Grief and Loneliness

Because the film deals with grief and loss, I thought I would look into various links about grief and coping (or not coping) with the loss. The story looks specifically at dying of a broken heart and the build up to the moment of death for the main character (see earlier post), but several factors have to be looked at first. For example, how the main character doesn't bother about his health and living conditions, as well as the effects of his mind. There is also the link with the title 'Impression' which looks into the other facts of his partner's lack of presence.

What I thought would be a good idea is to emphasise both characters in their unique way by establishing their dress codes. For example, in photographs around the house, there is a theme surrounding the character's styles, where the main character is more modern and his partner is more into vintage fashion. One of the most outstanding features of their dress sense is the single scarf which makes it's presence known quite early on in one of the photographs. The main character's partner is wearing it despite it not going with his outfit. He is smiling near-laughing in the photo and looks happy to be wearing it. This would highlight the couple's closeness and how they enjoyed the other's dress sense despite them not wearing it.

The house they live in would also be developed through the film, where it would get increasingly messier (due to lack of upkeep) and how the main character reflects this in their own care. It would also lead up to the main character's death.

Another thing I wanted to do was to almost make them complete opposites, so the main character would be more modern and his partner would be more into vintage fashion and decor. This is also a good way to increase the main character's personal loneliness, whereby his phone would be full of messages only from his partner. This allows the audience to see his dependency on his now deceased partner and the way in which he is completely alone in his life.

I also just wanted to add here that because of his age, there is an area which isn't largely researched about broken heart syndrome where the person who develops symptoms is quite young. An article I found suggests that there are cases where the widow(er) can die from a broken heart as young as 30 years old. This is a good way to express just how much he depended on his partner to develop so much stress that it lead to an early death. It could be also that his childhood background wasn't as kind as his partner's and therefore there would have been an early increase on his mental psyche about death and loneliness, that it was almost inevitable.

Links

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/emotionalhealth/Pages/Dealingwithloss.aspx

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7771452
http://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/loneliness/#.VPNMPPmsWSq
http://www.newhopegrief.org/stories-of-hope/
http://www.recover-from-grief.com/effects-of-bereavement.html#CRAZY
http://www.gingerbread.org.uk/content/2045/Bereavement?utm_source=google-grants&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=Bereavement&utm_campaign=plat&gclid=CIrdyraKj8QCFQrpwgod2QkAag
http://www.funeralplan.com/griefsupport/griefsteps.html

http://janderson99.hubpages.com/hub/Can-you-Really-Die-of-a-Broken-Heart