Hey all,
I am reading anthropology at university, and have been set the task of creating a short film to be completed before xmas: a group project along with two other students. So obviously any direction that I might want to take the film in has to be passed by them as well. Essentially it's going to be a short piece (in the order of minutes), and pretty limited in it's scope considering the time frame.
I have a list of topics, all of which are all very broad, on which to base the film. There are two, one in particular, that just scream make a film about food and specifically Palaeo diet. One title is “Stone Age Diet,” the other is “We are what we eat.”
I am posting really just to see if I might gather up any flashes of inspiration or great ideas any of you might have. Obviously either title is incredibly broad, so the film needs to be given some kind of direction. I have two initial outlines on how to approach it so far:
One would be along the lines of a short interview about my diet, and some sort of 'demonstration.' Something toward the sensationalist side of things might make good film, like eating raw beef heart – nice and big and bloody. Then perhaps filming peoples reactions and responses, and through that, explore the taboo nature of eating raw meat in our culture in some way.
If that works out too one sided, i.e. based around 'me' and my diet for my fellow group members to take (although the intention in the first idea is not to make a film about me, but use that as a platform for exploring some aspect of the diet itself) then an alternative could be to explore the theme of 'we are what you eat.' We could potentially document in some way the diet of each of us, and look into whether we agree (or not) that we are what we eat.
These are some initial thoughts. I would greatly appreciate input of any kind any of you might like to contribute!
Isthmus
