This is an informational video about Stigmas of Schizophrenia from the Health Channel. The purpose of this problem is to identify common stigmas of the disease, and raise awarness of the problem in believing these stigmas. Dr. Patrick Corrigan from the Technology Institure of Illinios explains common stigmas of people with Schizophrenia and the repurcussions these can have for them. The visual text of this clip is interesting. There are flashes of people who have the illness, and as they are displayed on the screen, there is a fog effect clouding their faces. This was a curious effect to use, especially because this clip is about stimatizing people. It seems that by using this clouding effect, it is showing that people with Schizophrenia are in the dark, unknown, elusive. Although, this can be used to show how the people are misunderstood by those without the mental illness. It also shows the majority of the people sad and distressed. This is absolutely understandable, but that is generalizing the situaton by saying all people with schizophenia are sad and distressed. This clip is intended to make the viewer understand that the ideas of schizophrenics being violent or responsible for their illness, is simply a stigma and does not reflect the whole. I think it is very likely to have this influence over people. Although the clip is short, it does a efficient job of saying “Hey, stop believing everything you hear about Schizophrenics!”
