Documentary pitch before deciding to do a mockumentary:
I am not completely sure of what I want to do, but I was thinking of possibly connecting the documentary to Emory’s extracurricular activities and clubs, and what different students have to say about them in order to portray what Emory is made up of. The purpose of this documentary would be to give a taste of Emory and maybe even its diversity. Since we have a limited number of minutes to get our point across, I think we should choose a diverse group of students to ask about what they do, have done, or are planning on doing/joining. By doing this, we will be able to display different perspectives and opinions as to the clubs and activities these students might be participating in and what they find interesting about them. Since it is going to be a crowd made up of all kinds of students, we might also come up with a student that is not really interested in participating in clubs or activities and we might be able to hear and understand why this individual does not feel the need to participate in an activity.
Through this documentary we might be able to show what Emory has to offer apart from the academics. For example, I know that LSO basically invites any Latino at Emory to join since day 1 of college. Interviewing a Latino that decided not to join this club while interviewing one that did might give two different standpoints and views towards what the Emory community is made up of. We might also be able to interview a person that is in a varsity team and ask them to give their opinion on how Emory treats athletes and then interview a person that has either dropped or simply never joined but was perfectly capable of doing so. These do not have to be done though; they are just examples of the documentary’s purpose. Basically through this documentary, one might be able to see what the Emory community looks like and what it has to offer without actually having to even visit Emory.
I am not completely sure of what I want to do, but I was thinking of possibly connecting the documentary to Emory’s extracurricular activities and clubs, and what different students have to say about them in order to portray what Emory is made up of. The purpose of this documentary would be to give a taste of Emory and maybe even its diversity. Since we have a limited number of minutes to get our point across, I think we should choose a diverse group of students to ask about what they do, have done, or are planning on doing/joining. By doing this, we will be able to display different perspectives and opinions as to the clubs and activities these students might be participating in and what they find interesting about them. Since it is going to be a crowd made up of all kinds of students, we might also come up with a student that is not really interested in participating in clubs or activities and we might be able to hear and understand why this individual does not feel the need to participate in an activity.
Through this documentary we might be able to show what Emory has to offer apart from the academics. For example, I know that LSO basically invites any Latino at Emory to join since day 1 of college. Interviewing a Latino that decided not to join this club while interviewing one that did might give two different standpoints and views towards what the Emory community is made up of. We might also be able to interview a person that is in a varsity team and ask them to give their opinion on how Emory treats athletes and then interview a person that has either dropped or simply never joined but was perfectly capable of doing so. These do not have to be done though; they are just examples of the documentary’s purpose. Basically through this documentary, one might be able to see what the Emory community looks like and what it has to offer without actually having to even visit Emory.