Without a doubt, I am insanely excited to be starting a documentary, and to have the opportunity to pursue the creation of one for my project this year. Documentaries are easily one of my favorite film genres to view, as well as my absolute favorite to create. I have a particular passion for journalism and pursuit of knowledge outside of an interest in film/media, and so to be able to incorporate both of those passions and converge them into a single endeavor both excites and challenges me to do something meaningful.
Before even starting to think about specifics for this project, I immediately had an idea that I wanted to pursue. I find the concept of clothing - particularly, how the conventions and stereotypes for each gender’s dictation of gender norms affects the idea of gender and other aspects of society - especially intriguing, and ideally would love to pursue a piece that explores that idea and makes a stand for nonconformity.
However, the challenge with this idea becomes how to get footage from inside of stores, and whether or not this will be a problem/obstacle within the creation of my product - and, if it will be a problem/obstacle, if the result would be worth the challenge. So far I’m leaning towards yes, it will be worth it. Now I just have to figure it out.
