Short Documenataries and our approach

For the presentation week we have to include a clip from  short documentary that reflects our approach. Having been through I have found several that I think have elements of what we are aiming for.


Iranian, Gay & seeking Asylum.

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I'm looking at these documentaries in terms of their narrative structure and technical elements rather than their content so some of them are a lot more serious than anything we are doing. However apart from the emotional element of this film being very strong and a very serious subject matter, it's structure is something that I can see in our goal. We want to use people's personal stories to represent a wider story. Here it is these Men's struggle for asylum and the hardships they have gone through, telling a wider story of the persecution Homosexuals face daily in Iran. For us it is peoples personal stories telling a wider story of the English Folk Dance community.

Pockets.
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The stylised nature of this short is something that really stood out to me. In terms of cinematography I think this is a nice idea to go for. Also being able to get outside  think will add a lot to our film as it does to this one will open out the screen space more. Make it more natural. I think this especially important given our subject matter has a lot to do with movement and space.

Hip hop Grannies

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This is the film we are going to use to illustrate our approach. Like ours it is about something a little unusual or unexpected, I also really like this film it is inspiring and heart warming. In terms of it's structure it is along the lines that we are going for, it used the women's personal stories, explaining where they come from and why the enjoy hip hop dancing to explain the wider story of the phenomenon and the cultural issues that surround it. The way it is driven by the interviews is also something that I have taken from this. Also the way this is constructed with splices of interview and action is something we will go for I think. The film we intend to make will very much be driven by what people have to say because Morris dancing is folk dance and folk means of the people. We want this to be their story.