Media Project
Hearing about doing the media projects on syllabus day filled me with anxious anticipation. I have never been the most creative person, so I immediately dreaded this project. After reading my case study and receiving my object the wheels in my brain started turning. I am the type of person once I get something stuck in my head it is hard for me to start looking at it in a different way, but I tried my hardest not to do that on this project. So with that said, here is a little about my media project. My client is an 83-year old married man named Maurice. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease ten years ago. He also has bilateral cataracts, which gives him extremely poor vision. The material I picked was a pair of gloves of any kind. I decided to focus on Maurice's social interaction and the wellbeing that comes with being socially active. Because of his PD Maurice has to deal with mask-like facial expressions, which means he cannot express his emotions using facial expression...