Documentary Year 3 Final Term

 I wanted to end this process book on a small reflection of the past year. I really feel this year has shown me, that in a creative sense, anything is possible. I personally have really struggled this year like many others have, but one thing I can say confidently is I still managed to adapt and create something to be proud of. By no means did I think I would create anything like I have done, from the style to the topic to the execution. But, with good teamwork and a level of determination to end on a high, we have created something that hopefully will inform audiences of what Onlyfans, in an engaging, contemporary and entertaining way. I can leave this year with something that truly represents hard work and creativity and something that demonstrates the skills I have developed over the past 3 years. 

What? We are looking to explore the themes surrounding the massive platform that is Onlyfans and what it is like for a creator on this platform. From both the perspective of being an Onlyfans creator for a while and on the other side showing what it's like starting up as a creator on the platform.  Who? is the story about, yourself others? Screen interactions showing the relationship between people. This documentary will focus predominantly on Josee and Laurence's journey using the platform, but also show existing creators views of what it's like.    Where? We will be browsing on as many platforms as possible, due to the fact Onlyfans creators use a wide range of platforms to promote themselves. We will be on youtube 'watching the vlog footage of Josee and Laurence', we will be on Twitter finding people on the feed, Instagram watching the insta stories etc. We wanted to use a variety of platforms that encaptivate the online world and the world of Onlyfans. When? We ...

 We have come to a point in the documentary where we all agree that there needs to be some change in tone and pacing. We are going to show Josee 'getting ready' to create Onlyfans content, while showing a perspective of the 'consumer' about to interact with the content. This works at a very good time as after this sequence we hear of Josee getting a sub on her Onlyfans, so it could be interpreted as that was the individual who subbed interacting with her work.  The montage in question would be a rhythmic sequence as Josee gets ready, ending in royalty free footage presenting a metaphorical orgasm. This works a s a comedic sequence, but it's also us addressing the norm of this world, by presenting it in this way it has a little more subtilty and it's done in a respectful way. At the moment it's an idea we are attempting and hopefully it fits in well. We do feel we need something there to alter the pacing, that many editing theories advise you do.

 One of the main additions of desktop documentary is the use of pre-existing footage out there already. We of course 'mimicked' this with some of the self-filmed footage from both the participants, but we still did use clips that wasn't ours in the opening sequence and elsewhere. To avoid the issue of copyright we would claim everything we used was fair use due to the fact it is already out there on Youtube and the footage shown was only small segments from the full videos. One of the other issues that could come up with copyright is the use of the song 'The Internet is for Porn' from the musical Avenue Q. To avoid the issue of using the actual song, we used a cover that was recorded on Youtube and played this, as if it was the song on Spotify. There may still be an issue with the song being played, but as we technically didn't use the actual song itself, we should be okay in this sense.