Synopsis • Circular Narrative

I have been asked to draw upon filmic processes as part of this circular narrative, as the photographic narrative is much like a story. In my circular narrative, the protagonist is the person who is suffering from OCD, silently suffering from a widely recognised condition that people often think is slight in its actions. People do not take OCD seriously as a serious, life effecting condition that can ruin peoples lives. The first shot is that of the chair that I captured in my initial presentation.

My second photograph will be that of a young persons hands, such as my own, washing in the sink, which is a main symptom of the condition. This represents the condition as a whole within the narrative. The third photograph will be that again of the chair, repeated to show the fear of change.

The fourth shot would show the hands again, washing in the sink, but they will have aged. The fifth, would be the chair again, and then the sixth would be a old pair of hands, probably from my grandmother, again, washing in the sink. Seventh, the chair standing again. Eighth will be the sink, empty, with the hands being no longer there, and then the chair photograph will conclude the set.

I decided to show the progression of the hands by using age, to show how people live their whole lives with the condition and get no help. The shot near the end, showing the sink empty, signifies the concept of death, how the person has suffered with the condition and then is with us no longer.