Oral Narration

As part of the deliverables for this project we have to provide narration for my video to explain :

• Title
• Purpose
• outcomes
• Reference points 
• stats 
• facts and figures

the narration is about two to three minutes that explains everything about what your piece is. The narration needs to convey what the piece is to someone who has no idea what you have create to give them an impression of what you have created 

Commentary script:

i have come up with a script that i can refer to when i am recording my narration.if i didn't have a script there would be lots of erms and oohs and pauses. I don't won't the narration to sound like i have read a script but i dont want to be unprepared hence why i have created a script for a reference point.

Script:

My piece is called Painting a Memory, The piece is narration of my grandma who teaches a technique  which helps terminal paitent to paint. The technique was created by the late John Whyman MBE who was awarded an MBE for his service to the terminally ill through art therapy. the technique uses simple template and watercolour paints to create a landscape watercolour painting. John Whyman MBE taught my grandma to teach this technique to the terminal patient at the local hospice. My Grandma has taught terminally patient with all types of illness anything from cancer to dementia.

There is 800,000 people living with dementia in the UK.According to the guardian dementia  sufferers who partake in  activities such as painting have been proven to help people reconnect with their surroundings and lessen their dependency on anti-psychotic drugs. i wanted to explore the process of memory from photograph to creating a watercolour painting to see if painting can provoke memories of the photograph. The technique the late john whyman created helps dementia sufferers especially as dementia sufferers find it very hard to hold a brush and paint.Also the technique uses a cardboard template to draw out the basic landscape on the canvas this also helps dementia sufferers as they have trouble drawing but with cardboard it helps guide them to stay in the side the parameters of the template. Also with watercolours as it is water based if there is a mistake it can be altered without ruing the overall finish. 

i decided to create an audio of an interview with my grandma who teaches the John Whyman watercolour technique to the hospice patient and have a series of stills of one of one of my grandma's students at the hospice who suffers with dementia. the stills are to show the process of memory from a photographic form to watercolour form using the john whyman technique. the images were shot over the shoulder as i wasn't allowed to show the face of the patient due to security reasons. with ink not being able to see there faces and shooting over the shoulder gives you a lot closer and more intimate look at the process.  I asked her question like 

• what do you do with these indviduals and why ? 
• how do you see the John Whyman technique can aid memories ?
• why using a photograph important ? 
• how does the  painting process helping to recall memories ? 
• does this process help the patient remember the photograph?

Here is my video with my commentary over my piece :

I haven't stuck to my script entirely but it was a guide just in case i couldn't think of anything to say. Also i have added the photograph at the end of the piece as well as the beginning because i discuss the photograph element in more detail at the end as well as the beginning so as a visual clue i decided it was appropriate to  put the photograph at the end. The commentary video is longer than my video piece but i guess that it is basic i go in detail about what the process and technique is and what benefits there is.