Danniella Miller AICE Media Studies

How do your products represent social groups or issues? The main thing we wanted to tackle in the short film was the issue of addiction. With our whole film being centered around gambling and how that can affect a person’s family and life, showing the disarray and the issues it was causing in that family dynamic, was very important. The inclusion of the fight between Jackie and her mom was a cornerstone to conveying this, working with the viewer to understand how Jackie has been working on her issues for a while, to the point where the ones around her can no longer support her. One of the most impactful lines in the short film that I feel really exemplifies this is The very first dialogue in the film, where Jackie says that she has been trying to get better but it has been hard without the people she loves supporting her. Especially with addiction, support is sometimes the only thing that family members or friends of someone who is suffering can really give. However, the support Jackie...

 After everything we've done these past months, our short film is finally done. From working with just myself in my AS final task, getting to work in a group has allowed me to understand both the challenges and benefits that can come from it. While I was able to make an amazing introduction by myself last year, it was so great having other people to depend on and brainstorm with to make this short film as amazing as possible.  Here's the link, just in case: https://youtu.be/OAkxCB5W9PQ And here is where else you can find information about this short film: website: https://michaelangelrn.wixsite.com/website Thank you so much for joining me on this journey! Danniella Miller, signing off.