Project Proposal and Crew Positions

Brad Clayton: Director, Researcher, Interviewer

Hugh Chatham: DP, Lighting, Researcher

Morgan Lear: Producer, Sound Recording, Researcher

Option 1: SOPA Documentary

We will explore the proposed Stop Online Piracy Bill and how it will do much more harm than good. While discussing the SOPA Bill we will briefly examine the topics of privacy, online piracy, and Internet control. To do this, we’ll interview North Carolina Representative Mike McIntyre, a knowledgeable professor in the Computer Science Department, and the operators of online sites who would be affected by the passage of the SOPA bill. It is our intention to show that, while the prevention of media piracy is an important issue, the SOPA bill goes too far by infringing upon many liberties. Even if the SOPA bill is shot down, we believe that more like it will come as corporations and governments attempt to control Internet activity.

Our documentary will implement an experimental approach with a somewhat bleak tone. We might try actually filming a computer screen with our interviews playing on a Youtube video.

Option 2: Wilmington’s Saint

            We will follow the campaign currently in progress to have Father Thomas Frederick Price, a Wilmington priest, declared a Roman Catholic Saint. We will interview UNCW Theology professor Dr. Young as well as a clergyman from either St. Mary’s or St. Mark’s Catholic Church to understand the process and qualifications of sainthood. While examining the sainthood process, we will explore what it means to be a saint and who is worthy of the title. We hope to encourage people to consider what role religion plays in modern times.

            For this documentary, we will try to create a “heavenly” atmosphere by using a brighter exposure and using holy music in the background.

Option 3: Wilmington Massacre

We will document the Wilmington Massacre of 1898, the only coup d’etat in American history. While covering the event, we will also explore the documentation of history and the issues of race relations then and now. We will interview UNCW public history Prof. Gisolfi for her expertise on the subject.