Reka Samuel: Film Ideas Brainstorm.

This was a the brainstorm we made for our theme MANHOOD where we listen all the pro's and con's for each of our ideas.

effects of war.

Good narratives to create, it can be made quite simple: for example a mother grieving for her lost son.
It it a broad theme allowing us to be very creative in the way we portray characters or issues.
Small practical issues such as location, we have no access to a battle field so that created limitations for our narrative however we could access a house and focus on a family.

selling your soul.

We found this topic quite controversial and very hard to portray, it might also be seen as offensive so we decided this was not the best route to take.
Too much spiritual reference which would be too hard to film respectively.

marriage and divorce.

This topic would be targeted at too much of a mature and older audience which we did not want.
Very hard to contact older participants willing to be in a film
May be seen as quite boring to our target audience and they may not be able to relate to the topic.

gang warfare.

Seen as too cliche, very stereotypical of youths our age.
We wanted to be different and challenge conventions , we did not believe we could achieve this with such a topic.
Too common, however very high in practical options ;for example we could easily find youths our age who our experiencing this , and also we could inspire people by creating a positive out come.

losing you virginity.

Quite a important rites of passage for youths our age.
Relate-able to everyone
Creates a very broad target audience
Can alternate between genres , for example we can use it as a romance or even create a hybrid genre like a Rom-Com.
May be hard to find actors to play this as can be seen as quite embarrassing.

Testing your manhood.

understanding rappers

In the end we decided to narrow our choice down to theme in particular being TESTING MANHOOD and EFFECTS OF WAR.

Reka Samuel