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I know for sure that I want to make a documentary covering the issue of climate change, but I need to be more specific on my topic.   The main idea would be to do the top tips on how to start managing your daily surroundings to improve climate change. The second idea is surrounding the effect on people. How people are 'killing themselves' by not responding to the visible changes in the world.  A third idea is about the actual changes and what will happen in the future if we don't do anything about climate change. The fourth idea would be about the young leaders and the riots/protests that people are participating in and whats their reason behind it. 

In these videos, you can see me attempting to make a reflective mode, where you can see that the documentary is being made, but also it is high in structure. And the second one is a poetic mode that uses sounds and montages of videos. Form this experience I have learned that using background sound in a documentary is very good and it makes the video more alive. I will definitely use that in my final piece. As well as two people discussing something on the screen, while the director or documenter would speak in a non-diegetic voice and throw in some comments, ideas or something else. Enjoy!

What’s the real purpose of nature documentaries? We can all agree that we all enjoy a good documentary on some fishes, reptiles, mammals or some other animals. To be able to see the beautiful side of wildlife, to experience an out of body experience when we dive into the deep oceans. It’s magnifying. However, it is sad to say that it is only the pretty things the directors want us to see.   The real struggles right now are global warming and climate change. Our home is on fire and people refuse to no t ice it.   In an article by Sabrina Weiss, she argues that nature documentaries are not paying enough attention to point out the critical situations that climate change is causing.  ‘Climate change is lurking in the background of many wildlife documentaries. But are they really getting the message across about how our world is being irreversibly changed?’ Sabrina claims.   Some of the nature threatening aspects are covered in Netflix’s Our...

Here you can see me exploring some options about documentary modes. I've gathered some ideas that I could use for my own documentary.  Click here to see the presentation. ⬅️

Press the link below to see the presentation⬇️ https://prezi.com/jvlbpcuig9tz/john-grierson/