How mental health/OCD is presented in films

As Good As It Gets

• Explicitly saying it
• Showing with characters actions
• Subtly e.g. not wearing gloves anymore
• The fact that when he steps on the pavement, the amazing thing about it wasn’t that he didn’t mean to do it, rather that he didn’t care once it had happened
• How it effects relationships with others

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oETiBIpW_Jk

• Use of colour
• Voice over
• Text explaining what ocd is and how people with harm ocd don’t mean any harm
• Medication
• Knife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uunJD1HwyMo&feature=youtu.be

• Text explaining what’s going on
• Using multiple sinks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzrDv_5Zlo8

• Multiple dialogues happening at the same time which causes stress and adds to the mess, helps the audience feel the way that Howard does, this also allows the audience to understand why he lashes out
• Quite fast paced editing between the people all saying different things causes stress and adds to the mess, helps the audience feel the way that Howard does, this also allows the audience to understand why he lashes out
• Performance – The way Howard sits subtly shows how he feels uncomfortable
• (Not in clip but happens just before hand) – extreme close up of the food which

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69_lJJe4M-g

• Allows you to see both perspectives
• Dialogue
• Facial expressions
• Close up
• Performance – the deep breath in when he comes closer and the quick turn around