Potential Structure of The “Quare” In There Outline- Draft 2

VISUAL MOTIF WITH TITLE

Intro Statements and Imagery

* Self-expression and movement

                                                                                     

- Intended Interviewees

> Ursula Rucker- Performance artist and cultural worker/ speaking to the importance of telling stories of marginalized individuals and histories

> Sienna- Dancer/ speaks to the importance of movement and self expression

> Nenna- Owner of Feelmore Sex Show/ emphasizes limited social views around sex

> Roman- Transgender Advocate and Educator/ speaks to the gender binary and its limitations

> DJ Lady Ryan- Community DJ/ represents notions of creating spaces that are spiritually feeding through music and what DJing is to her

           

                       

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Identity, Performances, & Business

* Boi(s) and Such (Boi, Transman, masculine of center women)

-Intended Interviewees

> Brooklyn- Founder of Boi Society Magazine/ leads this section on the construction of “boi” and what the magazine represents, along with general thoughts around female masculinity

> Roman- Transgender Advocate and Educator/ speaking to his personal experience with the gender transition process, story of how somebody told the pastor

           

* Social Life (both the brand of parties and the scene itself)

-Intended Interviewees

> Alyah- Owner of Show & Tell Boutique/ speaks to deliberately creating space that emphasizes Black, queer energies and why this is important

> Neena- Owner of Feelmore Sex Show/ Her story making queer, Black female porn and visuals of the shop

> Brooklyn- Founder of Boi Society Magazine/ evolution of Boi fashion and the importance of having how you look fit how you feel

> DJ Lady Ryan- Community DJ/ gives a breakdown of DJ equipment, visuals of preshow routine and party spaces she DJ’s at, her personal experience DJing in Oakland spaces

VISUAL MOTIF

* Business owners and Entrepreneurs (as a space for community building, activism, creativity, etc.)

-Intended Interviewees

> Nenna- Owner of Feelmore Sex Show/ What Feel more gives to the community and how it centers its endeavors in social activism, additional visuals of Nenna while at work in the shop

> Alyah- Owner of Show & Tell Boutique/ Speaks to being deliberate with the concept of Show & Tell and her experiences as a small business owner

> Brooklyn- Founder of Boi Society Magazine/ Why she started Boi(s), what it gives and why this is important at a time like now

> DJ Lady Ryan- Community DJ/ personal experience with being in business for herself

Concluding Statements and Imagery

            * Musicians and Performance Artists

           

-Intended Interviewees

> DJ Lady Ryan- Community DJ/ her thoughts around music of today and her inner conflicts with playing misogynistic and hyper male masculinity music, emphasis on creative world making

> Ursula Rucker- Performance artist and cultural worker/ Ursula’s work using music and performance as activism

VISUAL MOTIF, FOLLOWED BY ENDING CREDITS

The following are the potential motifs that I am considering using:

-       Shots of city murals, slightly manipulated via motion graphics

-       Oakland street band performances

-       Archival Material Referencing Harlem Renaissance

These additional visual engagements will hopefully be incorporated in some way, if not to the actual film itself, then part of its tie-in and marketing material:

-       Social Life Parties

-       Motion typography of community terms

-       General Oakland city shots

-       Shots of city murals, slightly manipulated via motion graphics

-       Archival Material referencing Harlem Renaissance