Another week another update. Well my teeth are no longer causing me trouble so nows as good a time as any to start doing things.
The main discussion topic in my case was how to film it. We have a 7 part layout of how we want it to be shown and the structure of the interview has been settled.
It starts off with our interviewee going about his normal life getting ready for his job etc. Then it goes to him getting ready to perform.
We then cut to him talking about his civilian life and then his drag life. He speaks about his dislike of his normal life. Next is his performance and it finally ends with a bit on the future.
We will have two perspectives first the normal life and then the drag queen life or as Anya referred to it as, the Man and the Queen respectively. I have to admit I quite like it as it gets the point across and won't confuse the audience.
Since it was finally decided that the video will focus on the double life aspect of being a drag queen. In preparation for this I've decided to look into real life events where the two lives clash like in the article below:
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/08/30/brighton-drag-queen-betty-swollocks-convicted-of-benefit-fraud/
On a side note I was disappointed my teammates didn't get the joke in the name there and I had to explain it to them. I must admit the names are pretty clever at least.
It was previously suggested that family members or friends be featured in the film but two points where raised, firstly they might not want to and secondly the film would be a bit overcrowded for 5 minutes if we tried to cover all the topics. In that sense it's for the best especially if it's a secret hobby unknown to the family, I may only speak for myself on here but something (intuition I reckon) tells me that opening that can of worms is something we really shouldn't/don't want to do.
As preparation for the interview being filmed it's decided that group meet up at some point during the week we are off so we know more about where we should be at.
Since I consider myself at my best when I follow orders I know this training will go down well. I'm excited even if things have been a wee bit rocky at first. Still failure breeds success ( not that this is a failure by any stretch) and there's always something to learn regardless of how good you think you are.
