For our new project, we were taken to London to several specific events in order to inspire our new projects. These were The Southbank centre to see a display by a range of award winning photo journalists, The Photographer's gallery to see the Feminist Avant Garde display, and finished with seeing Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie.
I am a big fan of documentary film making and so I feel Louis Theroux was the biggest impact on my idea. I was fascinated by how people react on camera, especially when under scrutiny, and this is magnified when you criticise their passions or beliefs, as Louis did when confronting current and former scientologists. This gave me an idea, attending a design and media school meant i had access to people who would also be extremely passionate about things that i could interview them for, and then scrutinise. I decided to run tests without a camera, simply stopping people and asking them about what they care about, their talents, political opinions, from here i could make comments and ask questions that demean them or criticise their view. This process was extremely helpful to me as it allowed me to make mistakes before hand and refine my questions so that my recordings will be efficient and get the best responses.
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