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Documentary Project Proposal
Length of work, format.
5-10 minutes in the format of an observational documentary.
The intended purpose of the documentary is to educate students and people of Manchester about the LGBT community by showing them people's stories and asking them what they feel about acceptance in their community. This will hopefully influence their own views and make them more aware of what issues we face in Manchester specifically.
What about the soundtrack? (Any music, narration, etc.—If so, who? what?)
Narration/voice over from a "presenter" introducing the documentary and what the topic is. No other narration other than facts and figures regarding the LGBT community to make it feel a bit more personal, not exactly cinematic but not an in your face kind of project.
I think it would be good to have various soundtracks, a happy one whilst asking quick fire questions and one that could spark emotions or one that would set a serious tone when talking about personal stories and instances of homophobia/discrimination that people have suffered to show that it's an emotional/difficult topic that we're addressing.
Documentary Project Proposal
Length of work, format.
5-10 minutes in the format of an observational documentary.
Who is the intended audience?
Our intended audience are teenagers ranging from about 13+, so the documentary will be aimed at an audience similar to our age range so they can relate to the content and it would be a topic that they're interested in.
Goal or intended purpose(s) of the Documentary
The intended purpose of the documentary is to educate students and people of Manchester about the LGBT community by showing them people's stories and asking them what they feel about acceptance in their community. This will hopefully influence their own views and make them more aware of what issues we face in Manchester specifically.
What is new different, interesting, engaging about your approach?
Our approach will focus on opinions and it will be focused on personal issues and statements, there won't be a presenter as such so it will feel a lot more personal and natural. Like a Q&A session making it feel more relaxed even though it's talking about important issues and emotional/hard-hitting topics.
Our approach will focus on opinions and it will be focused on personal issues and statements, there won't be a presenter as such so it will feel a lot more personal and natural. Like a Q&A session making it feel more relaxed even though it's talking about important issues and emotional/hard-hitting topics.
Style (Any key stylistic elements in writing, shooting, audio, editing, etc.)
We won't exactly have a script because documentaries often don't have a script but the things we do script will be formal but not boring, the tone will be friendly when discussing topics and introductions to engage an audience.
The editing could work with very subtle transitions, using graphics to show facts and names of people we're interviewing and any sources. It could have a title/logo to introduce the documentary and make it more interesting, so it isn't just facts and interviews. We could show some art and style it like a vlogg in some parts by showing posters and pictures as we hear a voice over.
I would like the documentary to be an observational, film style. What I mean by this; is that by using close-ups and mid shots, using a lot of depth of focusing and wrack focusing. To give it cinemalistic feel, showing shots that make it cinemalistic. Putting some filters on it, might give it a similar style which we would do in post-production.
Audio facts and graphics to show the facts.
We won't exactly have a script because documentaries often don't have a script but the things we do script will be formal but not boring, the tone will be friendly when discussing topics and introductions to engage an audience.
The editing could work with very subtle transitions, using graphics to show facts and names of people we're interviewing and any sources. It could have a title/logo to introduce the documentary and make it more interesting, so it isn't just facts and interviews. We could show some art and style it like a vlogg in some parts by showing posters and pictures as we hear a voice over.
I would like the documentary to be an observational, film style. What I mean by this; is that by using close-ups and mid shots, using a lot of depth of focusing and wrack focusing. To give it cinemalistic feel, showing shots that make it cinemalistic. Putting some filters on it, might give it a similar style which we would do in post-production.
Audio facts and graphics to show the facts.
Narration/voice over from a "presenter" introducing the documentary and what the topic is. No other narration other than facts and figures regarding the LGBT community to make it feel a bit more personal, not exactly cinematic but not an in your face kind of project.
I think it would be good to have various soundtracks, a happy one whilst asking quick fire questions and one that could spark emotions or one that would set a serious tone when talking about personal stories and instances of homophobia/discrimination that people have suffered to show that it's an emotional/difficult topic that we're addressing.
Who is working on the project?
I am working with Ria Ebert and Leah Carter on this documentary. We plan to interview members of the college, faculty and students and the members of an LGBT youth group. To gain stories, their opinions and the level of acceptance in the college and within the Manchester area.
Historical background or context of the story
http://www.stonewall.org.uk/at_home/history_of_lesbian_gay_and_bisexual_equality/default.asp
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- 10 minutes
- Observational
- Aimed at people aged 13+
- Central Questions: Why do people do it? -can you understand why certain people are homophobic? The effects of it. Is it still a heavy subject today? Are there representations in the media? Good and bad. Good role models.
- Message of documentary: Can Homophobia be justified?
- In life we believe that: Homophobia is wrong and it can not be justified. It might not be justifiable but we can understand why people might have done it (about their past -abuse, bullying, their own insecurities, some people don't want to admit that they are.)
- Main conflict: how are we going to show both sides of the argument.
- I want the audience to feel that: Homophobia isn't justified.
- How to answer questions:
The idea for our documentary is based on the issues of homophobia. We really want to focus on the message of 'can it be justified?' We feel that Homophobia can not be justified because we feel that it's wrong. We are going to show this in our documentary, by trying to answer some central questions such as: 'why are people homophobic?' and 'the effects homophobia has on people.' The main conflict that we're going to face is how we are going to show both sides to the argument, making it as unbiased as possible whilst focusing on our original message. Overall, we want our audience to feel that homophobia isn't justified. However we also want to ask these questions about what makes people become homophobic, so that we can understand why some people may have done or said homophobic things.
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