Film Title and Tag Line Ideas

We had not yet been able to come up with a title or tag line for our film so we decided to take half an hour from one of our lessons to discuss it as a group and brainstorm ideas. 

These are the ideas we came up with:

Titles

- The Last Taboo

- Double Rainbow

- The Gayest Documentary 

- The Rainbow Taboo 

- The Other Side of the Rainbow

Taglines

- We're not racist, nor sexist...So why are we homophobic?

- So intense. So vivid. ('Double Rainbow' title only)

- Why should being gay, be so hard?

- This certainly isn't a pot of gold... (rainbow themed titles only)

- No child is born homophobic

- Gay is the new purple

- Gay doesn't always mean happy...

After some discussion as a group we picked our fifth option for our film title and tag line. We managed to narrow it down to 'The Gayest Documentary' and 'The Other Side of the Rainbow' and due to the fact we thought that 'The Gayest Documentary' could be perceived as offensive, we made the decision to use 'The Other Side of the Rainbow' with the tagline 'Gay doesn't always mean happy...'.

Shooting Schedule

These dates are subject to change/rescheduling however this is the basic shooting schedule we have planned for all our interview'ees.

15th November - Dalia Flemming Done
28th November - George Neish Done
7th December - David Robinson Done
15th December - Lee Smith Done
16th December - Ms. Ivy Cancelld
17th December - Dave Robson Done
18th December - Stella Collinson Done
24/25th December - Michael & Kevin Done
28h December - Aimee Joyce Cancelled

Group 5

These are the members of group 5 and their personal jobs and qualities they bring to the group.

Mia Reid: Co-Director and Researcher.

Mia has managed to line up interviews with the chairman of the LGBT (see group powerpoint for further info) And a prominent worker in stonewall.
Furthermore Mia offers helpfull direction and also took up the mantle of asking the questions when we interview our subjects.








Freddie Skinner: Editing, General Help.

Freddie has proved extreamly valuable as his editing skills have helped the group move forward in our work, he edited the short test run interviews we performed with Lee Smith and George Neish, furthermore she also cut together and placed our presentation on this blog. Furthermore he got us an interview with a friend of his, whom was raised by two sets of same sex parents.




Rose McGinley: Co-Director, Camera Woman, Researcher.

Rose has contributed to the ideas for the documentary and worked in close conduct with Mia Reid in order to decide on what general settings and questions would be preferable during interviews. Furthermore Rose has done the camera work for the interviewing of Lee Smith and Diana Flemming and will in the foreseeable future be handling the camera work herself. She also managed to get Stella Collinson and George Neish to provide interviews for the group (who are both gay students) and David Robinson who can provide a perspective from the other point of view (a homophobic student).

Group 5 Presentation

Methods to Capturing Sound

We visited the Clapham Learning Centre to test all the different equipment that we could use for filming our interview.

Two members of our group testing out the standard microphone. From this we found that using it would alter the layout of our interview and is more likely to have inconsistencies in the sound level than using an indoor foam covered boom pole.

 Three of the group testing the mini clip-on microphone. This would be good a choice to have to record a double of the audio that we get from using the boom pole. The problems with this method are that it picks up a large amount of unwanted sounds from its surroundings and has a very short life span and will require a lot of spare batteries. However, will still use this as our back-up source.

The wireless clip-on microphone kit that is a possibility for using for our interview. This is just as good as the above, but we feel that there would be no point to having a wireless set, when using one with wires would cause no problems for our interviews.

This is the Marantz that we have chosen to be our primary way to capture our sound. Its good because it can capture a large amount of sound whilst maintaining a good battery life and producing very clear, high quality recordings.

Audience Survey

1) Do you think it’s wrong to be gay?

Yes            No            Not Sure

2) Have you ever witnessed homophobic bullying?

Yes            No            I’ve taken part in it            I have experienced it myself

3) Have you ever tried to help someone who was being bullied for being gay?

Yes            No            I’ve never witnessed homophobic bullying

4) Do you think homosexuality is a choice?

Yes            No            I don’t know

5) Does homosexuality make you uncomfortable?

Yes            No            Other…………………………………………...

If yes, why? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

6) Do you think homophobic bullying is an issue in your school?

Yes            No            Not sure

7) Do you have any friends or family members who are gay?

Yes            No

8) What do you think of people who are verbally/physically abusive towards homosexuals?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………....

9) If you discovered that a friend of yours was gay, would you still maintain contact with them?

Yes            No            Not Sure

10) Do you think it’s hard for people to admit to being gay?

Yes            No

If yes, why?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………....

Mia's Film Idea (very brief)

Documentary
A five minute snapshot into homophobic bullying within schools and how it's being dealt with - told from different perspectives.

Begins with a montage of people expressing their views on homosexual people.

Interviews with gay & lesbian students giving accounts on their experience of bullying at school & how they dealt with it - did school intervene in any way? Did they feel like they could talk to a member of staff about it?

Interviews with LGBT Forum chairman, Dave Robson, and representative at Stonewall (currently sorting out potential meetings at the moment) - what they do, what they've found from their research.

Potential interview with senior member of staff about what they're doing to stop homophobic bullying in their school - do they think it's a serious issue?