Tutorial Four - Video Production Session

Task one of tutorial four was to plan and produce a short film approximately 1 minute in length.  The group that I was assigned to included Darnell, Abby and Vennessa.  As a group we discussed which concept we would choose, we decided upon Occupational Disruption.  Abby had previous experience in filming making so guided us novice film makers through the process and we eventually designed a story board to demonstrate Occupational Disruption which Hilary then approved.  Occupational Disruption is defined as being the "temporary or transient and is a result from factor or situations over which the individual has some control." (Whiteford, 2010, p. 305). This is our story of Occupational Disruption.

I just wanted to highlight here that although these movies were light hearted and fun the concepts that we were addressing are very real and do impact people significantly.  I wanted to add a real life element to this tutorial and talk briefly about Occupational Deprivation which was a concept that our movies could have been based on.

Occupational Deprivation is "prolonged and due to extenal or environmental factors over which the individual has little or no control." (Whiteford, 2010, p. 305).  This is something that is affecting my community as I blog.  120 Affco workers have been locked out from work, with approximately 450 union members on strike in support of those workers.  Majority of these men and women have families so the effects have been devastating.  The community has been getting behind them through fundraisers and by providing food to those families affected and to those workers who are at the picket line day in and day out for 78 days now.  I personally know some of the families affected and so in support of those families I wanted to post this because that is what I am taking away from this learning in PIO that it is about getting information out there and accessing information via technology.

References
Whiteford, G. (2010). Occupational deprivation: Understanding limited participation. In. C. Christiansen & E. Townsend. Introduction to occupation: The art and science of living. (2nd ed.) (pp. 303-328). New Jersey: Oearson Education