Domestic Violence Research - Mark

I am conducting some research on domestic violence as that is our topic for our film. I managed to find a website that is specifically for males being domestically abused. The link is below. This website has lots of information on what to do if you are being abused, they have a hotline that you are able to call if you think you are being abused too. They claim that a massive one in six men will be domestically abused. The link to the website is here.

They also have links to other men's stories of domestic abuse, you can see one article from August 2012 on how a man nearly died as his partner stabbed him here.

Once we decided our theme was going to be domestic violence, it clicked to me that this was occuring in Coronation Street with Kirsty and Tyrone. She has been hitting him with objects such as a frying pan and a part off a hoover and only recently has he told Fizz about what has been happening and that he can't cope any more. It has taken him months to tell anyone about it and actually say that he can't cope with it; this is what is involved with domestic violence, not only the abuse, but manipulating their mind so they don't tell anyone about it. Below is an extract of some footage from Coronation Street of the violence Tyrone has been suffering. 

Also pictured here is Kirsty pinning Tyrone up to the door.

There are many videos out there on advice for domestic violence and how to tell someone about it and sort it out which is good. Below is a good example of an advice video I found on Youtube: 



UPDATE: 08/12/12:
After I had watched some films, I noticed they used lots of fade to blacks and also fades to show manipulation of time and also how someone can be depressed. We will try these effects in our post-production phrase.

UPDATE: 15/12/12:
Over the past 24 hours, Sussex Police have tweeted every domestic violence case they have been receiving and reading through them has been interesting. It has shown that it isn't always the man abusing the woman, and the following tweets from Sussex Police help to show how our film can relate to real life:
 - Man from East Grinstead has called police because his ex-girlfriend is making threats regarding some money he owes her
 - Brighton man has called police to report that his ex-girlfriend still controls his money & recently threatened him with a hammer
 - Man in Crawley has called police regarding his girlfriend; she is drunk and threatening him and he wants her to go