I have set upon to film a amateur documentary. The main subject is different locations in people's lifes and especially the faces of people. This means that I need to get people agree to get their faces filmed, most likely in their natural habitat like the workplace, at home or similar locations. I have experience and knowledge in how to use my camera, filming and post-production. I have been out in the field before, doing small jobs or as a hobby, but never something like this. Where I will be forced to contact strangers, who has never met me, and ask them to invite me into their lifes and film their faces, only to leave soon after.
I need some tips and knowledge, from people who has experience with this. So I feel I must explain a bit more detailed of what I plan to film.
I live in a small country where I want to film different aspects of the people's lifes, so the viewer gets to see all the different places, that they are not presented with on a daily basis. I want to present subjects, in forms of scenes. There will be no synchronous sounds in the film, only added soundtracks to enhance the scenes. Imagine a amateur attempt at the film, "Baraka" or "Samsara". I do not need interviews or anything. All I need is some short footage of them staring into the camera, which consist of close-ups, half-near and supertotals.
To give you a better understanding here is 2 of the subjects I want to cover:
1. Time
First I want to present the viewer with youth and birth. So this means I have to film parents who has a newborn and some who has young kids. Then I want to move over to early adulthood (16-25yrs) and film a group that goes out at night to visit the pubs, clubs and that lifestyle. Then a group that is religious, or not fond of the partylife, and see what they spend their youth on. To end this subject I need to film the elderly. I need to film them at the nursing home to show the increase in elders ending up alone in my country.
2. Crime and Religion
Here I want to present the docile, but very visible crime in my country. I need to film drug abuse too. While I will have easy acces to these groups I find it hard that they will agree to be filmed. Criminals of course have to hide identity, and drug abusers most likely will not want to be exposed like that. How do I tell a person I need to film him, due to him living the life he does? Then I need to film religion. I want to film priests and churches of Christianity and imans and mosques of Islam, as they are the two major religions in my country. Here I actually think I am lucky, as a good friend of mine is muslim, and he might be able to introduce me.
There are many other subjects, such as sex, work, human consumtions and nature, yet the question are the same. I need to know how to introduce myself to strangers and find some sort of deal, where I am allowed to film them.
If anyone has experience in this field, your help is much appreciated.
I need some tips and knowledge, from people who has experience with this. So I feel I must explain a bit more detailed of what I plan to film.
I live in a small country where I want to film different aspects of the people's lifes, so the viewer gets to see all the different places, that they are not presented with on a daily basis. I want to present subjects, in forms of scenes. There will be no synchronous sounds in the film, only added soundtracks to enhance the scenes. Imagine a amateur attempt at the film, "Baraka" or "Samsara". I do not need interviews or anything. All I need is some short footage of them staring into the camera, which consist of close-ups, half-near and supertotals.
To give you a better understanding here is 2 of the subjects I want to cover:
1. Time
First I want to present the viewer with youth and birth. So this means I have to film parents who has a newborn and some who has young kids. Then I want to move over to early adulthood (16-25yrs) and film a group that goes out at night to visit the pubs, clubs and that lifestyle. Then a group that is religious, or not fond of the partylife, and see what they spend their youth on. To end this subject I need to film the elderly. I need to film them at the nursing home to show the increase in elders ending up alone in my country.
2. Crime and Religion
Here I want to present the docile, but very visible crime in my country. I need to film drug abuse too. While I will have easy acces to these groups I find it hard that they will agree to be filmed. Criminals of course have to hide identity, and drug abusers most likely will not want to be exposed like that. How do I tell a person I need to film him, due to him living the life he does? Then I need to film religion. I want to film priests and churches of Christianity and imans and mosques of Islam, as they are the two major religions in my country. Here I actually think I am lucky, as a good friend of mine is muslim, and he might be able to introduce me.
There are many other subjects, such as sex, work, human consumtions and nature, yet the question are the same. I need to know how to introduce myself to strangers and find some sort of deal, where I am allowed to film them.
If anyone has experience in this field, your help is much appreciated.