Today we were given the theme of our documentaries: fear and hope. When first hearing the theme I thought it was quite depressing, with the first word being “fear” your mind straight away takes you to negative topics. After a while I realised that it doesn’t have to be depressing, I could focus on the hope side if I wanted to. Either way, I wanted to make it interesting so that my audience and myself don’t feel depressed after listening to my documentary. The theme is very broad so I had a lot of ideas in my mind, the tough part was thinking of new ways and angles to do the topics I had in my head. I am still unsure on what topic would be best for my documentary so below is a pros and cons list I have made on potential topics to help me narrow my choices down.

Fear- Scientology

Pros-

• Interesting topic that I could get a lot of research for
• I have someone I could interview
• Links in to the fear part of the theme well

Cons-

• Has been done before by Louis Theroux
• Would be hard to find an angle on the topic that hasn’t been done before
• Is a daunting topic to take on

Fear- Does the film “This is the end” show a glimpse into our future/ afterlife

Pros-

• Original
• Could research into the apocalypse
• Intertextual

Cons-

• Hard to find someone to interview
• Could just sound like I’m analysing the film
• If you haven’t seen the film is could be confusing and boring

Hope- LGBTQ+ Community

Pros-

• I have people I could interview
• Could get lots of research
• Different angles I could take e.g. how societies views have changed over the years, Stonewall Inn, LGBTQ+ youth, equality etc.

Cons-

• Has been done before

Fear and hope- How music affects our youth

Pros-

• I have people I could interview
• Most people enjoying listening and speaking about music
• Could research articles and specific artists
• I could show both sides of fear and hope

Cons-

• Its a vague topic
• Someone has probably done it before