A2 Research & Planning

Magazine Article Text & Conventions used:Headings: Defeating BurnoutByline: By Ciprian Rosu, host of the television documentary series" “Trust me, I’M THE SON OF A WORKAHOLIC”Sub-Heading: Who is Irina Rosu?Text (with Drop Capital ): Firstly, Irina is my Mom and she is one of the most successful working women I know.Since a little child she wanted to be the best and she guided her entire life to reach this goal. She had always got high academic results in school and science competitions, she never stopped learning, enlarging her pool of expertise and international certifications.As a career woman, she assumed several C level positions in large…

Symbol of recovery at against all oddsAlba Iulia is the town my mother chose to reboot our lives 2 years ago. The citadel park of the city is the place where she takes long strolls to quiet her thoughts, to enjoy the sun, the plants and the chirp of the beautifully colored birds from there.I thought of following her steps hoping to find something relevant for the topic of my digipack (burnout recovery): a cherry tree defying all odds and growing out of the fortified wall of the citadel. Exactly like my mother: blooming regardless the sacrifices assumed. Both of…

LOCATION RECCE I previously explained that my project will be a Performative Documentary about Fighting Burnout, using my mother's experience and my own, as a relative living under the same roof with the burnout sufferer.  Hence, the location needs to be directly linked to my experience. Alba Iulia is the town were I relocated with my mother 2 years ago, in order to start from scratch a new chapter of our lives. Consequently, Alba Iulia is the perfect location I could think of. In order to narrow down the options, I chose to film at the town's landmark, the Citadel.…

As for the script, I used StudioBinder to assemble my Storyboard. For the frames I made use of the test shots. Please find the Storyboard as a flipbook in the link below: Storyboard

I used StudioBinder to write the script of my documentary.Please find the script as a flipbook in the link below:Script documentary