Documentary Notes
Notes taken before my shoot day for the documentary. These highlight some cinematography ideas I had for specific scenes and the kind of tone I was aiming toward prior to filming and editing my project.
Pitch Exercise
Title Sequence Separated geo-politically into North and South, Cyprus has been under a ceasefire for almost fifty years. This project will intimately explore how identity is shaped, challenged, and interpreted on an island affected by conflict. Cyprus is an island with a complex history, yet the majority of people are unaware of its existence, let alone the ever-present political situation on the island. During a time where film is progressively being utilised as a tool for the artistic representation of socio-political events, a story as unique and concurrent as the one Cyprus holds is a significant one to tell. As a history graduate, developing this project would involve applying two years worth of research on Cypriot history, identity, and ethnography (which I've already completed during my undergrad). Having experience in oral interviews, I would like to incorporate these both indirectly (as research) and explicitly, by using video footage, or audio recordings of interviews I p...
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