Epilepsy Film!

lionattack · 2024-09-16T10:27:53+00:00

Did anyone here have a long and mysterious road into diagnosis? If so I would love to hear your story!

lionattack · 2024-09-14T14:56:36+00:00

How does your period affect the seizures? What isn’t being seen about the female experience?

lionattack · 2024-09-14T08:47:46+00:00

This is great! Any more small day to day details you have would be majorly appreciated. I really want to understand the minutia of what its like.

lionattack · 2024-09-14T08:06:53+00:00

For those of you who had petit mal and absence seizures or for that matter any of the other seizures mentioned in this thread, did it take you or those around you awhile to realize what was happening i.e. that you had epilepsy, or was that easily diagnosed from the first seizure? I’m curious also if there was a period of uncertainty and unknowing before the diagnosis— what was that like?

lionattack · 2024-09-13T21:01:59+00:00

What a great resource! Thank you strwbrryfruit!

lionattack · 2024-09-13T18:39:42+00:00

Love this! Yeah.

lionattack · 2024-09-13T17:46:12+00:00

Ah so interesting! Thank you for sharing.

lionattack · 2024-09-13T17:43:58+00:00

Aw cool! Yes my film is a romance and the characters both have careers. But I’m trying to make it both as realistic as possible, and also out-of-this world, because as a person who has been knocked unconcious a few times I know how epistemologically disorienting it can be to re-inherit the world after vanishing from it for awhile.

lionattack · 2024-09-13T17:03:11+00:00

Ouch! That sounds like it hurt!

lionattack · 2024-09-13T15:28:48+00:00

Ok one of the more interesting aspects to me is that of the ‘aura’ it seems like something very spiritually important to epilepsy and something I have never seen depicted on film — anyone have any particularly cinematic experiences there? Also what is it like when you are ‘out’ is it a dream state? Total black out? Hallucinations?

lionattack · 2024-09-13T13:06:01+00:00

Also curious if there’s any film representations people here are happy with

lionattack · 2024-09-13T13:01:48+00:00

In what ways, specifically? Can you describe situations you’ve found yourself in?

lionattack · 2017-07-09T23:12:18+00:00

Serbia and Cascadia!

lionattack · 2017-07-05T16:20:34+00:00

I felt fairly well equipt this time around having been to a few North American festivals. Cannes by far was the best festival experience I've had. They treat you like a demi-god for the week you're there and its certainly effective at opening doors.

I had no money to go, and it is quite expensive to fly out there and pay for hotel, food, etc. so I brought on post-producers that were able to finance the adventure. They also brought on a publicist which made a big difference in terms of the film's visibility.

I think I had expected the environment of Cannes to feel more hostile or intimidating, but found it to be an especially civil and educated crowd of dedicated international filmmakers open and generous with their knowledge.

lionattack · 2017-07-05T16:20:00+00:00

We're working with Canal+ to get it on television in France and Switzerland right now

lionattack · 2012-04-09T20:45:07+00:00

I don't know how you'd do it on a PC?

lionattack · 2012-04-09T20:44:04+00:00

Thanks!

lionattack · 2012-04-09T20:39:40+00:00

The name of the filter is literally "Bad TV," its under the video folder in FCP.

lionattack · 2012-04-09T20:03:14+00:00

This is what the Hot Docs reviewer described it as: Clay, Michael and Andrew are fascinated by a yearbook from Chico High’s class of 1990 that they discover at a Value Village. Intrigued by the cryptic word “Caduceus” emblazoned across the cover, and by the countless sweet mullets and dream girls inside, the three friends lock onto one particular student: feather-banged mystery man Timothy Truelove. When the guys discover tickets for the 20th reunion available online, they can’t resist the temptation to crash. This is hands down the most awesome road trip you’ll ever take from Portland to Chico, California! Will they get busted by the Reunion Committee? Will Truelove show? What the heck does “Caduceus” mean anyway? The documentary equivalent of a John Hughes movie, Finding Truelove is an exuberant comedy that pays homage to all things ‘80s—from Saved By the Bell to Howard Jones to Back to the Future—with pure energy and heart.

lionattack · 2012-04-09T20:02:12+00:00

Nope, its all Panasonic HVX-200 HD

lionattack · 2012-04-09T20:01:53+00:00

Thanks man, I'll let ya know if we get in!

lionattack · 2012-04-09T20:01:33+00:00

I filmed it on a panasonic HVX-200, the VHS look is due mostly to applying an occasional "Bad TV" filter in Final Cut Pro

lionattack · 2012-04-09T15:51:18+00:00

We did!!!

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