my main idea for film installation (unfinished)

Task 2 - themes : primary and secondary research

Eating addictions 

Primary research using myself and those around me to describe and research the feeling when craving food and feeling the addictive emotions towards it.

In a sense, we are all addicted to food. Think about what it feels like when you aren’t able to eat. You start to crave food, and become more physically and emotionally uncomfortable the longer the cravings go on for, until eating becomes the most important thing for you to do. This is the experience of all addicts.

In my film id like to explore and even try and answer for myself - Is there any connection between eating disorders, alcoholism, smoking and drug addiction? Are the causes of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating the same as the causes for alcoholism, smoking and other addictions?

so for my film installation ill be having the set made like a candy shop and have people sitting around surrounded by really nice food all of all kinds and just eating while the audience have to stop and watch the film while having the temptation to eat and feeling jealous of those eating…it'll make the point I'm trying to make (about addiction) more understandable and relatable to the audience.

Secondary -

Food is essential to survival, and unlike other addictive behaviours, it is normal to eat repeatedly every day, and to look forward to eating for pleasure. But several characteristics separate normal or occasional binge eating from a food addiction.

Firstly, food addiction is maladaptive so although people overeat to feel better, it often ends up making them feel worse, and gives them more to feel back about. Food addiction can threaten health, causing obesity, malnutrition, and other problems.

Secondly, the overeating that food addicts do is persistent, so a food addict eats too much food -- often the wrong kinds of food -- too much of the time. We all overeat on from time to time, but food addicts often overeat every day, and they eat, not because they are hungry, but as their main way of coping with stress. Then if they are unable to overeat, they experience anxiety.