Our documentary progresses smoothly. After three meetings and two on camera sessions, TECK productions now have sufficient footage for the documentary. We also have old and new photographs, newspaper clippings, and, because Judge James is a Westminster Alum and sports hall-of-fame-er, plenty of on-campus resources available as needed. I feel we have plenty of material to compose our documentary. I feel satisfied with our progress and feel like we are right on target. However, we are feeling the pressure of time. Although we are in a good place and have set a good pace all semester, as the deadline approaches concern about meeting that deadline increases.
Luckily we have creative input coming from all directions with constructive suggestions for music, layout, and publicity. Judge James has also had significant input on the project. He decided on a title and most of the content. Everything we have in our on camera footage stems from our original meeting with him and the wonderful stories he shared with us. Even stories he did not explicitly ask us to include he in a sense selected. We merely asked him to repeat a few of these stories on camera. Judge James has a message that he wants to send; a message that works well with the point of the assignment. This individual voice is the idea behind the assignment originally, that we are giving voice to another, a member of the (in some way) marginalized population. Because of this concept behind the assignment, I find Judge James’s contribution, suggestion, and guidance of the project’s direction ideal and welcome.
As to the other side of the cluster, I still do not have a clear picture of how the sociology perspectives should be incorporated into the documentary. I see the themes presenting themselves, but due to the nature of the class, I do not know whether we are including these themes correctly or if a more explicit integration is necessary. As it is now, the themes are seen and expressed through content, but never spelled out as themes. Should we make these sociology themes painfully obvious? Or is it appropriate to subtly point to these themes through narrative structure and content? Are we to write some kind of reflection or explanation of how we see themes presented in our documentary project? I hope that as we go these issues will fix themselves. Overall, I feel we are on a good track and feel our group capable of handling the glitches.
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