I\u2019ve sent off my extended treatment to April. Although she hasn\u2019t gotten a chance to review it yet, we spoke briefly at the MJ mixer and made a tentative plan to meet next week and discuss the project as it stands now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
April had given me good feedback on a feature draft she had sent me to complete for her before the extended treatment was due. As I wrote out exactly how the stories would roll out, she brought up the framing narrative of my own growth (literally) since my first year in 1994. It was the same year as the first Pride March in Charlottetown, and I want to roll off that and have started searching for baby pictures and younger photos to use to consolidate with my history section. I need to make a note (here works) to talk to my mom about sitting down over a FaceTime call and looking through some.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve started reviewing some of my footage, pulling choice quotes and mapping out how I see the editing coming together before I actually start putting it together physically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I discussed with Asmaa, I took the advice to keep the narrative simple to heart. I think I\u2019ve been overthinking how the feature should really look – I\u2019ve been thinking a bit too experimental, but as Asmaa said, the content itself is going to be new to most readers, so the form should be a bit more recognizable. I totally agree and hadn\u2019t thought of it that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emily and I had a good conversation on Wednesday and I brought up some of the symbols I really want to pull into the piece that I heard from my sources: the idea of being a \u201cbeacon,\u201d the notion of being a superhero (also goes along with CBC\u2019s superQUEERoes series from this summer) and the notion of what \u201chome\u201d really is. \u201cHome\u201d seems to be a theme I\u2019m always exploring in my work and I\u2019m excited to do it here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My next step is to get in contact with the ArQuives in the city to see what documents they may have from PEI\u2019s queer history in their collections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019ve sent off my extended treatment to April. Although she hasn\u2019t gotten a chance to review it yet, we spoke briefly at the MJ mixer and made a tentative plan to meet next week and discuss the project as it stands now. April had given me good feedback on a feature draft she had sent … <\/p>\n