Author: A.C. Brooke
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New Excerpt From the Film: Introducing Dr. Sizer
A quick clip from the film introducing Dr. Sizer. Really love this segment, along with the soundtrack which I’ll list below. Audio still needs some fine tuning, bear with me. Next week, I’ll be flying out to Wisconsin to present the first 15 minutes of Paper Birds. Thanks for all of your support thus far.…
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7 Grounding Techniques You Can Do Right Now to Feel More Present
Dissociation can be highly distressing. You should know that while feeling numb and disconnected may be unpleasant, dissociation is extremely common and treatable. Here are 7 grounding techniques you can do yourself to feel more present.
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New Paper Birds Playlist: Mental Health Shorts
Dissociation: A Brief Look 🧠For whatever reason, I just didn’t really feel like editing Paper Birds yesterday so I decided to work on the project in another way. I threw together this short video late last night in Canva, and I think I’ll probably do a few more on various facets of mental health/trauma.…
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Slices of Life: College Kids
Slices of Life: College Kids Spent yesterday evening taking pictures with friends after class. It was nice getting to do something creative just for fun again—it’s been awhile!
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Photographing Mattel’s Paramedic Barbie for 1stRCF
In hopes of highlighting the heroes of the Pandemic, in conjunction with releasing six dolls inspired by real frontline workers, Mattel also created a nurse, doctor and paramedic Barbie for their “Play it Forward” campaign. For each doll sold at Target, Mattel donated $5 to the First Responders Children’s Foundation (1stRCF). During my internship (2021),…
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On Set: Advanced TV2 Production Day
Today was Advanced TV2’s big day for our shoot with local first responders! We spent the morning filming outside of Jefferson Hall at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Our footage will be pieced together to create an educational video breaking down what communication among different departments should look like during an active shooter scenario. Excited to watch…
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Editing Day
Spent today editing Paper Birds. I’m guessing most my days will look like this leading up to the conference in April. Nothing to see here, folks. Just an aunt and her apprentice.
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Production Day: New PB Film Stills!
We had a production day dedicated exclusively to b-roll this past weekend for Paper Birds. This was the first time seeing myself on screen for this piece where I actually felt like me. Huge shoutout to Reed Donnelly, Spencer Seikel and Amber Stuart for making that possible. Excited for future shoots and to present our…
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The Dichotomy of Preverbal Trauma: Dr. Sizer Dissects Alli’s Case
A quick stich of bites I put together from last October’s interview. My team and I will be meeting with Dr. Sizer again next weekend to film some b-roll. But I digress. I think this brief snippet—more specifically, Dr. Sizer’s ending quote—embodies the emotional heart of Paper Birds from a survivor’s perspective: “I can only…
