New Idea!

This past Saturday, I walked the lovely grounds of Vizcaya Museum & Gardens and was immediately inspired by the beautiful scenery and the natural layout of the gardens. Naturally, I began formulating ideas for my hypothetical film (that I am going to create trailers for).

First of all, I had a vision of a tourist exploring the beauty and culture of Miami. I pictured filming in Vizcaya, Wynwood Walls, and Bayside: a livelihood that cannot be found in another city. But then my ideas grew murky and transformed into an underlying political statement. As an individual who has been a direct victim of the ban executive order of President 45, I revolved the main message of my film around that, and voila! An idea!

An Arab has been granted a visa to the United States and moves to South Florida for their residency. The clips will focus on the Arab circulating Miami with beautiful, artistic scenery and a positive environment. This could include filming in a combination of the areas suggested above. Suddenly, the government releases a series of laws against Arabs (including a ban), and the character will experience intense discrimination. There is a progression of the discrimination, from the character not being allowed certain places and not being allowed to work to a shocking, hidden detainment: internment camps? The message of this piece is essential: the events occurring must be acknowledged as dangerous and threatening: they CAN expand into planned, systematic relocations.

Another inspiration for my idea was an article by New York Times that narrated couples and families being separated from each other in different countries due to the ban. Initially, my idea was to focus on the main character's separation from their loved ones and inability to reunite; however, it has extended to a hyperbolic political statement. I am unsure of whether to keep it that way; yet, I am still molding and advancing my idea.