Team Janes’ Documentary is off and running…

The DOC CHALLENGE is on! This morning I woke up to the sun rising as my baby boy was screaming from his crib in the other room. He wanted attention, but all I could focus on was the clock. At 8am this morning I was to get my genres and theme. Last night I guessed they would be Sports and Experimental - what would I do with that. But to my great relief, I got the two that I would have picked if I was given the choice AND the theme was spot on too!!!

GENRE: Art or Social Issue/Political
THEME: HOPE and/or FEAR
(You can use just HOPE, just FEAR, or you can use both.)

 My strongest subjects are now sitting in front of me and I must choose one.  On one hand I have an amazing artist named Parisa Taghizadeh. Do check out her work. She is a portrait photographer. I have two ways to shoot her under this guideline.  Her most popular collection is her Makeup Iran series. I would look at her work, Iran and the idea of these woman wearing makeup. Another option is to look at her most recent work, she is doing a series on Mothers and their loss of identity after having children. There, we would look at her fear of loosing her identity.

My other subject is Linda P. Brown. She is a translucent theripist who is working with the spiritual world to effect a positive change in the world.  Her immediate mission is to transform fear. I would look at the news and the political climate at the moment (riddled with fear) and work with Linda to leave behind a message of hope.

All morning I have been on the phone with my producer and anxiously awaiting my writers and my husbands arrival to assist with the decision.

I know all the topics are ripe, but the real critical element is which subject can be clearly told in four to seven minutes.

Stay tuned….