Portfolio Project: Brief Story Outlines

     My intention with this documentary series is to showcase a new story with each episode that allows each new subject to share their story of grief and recovery. Each episode will be understood through the lens of a different type of loss. I will be beginning the series with my own personal story, told through the perspective of my mom. This will be the episode I will be taking the excerpt from. 

Episode 1: spouse

    This episode will follow the story of my mom, having lost a her spouse in 2008. I intend to focus on the aftermath and the recovery that has followed this tragedy and instill hope in others who may be experiencing the same situation to know that they too can overcome their circumstances.

Episode 2: child

    This episode will focus on the story of a parent who has suffered the loss of a child. This will focus on how the dynamic of their family has, and how they hope to heal and move forward in life while keeping the memory alive.

Episode 3: parent 

    This episode will focus on a child, or children, that have lost a parent or parents. I hope to center around how this loss has impacted their family and their lives moving forward without a parental figure to guide them, and how they plan to move forward.

Episode 4: sibling

    In this episode the subject will be a sibling, or siblings, that have suffered the loss of a another sibling and how this and how this has changed their household dynamic. This would emphasize the shift in family operation and what one would do to recover after the loss of a family member.

Episode 5: best friend

    The subject of this episode will be someone who has lost a very important friend and what about them has changed a result of losing this person. I hope to get a feel for the strategies that they would use to ensure that the memory of their friend is kept alive without allowing themselves to be overcome by grief.