My intial idea was to create a documentary about my adopted sister who lives in Southampton. I travelled up to see her and to document some of the similaritys between us. Using most of my time to research into her family history I was unable to decide on an idea that I was really happy with. There was too many important factors in Jackies history that would need to be included for a documentary to make sense. I set about trying to find a solution and again was unable to settle on an idea.
I decided that to create a good Final Major Project, I would need to pick an idea that would be simple yet personal.
I started to look around me and accumulate some ideas. I looked at the people around me, Plymouth, the sports I love and finally the people I live with, my Family. To make my FMP personal I would need to choose and idea that was close to my heart and so I started to storyboard a short documentary about living with my family.
Within the documentary I want to explore the different characters within my house. My parents, my brothers and sisters, and even the two ferrets we all adore (except dad!). I looked at the differences between us and found some interesting moments that I wanted to share.
Having looked into multiple documentary styles and film-makers, I decided to create a piece that included slightly vintage feeling archive footage, like Michael Moore's "bowling for columbine" and a variety of montages and sound edits like Kurt Kuennes "Dear Zachary".
Due to this change in idea, I have created a new pitch to show off my idea. The main part of this presentation can be found in my workbook, but this is the viral video to accompany it.
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