Ideas for a 3 minute wonder:
- Mental Health in the 21st century and How it affects teenagers
- Coming out - Young people's stories on coming out.
My choice of a 3MW is Coming out as a teenager. I plan on filming a handful of teenagers from college that has chosen to come out to their family and friends - whilst still so young, and how they dealt with it also; why it took them so long to come out in the first place. I will place a camera in front of my interviewees and they will answer the questions to the camera - during parts I am considering adding images of the interviewees as they grow with their permission.
My documentary aim is for a performative documentary and the genre is a mix between reality Tv and digital storytelling.
My Primary audience will be teenagers of the same age or maybe younger, who repress their homosexual feelings because they're too afraid or because people have drilled into their heads that it is 'immoral' or 'wrong'. Demographically it will be aimed towards both genders - as both boys and girls will be included in my documentary, sexuality wise I hope to include gay, lesbian and bisexual students and more if there is students with a different sexuality. As for religion I hope to aim this towards certain religions that believe being homosexual or having a different sexual orientation other than straight is wrong, that it isn't wrong and that there are young people that suffer at the hands of people like them - too afraid to except themselves or even drastic measures are taken like suicide.
My secondary audience is for the parents and adults who might still repress their sexuality, it's for the families that reject their loved ones because of their sexuality.
The aim of my documentary is to get the message across that it is okay to be gay, that it isn't something that can be changed or repressed, I hope to change peoples minds - although it's a stretch. I want people to welcome their sexuality and not be brainwashed into thinking it is wrong, that it can be 'cured'.
I will need to film in classrooms or maybe even outdoors, I wouldn't need to travel to a location or various as It will be filmed in the college because the message is from college students.
Students from my college will need to be part of my production - students who are gay, lesbian or bisexual, I won't need any other crew as the production will just be me with a camera and my interviewee. I want it to be comfortable and simple.
Example questions:
“What was it like for you before you came
out?”
“How did it feel to come out to everybody?”
“What’s it like now that you’re out of the
closet?”
“Who did you struggle the most with telling?”
“Do people treat you different, if so how?”
“Would you encourage others to come out of
the closet?”
I will need a video camera, a tripod and a memory card, all of which is in college and none of which will need to be brought.
There is no budget as I wont be purchasing anything.
Research:
Recently, it was announced that all states of America legalized gay marriage, although some of the states are campaigning to revoke the law in their state/county.
http://www.hrc.org/youth/view-statistics/#.VZP3oPlVhBc (Here, you can see the statistics for coming out - in america.)
http://radaronline.com/photos/celebs-who-have-come-out-as-gay-or-bisexual/photo/821966/ (Here, is a list of celebrities that have came out as either gay or bisexual)
Youth find it easier to come out if celebrities - mainly their idols- come out, because it gives them the sense that it would be alright.
Shows like Orange is the New Black, help teenagers and adults come to terms and also gives them some knowledge of what it's like to be a - lesbian - or other, shows like these influence people to come out or to experiment with their sexuality.
Films with gay themes, deal with the problem of coming out whether you're a teenager or an adult - like these films, (But, I'm A Cheerleader...) and (Imagine, me and you)
BIAC, deals with a girl who goes to a rehab for homosexuals. Although it is a comedic out look on the type of place, there are places out there that believe they transform people 'straight'.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_evan.htm
Research:
Recently, it was announced that all states of America legalized gay marriage, although some of the states are campaigning to revoke the law in their state/county.
http://www.hrc.org/youth/view-statistics/#.VZP3oPlVhBc (Here, you can see the statistics for coming out - in america.)
http://radaronline.com/photos/celebs-who-have-come-out-as-gay-or-bisexual/photo/821966/ (Here, is a list of celebrities that have came out as either gay or bisexual)
Youth find it easier to come out if celebrities - mainly their idols- come out, because it gives them the sense that it would be alright.
Shows like Orange is the New Black, help teenagers and adults come to terms and also gives them some knowledge of what it's like to be a - lesbian - or other, shows like these influence people to come out or to experiment with their sexuality.
Films with gay themes, deal with the problem of coming out whether you're a teenager or an adult - like these films, (But, I'm A Cheerleader...) and (Imagine, me and you)
BIAC, deals with a girl who goes to a rehab for homosexuals. Although it is a comedic out look on the type of place, there are places out there that believe they transform people 'straight'.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_evan.htm
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