Hi Blogger! Although I liked the idea of my initial episodic crime documentary that I discussed in my blog posts last week, I am a little bit unsure if I could realistically implement my idea. Due to it being fiction, I believe that would take away from the conventions within the genre that I had researched last week about episodic documentaries. Therefore, this week, I plan on brainstorming other potential ideas and researching about conventions within documentaries that I could implement within my portfolio project. I do not feel like I am behind, however, I feel slightly stuck in a rut since I am hearing discussions within my class that many already have their set idea in mind and are creating storyboards as well as scripts within their process. However, I am attempting to not compare myself to others and just keep moving forward within this process.
In order to organize my ideas, I made a brainstorming planning sheet to get my ideas on paper to be able to visualize and know my interests for what I would like to implement.
I was a little bit stuck after my first brainstorming piece since I did not have any other ideas I could think about after writing about an idea that I was passionate about. However after evaluating it, it could not work. Therefore, I began to list topics that I am passionate about that way I could create a documentary that I would be motivated to make and that would express ideas that interest me to make myself enjoy the process so much more.
Something that never been my strong suit is creativity. Not to say the inspiration is a negative thing that is being done, I always find myself being a little bit too inspired by other pieces and therefore not coming up with own ideas and plans at times. For my portfolio project, I want to change this by creating something that is strictly specific to me, my interests, what I enjoy, in order to produce something that I am proud of.
As I began to list these different "passions" of mine, it ending up turning into something different that became a happy accident. I started to list my experiences rather than things that I enjoy since I thought that relatability would be extremely beneficial within creating my portfolio project. After listing things from the past that have shaped me into the person I am today, I thought about the topic of insecurities. I struggled a lot with insecurities starting around middle school and I still struggle with them today. However, I have been able to manage my feelings about them much better I believe by making a documentary about how to handle these emotions can improve how others feel within themselves.
Although I do not have all of the details figured out, I am really interested in taking on this idea and plan on talking to Stoklosa to see what she thinks about my plans. Even though I am very excited to jump into this idea that is loaded with potential, one of my biggest regrets within my portfolio project last year was that I did not have enough research done within my film opening. Therefore, I want to do things differently this time around by researching everything I possibly could to ensure that this project is lived up to its fullest potential. Until next time!
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