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When we decided on our groups we immediately started to brainstorm ideas for our documentary, we came up with 3 main topics/subjects we would choose. The subjects we chose were particular interests of ours, as we wanted to make a documentary not on what would be easiest but what we would enjoy most so that we were focused and entertained throughout our course, also to learn more about the topics we enjoy, these are the topics we came up with and why they would've been interesting, also existing documentaries to do with each topic which would provide guidance and inspiration:
This idea was amoung our favourites as again we are all extremely interested and partial to a second opinion on the matter.
We decided we could gain a good amount of archive footage and raw footage, we could also use techniques related to lighting, sound and camera angles to create an effective atmosphere. After some discussion of what we could include we found it each of us have or know someone with a convicning ghost story, which would be perfect for the interview phase of the documentary. We looked for exisiting documentaries which would almost be inspirational.
We found one called Ghost Contact, a documentary on the paranormal and supernatural - contact with ghosts. Are ghosts real? A scientific examination on the evidence supporting the existence of ghosts and spirits.
It didn't take long to decide this was our chosen topic.
This is a subject which interests us greatly so would be ideal for our choice. We also thought we could acquire excellent archive footage to make the documentary as convincing and proffessional as possible.
There were many exisitng curent documentaries that were relevant in our research, such as UFO Files and Ancient Aliens. Both take on the form of expository documentary styles, although it could be argued they are also informative. These seem to be the most suitable of all the styles for this particular topic, so we would try and create it using an expository style.
Although we all liked this idea very much, we decided against the idea as we agreed there would not be much we could capture in raw footage, and would mostly be archive.
This was our first idea as it is related to our age range so would be easier picking up research and knowledge. It would also interest our fellow class mates which would motivate us in terms of competition.
We researched existing documentaries to do with this particular topic and found "J is for Junkie", a 41 documentary directed by Corey Davis.
J is for Junkie comes as a hard-hitting and beautifully shot documentary on crack and being homeless. Filmed in “The Living Room” in Atlanta, a small cove tucked in behind a Texaco gas station, the documentary captures African-American men and women opening up to Corey Davis, a young filmmaker with an artistic flare and an anthropologist’s care for documenting lived reality.
We decided against the idea of this topic as we thought to ourselves if we went with this we'd want to make it an observational documentary, focusing on one person's life and how drugs have effected them. We thought this somewhat inappropriate given the nature of our task, so decided to look at more neutral topics.