SYNOPSIS

My documentary is going to start from long shots of streets in Tottenham and Stratford; then, I will get some shots of the college's corridor and canteen, whilst there is a voice over talking about the history of colourism and its history.

Then I am going to get some people to talk about their opinion on it. I plan to film it on a mid-shot and get cuts of about 5 seconds, depending on how much they have to talk about. at the same time I am going to use adobe premiere pro to edit the videos I can export from social media; so that it gives more points to my documentary and makes it seem realistic, and less boring to the viewer. There are going to be various shots while there's the voice over.

the subject that is going to be unfolded is colourism, where it is going to show different opinions of different people that I am going to interview. this story is significant, not just for me but for other teenagers because we are the ones who most go through this situation. I plan to tell a great story through both narrative and visual description, to fulfil that I am going to use other videos and images from the internet and add it to my project. I am going to capture the personal and human element of the story, which is when it becomes a problem within people which darker and lighter skin; not only; as there are people who also intent to become darker, using make-up and other processes, usually known as tanned. I am going to engage the audience with the video and make them feel like this story must be told.

                                                                                                                                                            

PRODUCTION REASERACH ( SLIDESHOW)

FMP FEEDBACK BY AMY

Started black history/huge refining down..

Colourism - what is it? Definitions? Or culture/fashion/Miss Africa?

Documentary - consider what types and conventions to use - could help inform decision on what to make and which way to go (personal story? Vox pops?)

Contextual research: documentary and types/history

MIND MAP (COLOURISM)

CONTEXTUAL RESEARCH (DRAFT)

My context is historical and social because I am going to focus on colourism which is something that is not shown in the media a lot; so I reckon coming up with a theme like that would be something new and interesting.


Colourism or pigmentocracy is discrimination by skin color and is very common in countries that have suffered colonization in Europe and in post-slavery countries. In a simplified way, the term means that the more pigmented a person, the more exclusion and discrimination that person will suffer.
 Unlike racism, which is oriented towards the identification of the subject as belonging to a certain race in order to discriminate, colorism is oriented only in the color of the person's skin. This means that even if a person is recognized as dark-skinned                       , black or Afro-descendant, the tonality of their skin will be decisive for the treatment that society will give to it. Colorism hinders and even completely prevents the access of dark-skinned people to certain places in society, which consequently damages or impedes their access to services that are rightfully theirs, in certain places.






https://www.geledes.org.br/colorismo-o-que-e-como-funciona/



"Perpetuated during slavery and by the media which seems to suggest lighter skin females to be of a higher stance than darker ones.
Perpetuated by rappers who often show more lighter skinned women in videos and hardly any darker ones.
Perpetuated by some Black men who treat lighter skinned females in a higher regard than darker toned ones.
An untrue implication that darker skin girls cannot be as fine as lighter ones."






                                                             

PRESENTATION VIDEO 1 FOR MY FMP

FMP PRESENTATION (SLIDE SHOW)