Blackout: A short feature film on how artists cope with great losses in their lives

• Main Authors: Perez, Renz Jerel A., Pore, Nicole Ann R., Trinidad, Bianca Nina O.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Art > Psychology > Drama; Actors > Psychology > Drama; Loss (Psychology) > Drama
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5946
• Institution: De La Salle University

Blackout is a psychological drama short feature film that tells the story of a troubled theatre actor who is striving to recover from a big loss in his life. He aims to achieve that by undergoing a therapy, which might help him overcome his misery. The short feature film explores how highly creative individuals make use of their craft and passion in their pursuit of recognizing and rediscovering meaning in their lives. More than its intention to communicate to the audience how art can be an instrument of self-expression, one of the film's objectives is also to show and support the idea that art itself is also a means to achieve emotional healing. The main character's experience relayed through a play will show art for what is is and for what it can be. Blackout touches the human experience of loss and recovery through the lens of an artistic mind. It also makes the audience realize that people have heir own coping mechanisms when faced with personal problems--ways that reflect one's personality and experience. Given its concept of the universality of loss and grief, Blackout caters to people who have gone through the pain of losing loved ones in their lives. It is also aimed towards artists, particularly theatre actors, who relently pour their hearts out for the art of performing on-stage. The film's main target audience is the A-E classes, aged 16 to 49 years old. The short feature film's running time is twenty-two minutes.