Creative Group Brief

New Millennium Studies: Group Brief

1. What is your group’s medium for the community project?

We are going to make a flag and documentary film (about the progress of the project) on the neighborhood of Chinatown

2. What process will you undergo to make it?

The process we will undergo to create our group project include visiting the residential neighborhood of Chinatown to collect materials to build the flag, and to photograph/ film footage for the video. After this step is completed, we will then proceed to create the flag and edit the video into a final documentary.

3. What guiding questions will you answer and how will you answer them?

The guiding question that our flag and video will answer is to present comparison of the standard perception of life in Chinatown, and the reality of what Chinatown actually is.

We will answer this guiding question through the footage in the film, and by creating two sides for the flag (one to present the perception of Chinatown, and the other side of the flag to present the reality of what Chinatown actually is).

4. What is the message that you want to get across to your audience?

The message we want our audience to recognize in our project is that the standard perception we have of certain neighborhoods (especially exotic and eclectic ones like Chinatown) is not always accurate.

5. What artists and works of art have inspired the design of your project?

A strong assertion of popular Chinese artwork has inspired the
design of our flag and will be prominently depicted in the documentary.

6. What are the skills and beneficial contributions of your individual group members that benefit the project?

Alden contributes his creativity and skills as a film maker to the
group, which benefits the making of the documentary. Claire’s artistic skills benefit the making of the flag. Finally, Shannon contributes skills that benefit both the film and the flag and uses her organizational skills to help the group stay afloat with impending deadlines.