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Title:
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Homegrown PTSD: Through Cinema
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Creator:
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Jones, Brian J.
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Subject:
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Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Film and Television
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Subject:
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Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Film and Television
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Rights:
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Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Abstract:
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"Cinema during this past decade has paid close attention to what has been going on in current events. There has been an abundantly high number of war films made during wartime during these past two decades. As our eyes focus on the war on terror, one big thing that cinema has taken an approach to this is mental health, specifically PTSD. Citizens constantly hear about every branch of the military and how this disorder is rooted in violent experiences that citizens couldn't comprehend. However, accountability considerations that exhibit lead to PTSD that only increase or, even worse, cause PTSD for an average soldier. As we dig deeper and show more understanding of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, we are only scratching the surface. Many variations lead to this disorder besides a traumatic experience that we have yet captured. We see this in films today from Thank You for Your Service (2017), American Sniper (2014), and even Hacksaw Ridge (2016). These are not just films that deal with PTSD, but they come at it in a personal experience: family. This paper will dig deeper and support the argument about PTSD and the various types using these three popular films as examples. We will study these several types of PTSD and compare them to the film personally, with each character excluding the violence. With these articles, we will have a more in-depth overlook and statistical analysis. My specific area of interest for my thesis statement focuses on how mental health has become a cinematic goldmine in the 21st Century." -- Abstract
Keywords: mental health, PTSD, cinema, veterans, social media, Acute Stress Disorder, complex, normal stress, symptoms, World War II, Disney, suicide.
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Publisher:
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Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design (Atlanta)
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Date:
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2021-11
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Format:
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2 online resources: 1 PDF (Thesis, 21 pages) + 1 mp4 film (Studio component, approximately 21 min., sound, color)
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