When we first started working on planning the documentary, my group member Zain told me about an idea she's had for a documentary on "unconventional art". Unconventional to us meant something that is often seen as trashy in society, basically the opposite of usual, classical museum art. We had the idea to highlight this less conventional form of art and paint them in a different light than usually talked about.
Like I said in my last blog post, we were definitely heavily influenced by the Banksy documentary. Although at first we were thinking to do a tattoo artist, we decided that a local street artist from our school would be more interesting. However, we still tried to get both interviews and wanted to somehow integrate both of their stories into one documentary.
When we presented this idea to our teacher, she told us that the two stories are too separate from each other and would not cohesively come together in one documentary, so she suggested that we either stick to one of them or make two separate documentaries. Since the interview with the tattoo artist did not schedule well, we decided to just stick to the documentary about Kyle, the street artist.
Shortly after we stuck with this final idea, we started adding to this document and roughly planning elements of the documentary we wanted to include. Warning, ignore the unprofessional "blah blah blahs", this was just a rough outline to get us going in the direction of starting to film:
doc layout
begins with random clips of graffiti and tattooing, (go out and get shots of random ppl) interviews with random ppl abt how it’s trashy blah blah blah
“my name is blah i’m a tattoo artist”
“my name is blah i’m a graffiti artist”
reel of them doing their shit
how they got into it/early years
how they improved/hardships
talk about how places have now been made to support this type of art (wynwood, celebrities, more tattoo shops)
how they found a community that accepts them
how they r as an artist now
words of wisdom
The unconventional fields the subject artist originally got into and their initial experience
Information about not having a community that other widely accepted art forms had (VO w/background footage)
Interviews with artists about the isolation they felt and their passion for the art form
Introduction to the unconventional field, for example tattoo artists or graffiti.
Information about how subject discovered the art form (VO w/background footage)
Interviews asking artists about the process behind their work
Interviews asking artists about the limited community and recognition
One of the main forms we are going to use are montages to show the different shots of the two artists' work. We’re going to piece together shots of the progress of tattooing and graffiti, and then show the variety of pieces they have created. These will be included throughout the documentary, as a break from the documentaries and to add more context.
We are also going to narrate the documentary with a voiceover, during scenes when there is no interview. This will help to move the documentary along and explain different shots better.
The documentary “Exit through the gift shop” inspired our choices the most. The technique of the montage, which the Banksy documentary both opened and closed with, was a great way to establish the context behind the documentary and show the different art forms. They included the same song within both montages, which is likely something we will take inspiration from as well. We would also like to include a large amount of B-roll within the documentary to show as much of the world as possible, which “Exit through a gift shop” relied on.
Close up of eyes while doing art
2. Close up grabbing spray paint
3. Close up of tattoo gun
4. Extreme close up putting ink into dropper
5. Medium of putting gloves on
6. Medium putting hat on
7. Opening ink bottles
8. Cleaning station
9. Setting up tools
10. Tattoo stencil printing
11. Installing tattoo stencil
12. ink mixing
13. Close up of nozzle being pressed
14. Sketching design
15. Paint dripping
16. Spray can mist
17. Adjusting mask
18. Close up of shoes
19. Cans being places on ground
20. Complete Artwork
Questions:
p1: How the two ppl grew up
What were your early years of life like?
Were you an artistic kid?
How did you do in school as a kid?
How does your childhood family express themselves through art?
P2: when/how they discovered their art form
How did your culture influence this form of art?
What activity did you do before this?
Where did you first see this form of art?
Explain how you discovered this art form?
What piece inspired you to love this form of art?
P3: How was the beginning of their passion?
Were you always good from the start?
What was the first piece you remember making
What were you inspired by?
P4: What made them passionate about their art form
What other activities do you do for fun or even work?
What made you decide that your art form was what you want to do
Did you meet any people who helped you really love your passion
P5: What did they do to improve
How did you gain the determination to get really good at this?
How have you improved over the years though self learning?
How have you improved over the years though guidance?
P6: how their art form is socially unexpected, how did they embrace it still
How is your art form socially unacceptable
How did you continue your passion knowing this
How did you face backlash on continuing a career in this industry
What was your initial reaction to the backlash, if negative, how did you change your opinion
P7: What hardships did they face on the road to getting good at this
What hardships did you face getting your name out?
What hardships did you face getting good at this?
What hardships have you faced outside your passion?
How did you continue your passion even with this?
P8: How did they express their emotions from what they were facing though this passion
How have you expressed challenges you have faced through this passion?
How does your art changed based on what you’re going through
P9: How this made them who they are today
How has your love for art shaped who you are today
How has art changed you for the better
Would you say art changed your life?
How has circumstances in this field effected your character
How has this field effect your appearance
P10: How are they going to use their passion to do good in the world
How have you used your love for this to improve others lives
How to you plan on using your passion to do good in the world
P11: What piece of advice would they give to someone starting out
What piece of advice would you give your past self first starting out
If you had a message about your form of art what would it be
What would you say to someone who is trying to get into your art form
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