Session 8 - Creative Narrative

Session Aims:

- Identify key moments from experience

- Produce some creative writing describing these scenes

- Produce some defining lines of scripted dialogue to accompany these scenes

The group were asked to respond to the statement
“I can produce creative writing which communicates my experience to others”

The red marks represent how the group felt at the start of the session the blue shows how they felt by the end.

As the campaign edges towards it's final stages it was time for the group to design and develop a concept for a short film. This 'Viral Media' element to the campaign aims to create a preventative message aimed at young people around addiction.

The group decided to continue the broad theme of addiction that has so many similarities regardless of the substance in question. Their film concept is about capturing a range of the groups personal experiences and insight into addiction with a particular focus on the consequences of addiction.

After working on their own individual creative writing pieces, the group worked together to create scenes for the film encompassing a series of themes relating to addiction/dependency.


The themes relate to situations or experiences group members have had or witnessed:


JAIL; DESPERATION TO SCORE; WITHDRAWAL; RELATIONSHIPS BREAKING DOWN; DEATH; MENTAL HEALTH/SUICIDE; CRIME.


The group then worked individually on a theme before developing their final scenes together. Each scene takes place in a prison cell which is indicative of the entrapment which can be associated with dependency of any kind. The finalisation of the scenes are to follow as the group move into the Movement Arts stage of the campaign.