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Group Four #1

This week, we came up with the foundation of our experimental documentary. We built a concept around researching a certain community through the perception of home. We made a google doc as well to write down any potential ideas within the group, as well as assigned our roles, tagged all of our information, and started looking into specific communities. We really want to find a community that not only can we in Chicago go out and film and experience, but also our partner in Brno to be able to go to a similar community with Czech Republic and document it to add more depth to our film. Personally, I view the local hardcore/punk scene in Chicago to be my home. Between filming shows, music videos, running radio, helping book shows, etc. I have made a core amount of friends at these shows and find them to be my home. Exploring this would be cool to research the start of certain venues and their history as well as filming avant garde scenes within these spaces.

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