Making a Decision

The theme of the documentary we have to make is 'hands.' This can be as literal or as metaphoric as we want it to be. The duration is to be between 5 and 7 minutes.

I have three ideas in mind for the documentary subject and they could all be quite good. I need to examine the pros and cons of each idea and decide which will be the best to shoot.

The first choice is a local wrestling company located in Lisburn called Pro Wrestling Ulster that I am quite familiar with. They have been getting bigger in Belfast the past few years and the wrestlers don't get paid for it so they are extremely passionate about it and would be very good subject matter.

As I have teamed up with Conor, he pitched the idea of using his dad who is a teacher at BMC and is a skilled potter, which sounds like it could be a really nice subject as working with clay is calm and we could get a really good interview and nice shots to go along with it.

The final idea is taking the theme of hands quite literally and looking at the Red hand of Ulster which is a very loyalist emblem in Northern Ireland. We could look into where it actually came from and the meaning behind it and how it came to stand for sectarianism. This however, is a big subject and would require extensive research. It would probably suit a feature or a longer documentary.