Documentary Writing pt. 2

For my Documentary I will be interviewing one of the owners/employees of airsoft smith. Talking to him about what exactly airsoft is, about what makes up the community or airsoft and why a lot of people from military backgrounds to chose this sport. I will be doing a video interview, the owner will be sitting in front of the stores giant wall display of airsoft guns. I have already talked to the owner and he will be able to give an interview friday night. as for B roll for the movie i will be using youtube clips from some of the airsoft events i have gone too.

Documentary

Idea for doc. Airsoft and the whole airsoft community in ohio and why people enjoy it.


 things i know about my topic:
what airsoft is
the community
the physical aspect
why i play airsoft
why its interesting to me

Big Idea:

Everybody is gone.....Story follows one guy living on his own who believes that he is being watched. He constantly hears footsteps, doors closing (in his house), feels like someone is watching from outside. Eventually he starts going insane, and goes into a constant state of paranoia, eventually he starts seeing people, but they soon disappear into thin air. Eventually he cant take anymore and try's something drastic to get the voices and images out of his head.....

Assignment 1: Big Idea

A.
        Big Idea: Fear
        Potential Topics: Fear of being alone, fear of failure, Fear of constantly being watched, Fear of death, Fear of ones self, Fear of the mind

B.
          What is Fear?
          What are you afraid of?
          Why are you afraid?
          What is haunting you?
           What is your biggest fear?
           How will you fix it?
           Can you fix it?
           Will you let the fear control you?

C.
           Fear is about Understanding
           Fear is about Confrontation
           Fear is about Control
                     

Intervention

- In your own words, what is intervention?

In my own words intervention is is disrupting the norm

- What was the purpose of this exercise? 

the purpose of this was to get us to look away from everyday life and think outside of the box

- Why did you choose to intervene the way you did? I’m looking for more than “I thought it would be funny” or “no one would expect it.”  What social/personal/human issue did you intend to comment on? Why? How?

I chose my intervention because i thought it would get people to stop and think about it, not to just look at it and keep walking, but to stop think ad wonder who put that there, and why. I intended to comment on a personal issue of losing an item or material thing.


- Why did you choose the location? I’m looking for more thought than “lots of people would be there, so I went there.” How did the location play up your specific idea?

I chose the location i did because i knew it was a high traffic are and that i would actually get responses from people in that specific area rather than older people at like the mall or just walking down the street.

- Name three specific examples, ideas, artworks or statements you observed in class that helped you plan for this project.

some of the ideas that helped me for this project was documenting yourself putting up flyers like we saw on that one video and those pictures online.

Now pull from all of your answers and write a succinct, coherent three paragraph artist statement about your intervention artwork. Use descriptive language. Explain yourself like the intelligent person you are.

We wake up everyday and do the same exact things, wether we realize it or not everyday is pretty much the same. So what happens when you do something that will disrupt the flow of everyday life, and get people to start thinking? When your walking down town you tend to see lots of flyers advertising special offers or advertising a missing animal or object.

When im walking downtown and I see those flyers and advertisements I don't think much of it. I have found myself at times just ignoring them and continuing on the path to the destination i was going to. Most of those "missing" signs and advertisements or "help wanted" signs just get passed by without any recognition at all.

Thats why i chose to create a flyer that i thought would attract people and get them to stop and ask them selfs "is this serious" or get people to wonder who put this here and why? The goal of this was to also see how many people would actually call the number that was given, which infact was actually my cell phone number.

Intervention ideas: Media Arts 2

1. Make flyers with my face on it that say "wanted" or "have you seen this person?" and hand them out in a public area.

2. Set up a table with a coffee taste test and tell people that star-bucks came out with a new type of coffee (really expensive, really good coffee) and ask them to try both and tell us which coffee they think it is (either cup A or B) but in reality they are both the same coffee from speedway.

3. Write a letter confessing something you've never told anyone and put it in a random book in the library or barns and noble

3. organize candy bin at walmart
 

Alter ego

Character 1: #47.5- A elementary school kid hired by the government to travel the world and assassinate high profile targets, but never gets caught because no one suspects a 2nd grader to kill someone.

Character 2: Pizza man- A guy forced to deliver pizzas for the rest of his life ends up turning into a crime fighting vigilant fighting crime throughout the city.....in between pizza runs

Character 3: General Rosen- A 5 star military general that recently was accused of plotting to kill the president and take over the world. Now under investigation and is planning to flee the country...