Irma's Proposal Draft

a small piece that addresses your proposal: http://irma-paperwork.com/docu_mm.html

What do you want to make?

I want to make a short film, let's say 20 minutes, with interlocking storylines and multiple characters. a good example in this genre would be the Film Magnolia. The film would use multiple visual languages but start as a documentary and then slowly turns into a fiction film.

The movie could start with the youtbube channel (something like this ) of a young female documentary maker character one , about 30 years old, she tells her followers about this man she is researching character two lives his life as a sovereign citizen and sees himself as The Tachyon Energy Facilitator. This man is actually a real person, and a want to start to make a real documentary about his political and spiritual points of view.

sovereign citizen: I'm still researching but at this moment I understand that a self-described sovereign citizens take the position that they are answerable only to their particular interpretation of the common law and are not subject to any government statutes or proceedings.

The Tachyon Energy: alternative healthcare where there is a belief that all matter is made of energy and is part of an Energetic Continuum, a term used to describe the flow of energies as they move down from the source. This stepping down process creates the third-dimensional world in which we live. A Facilitator would help you restore these energies.

The characters :

• a female documentary filmmaker, The Documentary female filmmaker shares her research and film developments online for her followers. The channel is to inspire people to create and tell stories they are passionate about. example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpiOTE86bEE
• a male citizen who lives his life as a sovereign citizen and sees himself as The Tachyon Energy Facilitator (he is going to be the subject of the filmmakers new documentary)
• a female perfectionist living in a "perfect" terraced house which is far too big for herself. She is nesting but doesn't have anyone to share her nest with. She is a neurotic perfectionist, she wants to live an interesting life, she wants to travel and share her life experiences, although she is too afraid to do so. She hires a photographer to take pictures of herself in a greenscreen studio. In her save apartment she edit's her holiday pictures to post online.
• a male character, he is the neighbor of perfectionist female (still developing)

Interesting examples of Mocumentaries :

you answered what the project will be. try to also answer what will it do? what (done)/ how / why?

How do you plan to make it?

I want to develop the scripts and characters more, organize and research my characters. The man who is a sovereign citizen is this in real life, I know him, but have to ask if he would be interested to work with me. If so, I would try to meet/interview him.

The most practical storyline, the perfectionist woman, I would like to start filming soon.

What is your timetable?

Before Dec 2017

• develop the script
• Organise first location and actress
• Start filming the scenes of the woman
• research the real-life character, sovereign citizen, have a pre-interview.

Before March 2018

• Film all footage

Before April 2018

• First draft Film

May 2018

• experiment in editing the story for a 4 screen installation
• experiment in editing the story for a linear movie

Relation to previous practice

How does your research connect to previous projects you have done? Here you can use the descriptions you made during the Methods seminar or make new descriptions. Your Text on Method will also be useful in completing this section.