- What is your topic and/or area of production?
- What problem / issue are you addressing
/tackling?
- What questions are you trying to answer?
- Why is this topic significant and worthy of
study?
- Who else has studied it? What similar work has
been done?
- How will you go about researching it?
The
final major project that has been chosen for this module is a documentary about
Islam in general. I have been interested in directing and presenting a YouTube
series with information, public opinions and filming the public’s reactions.
Many YouTube stars have inspired me to produce pieces that can help the
community understand more about Islam (especially women in Islam).
At
the moment, I am still trying to figure out what my YouTube documentary/social
experiments will be called. The first episode of this documentary will be based
on Muslim girls. The first scene will be based in the studio and a series of
different Muslim girls talking about their religion, mostly aimed about women
in Islam and how they should be perceived. The next scenes will be out in
public, hopefully stopping people that are not familiar with the religion
Islam. Ask them questions what they think Islam is and to figure out if people
think of Muslims in a stereotypical way. I will give them the opportunity to
ask one of the Muslim girls that will be volunteering to shed some light about
women in Islam or just the religion in general. The third scene will consist of
different social experiments of a Muslim girl wearing the full Hijab in a town
that lacks diversity to experience what other people think of the Islamic
traditional dress code. Finally, the last scene will be of the girls back in
the studio reacting to the public’s reactions on Muslim girls.
Overall,
I do not want to produce something serious however I want to produce something
that is entertaining and at the same time educating the public. This will be
aimed for 13 years to 25 years as most of these viral social experiments are
mostly viewed by this group of ages. The different multi-media applications
that will be used to distribute my final product will be on YouTube and shared
through Facebook, Insta gram and Twitter. Facebook will be used to share the
final project by clicking on the ‘share’ button for all friends to see and
helping to re-share the product. Instagram will be used to give a little taste
of what will happen in the documentary and will provide the link to the full
video. Finally, Twitter is going to be used to start a hash tag trend to
attract users and the audience. The reason for that is to reach as many
audiences as possible to view the product and try and get it viral. In the
future, this can evolve into a YouTube series about Islam.
I
am tackling the stereotype thoughts of Islam and fighting the unnecessary moral
panic and hate towards Muslim citizens after terrorist attacks that have
happened over the years. Most of all, I will be tackling the News as they
portray Islam in a negative light. My research will consist of other YouTube
videos and how they are styled (if it is quirky, serious, effects being used)
and research over the Internet by analysing some users’ comments towards
Muslims. Today, most people from London have accepted Islamic beliefs and
ignore negativity towards Muslims. I want to reach out to other people around
the world who are not familiar with different cultures. Once the produced piece
is distributed and given time to gain followers and viewers, some of my friends
are very interested taking part in future documentaries and social experiments.
This could be the start of directing pieces like this and sharing it around the
world.
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