Research

Before planning my section of the film I have realized I am going to have to do a fair amount of research into my topic as there is a lot behind just being skinny. I am going to view online video diaries to get an idea as to what I can produce as we all have agreed that a video diary would be the most effective way to show quickly what is happening.
 As an encouragement to further lose weight, members often exchange thinspiration image or video montages of slim women, often celebrities, who may be anything from naturally slim to emaciated with visibly-protruding bones. Conversely, reverse thinspiration may be photographs of fatty food, overweight or obese people intended to induce disgust and motivate further weight loss. Pro-ana blogs often post thinspirational entries, and many pro-ana forums have threads dedicated to sharing thinspiration. Thinspiration can also take the form of inspirational mantras, quotes or selections of lyrics from poetry or popular music.*
*http://www.tipsformoms.net/pro-anorexia-tips-and-tricks-here%E2%80%A6to-give-you-what-you-wanted-a-thin-to-bones-figure/

I have found a website where a female has written her calorie intake ect, this young girl tells her life through a number of posts. Below is a few entries that she has put on.

C.W: 105.5

G.W: 90

Caloric Intake: 230

I don't really know how I am doing or what i am feeling.  Why am I here, sometimes I wonder.  Thanks to all my ana buddies for your support.  You guys mean the world to me.  Without you i would be lost.  I am still going to college but it can be really stressful sometimes.  I hope I don't freak out and cut myself again at the college.  However, I have to admit, it was kinda kewl seeing my blood everywhere.  Man, I still have homework to do.  I better get cracking..  Take care everybody.

CW-105

1st GW-100

2nd GW-95

Caloric Intake:  Nothing yet today

I love ana. But at times i find myself wondering where my life is heading. I have always excelled in school and i know i could do great but everytime I give up ana i feel empty inside. i feel devoured by total darkness and emptiness. It want to be so thin that I disappear. i want to see my bones poke through my skin and see no fat. I don't know why i became ana or why ana chose me but she did and I am ana so i must live with it. It is hard and frustrating at times and I hate lying to my family and friends. My life is confusing, even I don't understand myself. Do i really hate myself that much? Is that why i cut myself all the time and starve. The answers to these questions I just don't know. Why did god choose this life for me to live. i just want to give up and die. i want my life to be over, maybe that's why I starve myself. Maybe it's nothing more than a death wish.

Kristen

Weight: 110

Caloric Intake: 211

Hey,

   I didn't really do anything today.  I guess I was kinda lazy.  I am so frustrated right now.  Every morning I wake up and weigh myself and my scale seems to be stuck on 110.  I don't know what to do, but I can't stand all this fat on me.  I want to reach my short-term goal of 105 pounds real soon.  Being fat sux the big one!!!!! 

Kristen

Whilst researching into this girls posts I found them quite distressing and touching, I feel now I have a better understanding into how I need to put across my dialogue.

**http://www.nafwa.org/lma/directory/nutrition_and_metabolism_disorders/eating_disorders/body_image/pro-anorexia/pro-anorexia.php

From my research I have come to a realisation that celebrities have a big impact on the way girls see life as they are role models. I could incorporate this within my 7 15 second video diaries by having images of celebrities behind the actor whilst they are speaking. 
“Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” Kate Moss
“A psychologist who specializes in treating eating disorders told the Sydney Morning Herald that "The term is used in anorexia websites to reinforce to themselves and each other to pursue thinness."”
“Model Katie Green told the tabs that "If you read any of the pro-anorexia websites they go crazy for quotes like these." “