Id follow some of my classmates and film how they make their documentary, interview them and introduce some basic concepts of documentary film making, such as conventions, styles, genres etc.
But this topic is kind of boring because everybody in my class already knows about how to make a documentary as they are learning it right now so id have to chose a different audience. Also, with this topic id be very dependant on other people as id have to follow them around etc.
2. Graffiti
Id take viedos of myself as i learn how to do graffiti and also include a brief history and explanations of different styles etc.
But ive never tried doing graffiti before and actually i dont know anybody who could teach me. This is also a little bit too risky, because if im not good at spraypainting, my whole documentary would fail.
3. Chocolate
Id show how to make chocolate yourself, how it is used as aphrodisiac and how it makes people happy and of course id include a brief history of where it comes from and how it was discovered etc.
I didnt chose this topic, because i think it is too much research-based, and i really do want to take footage myself and make an interactive documentary.
4. SHOES
Id show myself, trying on shoes and shopping for shoes. Id include a brief history of shoes with a focus on women's high heels. Also, id include some experts that i interviewed etc.
I like this idea best, because it connects all the different conventions, styles, genres of documentary film making that i want to use with the topic, shoes. The documentary is interactive, because i wanted to take some footage myself, and actually BE in the documentary and the topic is shoes, because it is something i really like and i have some kind of personal connection to.
This unit was about creating a documentary to inform, persuade or entertain people and this documentary would be entertaining, but not nevvessarily informing of persuading.
