargement, radical exercise regimes, skin whitening, tanning, and other surgical changes to their bodies.
Conclusion/outro;
As a result, both males and girls experience the condition in different ways, and this video aims to clarify the various aspects of eating disorders in relation to beauty standards. Not just the negative impacts but also the individuals afflicted by eating disorders should be investigated and studied.
Reflection
Problems - The script is too wordy, we felt as though the research was great but it’s too long and might make audiences bored. There’s too much statistics and information being put in that doesn’t need to be in the documentary opening which could’ve been used for later on.
Solution - We plan to improve the script by making it more snappy in the second draft as well as making the wording and voiceover more attention grabbing. By cutting down on the information we would have more room to include interview clips. The second draft will be more concise and less detail-oriented in terms of research.
Second draft
(If you’re dealing with an eating disorder and need someone to talk to, theNational Eating Disorders Association helpline is 1-800-931-2237; for 24/7 crisis support, text “NEDA” to 741741.)
Insert Ms Anita,Mr bram quick cut
In this evolving world comes an increasing amount of problems. Eating disorders being just one. -> Insert Ms. Anita, explaining ED 496 girls, researched until they were 20 found: 5.2% of the girls met criteria for DSM5 anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating disorder. When the researchers included nonspecific eating disorder symptoms, a total of 13.2% of the girls had suffered from a DSM-5 eating disorder by age 20. Source: Stice E, Marti CN, Shaw H, and Jaconis M. (2010). An 8-year longitudinal study of the natural history of threshold, subthreshold, and partial eating disorders from a community sample of adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118(3):587-97. doi: 10.1037/a001648
(Role model montage) American media has become increasingly supportive of the body positivity movement yet the same can’t be said on the other side of the world. To fans of Korea’s K-Pop scene, they welcome the entirely transparent beauty standards, especially how bodies are viewed as ideal in South Korea. With many idols promoting thin bodies, a surge in demand for weight loss pills and cosmetic surgery has brought unrealistic, unattainable body standards even worse than before
The media often portray Korean beauty standards as emphasising certain physical characteristics including slimness, fair skin, and particular facial features. This is also shown in the diets they have exposed to audiences, STARVING means being BEAUTIFUL.
Tiktok has portrayed harmful eating habits and pushes it onto our youth
Insert Ms. Anita interview clip.
(KPOP dance montage) While Korean beauty standards may have an impact, treating eating disorders calls for a multifaceted strategy that takes into account each person's unique circumstances and mental health issues.
Insert Mr. Bram clip
(Mr. Bram voice) montage of people’s bodies/getting ct scan/getting weighed
(Mutiara Montage Fashion Show) Much research has documented the extent to which seeing images of these ultra-thin models contributes to body image struggles or eating disorder symptoms in women.
Insert Muti clip
Tiktok, Youtube footage as Muti talks
Tragically, many eating disorders cause people to feel out of control and become fixated on food, body image, and their ability to lose weight. Many people who are battling eating disorders weigh themselves several times each day, and they punish themselves. This frequently centres on the scale.
(Hanly montage) It is not only women affected by this disease. Men frequently feel pressured by society to live up to these standards in order to feel attractive, and as a result, many choose to undergo procedures like excessive dieting, radical exercise regimes, skin whitening, tanning, and other surgical enhancements to their bodies
-> insert Hanly
Closing- Does this mean we as a society are revolting against eating disorders and being more content with how we look… or are we heading for worse?
List of people we will interview + questions:
Ms. Anita (counselor)
Summary about eating disorder (what is eating disorder, how does it affect the mental health and what caused eating disorder)
Do you think eating problems affect our youth?
Mr. Bram (biology teacher)
How does eating disorder affect our health/body? (including what diseases caused, which organ get affected)
Muti (student - model)
As a model, how do you manage your diet?
Have you ever felt stressed/depressed when you’re eating? How does “food/eating” pressure you?
Alden (student - gym rat)
- How do you maintain your diet in order to gain and maintain muscle mass? (keep the fat low but still gain muscle)
- Have you ever felt insecure seeing men on social media?
Storyboard
(Credits: Rania)
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| Our first draft for the storyboard. There were a lot of issues in this draft as we felt it wasn’t clear enough and we had more ideas to elaborate on that would create a better narrative of the documentary we want to portray. We also took inspiration from other documentaries in the genre like What The health and Mind explained. We felt that these elements would tie better to our genre conventions and make it so that our documentary is easily recognizable as such to the audience. |
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| This is our final draft for the documentary, this was much better and the guidelines made a better documentary. We followed this structure and it helped create a guideline to other areas such as the thumbnail as well. We felt that this draft better aligned with our vision. |
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Thumbnail
(Credits : Rania)
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| These were some of the thumbnails we drafted for the doc. We also included a survey based off of our target audience. I felt that this would enhance the connecton our documentary has to it’s target audience. I also sketched out a couple inspiration from other docs and books as it helped aid in the creative design process of the documentary. |
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This was the four final mockup forour thumbnail, we wanted to use the fourth picture above however, ran into issues in creating it digitally. When made digitally the design wasn’t as I envisioned and when consultig with my teacher, it was hard to read the title and that could make it difficult for our audience to want to pick our documentary.       |
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