Idea selection

The idea selection was based on the idea of art and a document participant. The curiosity of exploring the personality of a Melbournian artist and filmmaker, is what made the selection process land on Yianni Fin. I selected this idea as I was wanting to see more of art and the filmmaking process from another person’s view and level. Having been told what to expect from the nature of this character, has also made me think about visuals that can drive it – which footage to use, details and subjects.
I think the potential here is Yianni Fin’s existence and his relation to art: where do his ideas come from? How does he manage to sort them out? Why art and filmmaking? What is the essence of his life? Will we capture glimpses of the real Yianni?


To capture these glimpses of Yianni, I think B. Hampe’s (1997) statement fits in here:
“If you want to make good, believable, useful documentaries… you have to get over the idea that you can suck reality into a camera and blow it back at your audience.”


How to proceed Hampe’s statement of ‘sucking reality into a camera and blow it back at the audience’ will require hours of filming environments and asking Yianni deep and unusual questions that can cause more than a raising eyebrow but also the ‘this is real’ moment, by persuading Yianni’s nature to the camera.