Nothing to Worry About

As a woman goes about her everyday life, the uncontrollable bleeding coming from her abdomen is ignored by everyone around her. 

Nothing to Worry About is a seven-minute experimental/psychological drama short film about the effect's invisible illness has on individuals. The film follows Cathy, a 24-year-old woman, who has uncontrolled bleeding from her abdomen that is ignored by everyone around her. This film is built around the visual representation of chronic illness. Cathy’s pain acts as a vice which can be used to portray the effects that chronic illness can have on a person. To show this, we will externalize her pain by making it visible, using blood as a visual metaphor. 

 We want to highlight the isolation that comes with invisible illness and how people who experience pain everyday fight through life. We are specifically looking at this through the lense of someone with endometriosis and commenting on the medical neglect that women face while trying to be diagnosed.