1. Y2 Transition Work– Personal Study ProjectPrep
StudentName
Amy Clare Watson
Essay title/question
How are disabilities portrayedinfilmsinthe presentday.
6-10 potential sources (written infull Harvardreferencing
http://www.neilstoolbox.com/bibliography-creator/)
1. Stephen Chbosky (1970-Present) Wonder(2017)
2. PeterBogdanovich (1939-Present) Mask(1985)
3. Andrew Stanton(1965-Present) Finding Dory (2016)
4. Paul Greengrass (1955-Present) TheTheory of Flight(1998)
5. AlexanderStefanovich (1944-Present)Dusha (1981)
6. Patrick Bokanowski (1943-Present) TheAngel(1982)
7. Claude Gagnon(1949-Present) Kenny (1988)
8. Ron Howard (1954-Present) Skyward (1980)
9. KenRussell (1927-2011) Tommy (1975)
10. Shonali Bose (1965-Present) Margarita with a Straw (2014)
2-3 potential subheadingsto include inessay
What are the key themes withinfilmswithdisabilities asthe subject?
How successful are these filmsatportrayingthe characters realistically?
How dothese films impactonthe audience’s feelings towards someonewithadisability?
Rationale (why doyouwant to write aboutthistopic, why and how mightitlinkwithyourY2 FMP)
– approx. 250 words
If I were tobe totally honest, Iwould wanttowrite aboutthe art of disabilities withinfilms
because havingpeoplewithdisabledfeaturesasthe maintalkis interestingbecause youcanin
inside towhattheirstory is all aboutand how they came to be a successful outcome withinthe
world. Also, the amountof views of the filmisreally interestingbecause it’snoteveryday youhear
abouta story about a person witha disability enticedwithinthemsuchasfacial issues orautism.
Thisis whathas made me so curiousaboutthe art of disabilities, andhow they canhelpthe
individualfeel special andinterestingtothe worldandthat they can be justlike everybody else
and feel special inthe worldtoo. ThisiswhatI wantto incorporate within myfinal majorproject
inyear 2. The story is abouta young18 yearoldteenagernamedSunsetwhoturnsoutto have
autism, butonly a small portionof it like myself. The truthisthatshe is constantly bulliedfor
havinga learningproblemandnotbeing‘normal’ like the bullies claimthey are. Thisdrives her
intoa complete meltdown, andshe keeps havinghallucinations of the devil, tellingherthatshe is
spawnof him, andto nevertrustanyone. Thatis until she meetsaboy namedJake whotellshere
that she’snotalone andhe toohas autism, whichmeansthatthey are alike. Sunsetbegins to
understand Jake andthat she istruly not alone inthe worldandthat there are others outthere,
not justher.The name of myprojectwill be namedNotAlone.
2. Y2 Transition Work– Personal Study ProjectPrep
5-point action plan for the summer (20 words foreach point)
1. I hope to work at HobbyCraftinorderto get a betterreputation aswell asgettingalongmore
witha widerrange of people.
2. I plan to write the scriptforNot Alone andpractice myacting skillsbasedonmycharacter’s
personality andtraits.
3. Work onmy speakingsothat I can be more clear andprecise toa typical mildautistic’s ways
and try to understand autismmore.
4. Learn more courses that will link tomyinterests suchasillustration orfilmingcourses because
those are what I enjoy.
5. Try to relax andnot stressas much as well asevenly practice myskillstoa furtherextent,
hopefully.
