Exploring London's LGBT community as a topic

Task 8-thinking of a concept


The style of documentary I'm trying to achieve was first seen in the 1920s. They focus on experiences, images and showing the audience the world through a different set of eyes. It has abstract tones and is loose with narrative, the poetic sub-genre can be very unconventional and experimental in structure and content. This is the poetic realist genre and the ultimate goal is to create a feeling/ atmosphere rather than a direct truth, however it often uses real life people and experiences to do so. This style of documentary explores life as it is in the current time it is a documentation of experiences and society however the style exploits the poetry and art in reality.

Sexuality is a trending topic in contemporary society that, has evoked controversial conversation. Exploring these couples and the way they love can prove interesting therefore is a topic i'm considering for the poetic realist concept. This video is the inspiration for the basis of the documentary and has documentary conventions that will be included and enhanced in my own, however is still shot in a poetic way, making their reality portrayed as more beautiful and abstract.
In my task I will follow members of the LGBTq and expand on their experiences and the how they love.
This will normalise same sex couples and humanise them further. The people in my documentary will not be stereotypes but real people and will challenge opinions. The shots used will be more long shots and close ups. The message will be femininity, masculinity and gender is fluid, "forbidden love" and desire. I would like the result to look beautiful instead of rough however, in moments there will be the hand held camera movements that is typically seen in a conventional documentary. However i don't want the documentary to heavily educate or force views on people but to just show real life people and somewhat mould perceptions.