Agoraphobia - Newport International Film School Wales

A brief to create a 3 minute short film on an under represented topic in the media.

A female student with a phobia of open spaces (agoraphobia) is invited to a friend's birthday house party. After fighting her worst fear by going out and buying a new dress for the occasion, will she make it to the party or will her fear of open spaces cause hurt to some of her only friendships?

Requirements-
- No Music
- No Dialogue
- Between 2:30 and 3 minutes in length.

Director -- Zak Fenning
Cinematography (camera operator) -- Scott Waller
Editor -- Kat Purchase
Producer -- Mitchell Thomas

Filmed using Sony Fx1000e
Edited using Final Cut Pro
Grading using Magic Bullet

1st year opening project on the Film and Video BA(HONS) at The Newport International Film School Wales.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Agoraphobia
• Film and Video
• Short Film
• Media
• Zak Fenning
• Scott Waller
• Kat Purchase
• Mitchell Thomas
• Sony FX1000e
• HD
• HDV
• Mini Dv Tape
• Final Cut Pro
• Magic Bullet
• Clatterowls
• Newport
• Opal 1
• Director
• Cinematography
• Edit
• Producer

[kalaniman1movies]

what was it that she turned her calendar to and saw?

Good little film, great sound design particularly.

[clatterowls]

@kalaniman1movies It was meant to be a picture of a birthday cake showing the cycle will repeat itself for the next event but it ended up looking like a steaming turd! 

[Jodque2]

Isn't agoraphobia fear of large crowds of people?

[clatterowls]

@Jodque2 nope Its apparently both large crowds and large open spaces.

[em7222]

pile of shit

[clatterowls]

@em7222 Thanks for the constructive comment.

[clatterowls]

@LauraWedlakeMedia True very true but Agoraphobia isn't just about the open spaces its a combination of open spaces and more so in places where there is no easy mean of escape and, social anxiety is an underlying cause for attacks! Thanks for the comment! We really Appreciate all the feedback! This one one reason we chose Agoraphobia as a lot of people including myself (i learnt something:)) think its just about the open spaces. Thanks again!

[MsTraquair]

Incredibly accurate. good work

[HazyDazies]

I have agoraphobia and i love being outside :) Agoraphobia is fear of a specific place/places that have been a place for bad anxiety or bad anxiety is likely to happen here. It revolves around catastrophic thinking eg, you feel you will begin to panic which you fear will result in death or for those who think we fear "crowds :P" it is a fear of becoming so overwhelmingly embarrassed in front of these people due to the effects your anxiety has on your body. btw I'm severely housebound

[ultimatedbzgtdbfan]

This was very well made. I unfortunetley have agoraphobia and this sadly is what happens. I also have it at this magnitude and it really is hard :(

It all started with my emetophobia, which is the fear of throwing up. And cause of that I'm scared of going out like practically anywhere. So it's convrtered itself to agoraphobia too..

[MissMaster001]

very well produced

[zenna42]

I am an Agoraphobia and have had it for many years. This film is exactly a snap shot of what happens to Agoraphobics. To the film makers you did a wonderful job recreating the feeling behind it. It made me cry thinking of the many times this has happened to me. Thank you for capturing the essence of what it feels like.

[TaintedBeautifully]

That was a great interpretation of agroaphobia. It looked like you even added a little OCD in there as well (the counter washing). Awesome job!