The media's portrayal of Schizophrenia is often questioned, and the mental illness is often shown as 'dangerous' in many films, books and newspaper articles. But is this really the case? Many Schizophrenic people are harmless.
For the documentary, I would interview everyday people, and ask how they think people with schizophrenia are portrayed. I will also interview people with the condition, and ask what they think of the media's portrayal.
I would also point out and take a look at different media, such as films, websites, TV shows, news paper articles and more.
This documentary will not only look at the portrayal of Schizophrenia in the media, but also how schizophrenic people deal with their condition.
Fine Art
This documentary would be looking at what makes art- art? We would interview random people who have no strong interests in art, and ask their opinions on what they think counts as fine art today, and show them examples, whether it be a photo of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, or a simple dot on a canvas. We would also do the same interview for strong fine artists and art teachers etc... and see their opinions.
This idea came when I saw a brick in a gallery. This wasn't any special or unique brick, this was your everyday -build a house with- brick. I thought to myself, this must have to have an extremely deep meaning/concept behind it for it to be accepted into such a gallery.
The key question the documentary will be looking at is: Is the concept more important then the appearance of the artwork?
Many art pieces today are classed as art because of the 'meaning behind the piece' rather than the actual aesthetic appearance of it, and it doesn't have to be visually stunning to be called a masterpiece.
The main question would be, is the concept more important then the aesthetics?
How much the world has changed in a generation
This interview will be aimed at people of all ages, especially the old and young.
We would firstly conduct interviews with an older audience, showing them the new technology and gadgets recently released, asking them if they're aware of what they do, and if they think they're necessary.
Secondly, we would interview a very young generation (toddlers to early teens), showing them things that existed in their parents childhood, and ask them if they're aware of what they do, and if they'd find them useful or not.
This documentary would point out just how much the world has changed in a generation, and will show us the views the elderly have on the new technology, just how much children know about the era their parents were raised in, and what they think of the old technology.
The documentary would be like a storybook, filled up with a variety of tales from peoples pasts. The agent/drive for the documentary would be 3 key questions about their lives.
1)What's your greatest achievement/happiest moment?
2)What would your one wish be if you were granted one?
3)What are you most scared of?
I will ask people of a range of different ethnicities, ages, social standing, and backgrounds.
Inventor and advertiserWe would be interviewing a man who's quite a character. He invents things for a living, and for advertisements. He would tell us about all his wacky creations, and show us around his workshop filled with his life's work.
He has made things such as a double decker caravan with a balcony, builds sculptures out of metal, a bike out of paper, art pieces out of mud and drawing pins, and much more.
Pushing through with disabilitiesThe documentary would be based around people who have fought through their disabilities and achieved great things.
One of the people we could interview has spina bifida and was told from birth they would never be able to walk. They're now a paralympic swimmer.
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