Ruby

• Main Authors: Macaranas, Danielle Alexandra D., Martin, Nicholas R.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Compulsive behavior; Mental illness; Psychology, Pathological
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/8562
• Institution: De La Salle University

The main purpose of Ruby is to create a media that is capable of communicating a topic about mental illness. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is one of the mental illnesses that is difficult to understand and clearly depict when the person has it. The thesis is rooted from a case study done in 2015 by Kulkarni and Sudarshan entitled: Obsessive-compulsive disorder in a 4-year-old child. It talks about OCD and how it is present in a 4-year-old girl, one of the rare cases of mental illness. The research describes ad studies the actions and activities of the subject and explains the reasons and the external/internal causes behind these. These pieces of information is made into an animated feature using the means of traditional animation. It was supported by research about color psychology, theories of hermeneutics, and articles regarding OCD to accurately depict and communicate what the mental illness is about. The animated feature: Ruby, is about a little girl with obsessive-compulsive disorder as she goes about her day in school. She encounters some difficulties when faced with someone neuro-typical such as her classmate. Through this film, we show that the disorder is extensive to younger ages. It highlights the need to be understanding to the notion of mental health and to be open to possibilities of its presence (and effects) in all kinds of people.