Developing ideas: News + Netflix

BBC News-

'I thought I was going to die' in a homophobic attack LGBT
"I shouldn't be scared to walk down the street."
Tommy Barwick, 50 years old
Two years ago- attacked after London's Pride parade- led to use a wheelchair
Attack- homophobic slur, stamped on back, swore at him + "you deserved it"
Number of reported homophobic hate crime- 20% rise in reports to police of homophobic hate crime
Netflix documentary- The Social Dilemma

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Aims to answer the question of "how has social media's presence and our usage of it has affected society as a whole.
It explores the harm of social media and hazards.
social media hazards- identity theft invasion of privacy cyberbullying

Netflix-

Idea: Netflix documentary- Voyeur

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"They couldn't hear me, they couldn't see me, it was exactly what I wanted."
Story of a journalist, Gay Talese, working on a report about Gerald Foos, the owner of a motel in Colorado, who enjoyed secretly observed his guests for his own pleasure.
Voyeur- "a person who gains sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity." - "a person who enjoys seeing the pain or distress of others."

Title ideas: Peeping Tom thriller/drama 

Two different points of view:

1) disturbed man who feels pleasure in spying on people/observing them how he develops this? trauma? sexual abuse, childhood sexual abuse, "voyeuristic disorder- outside of the norm- acted upon in ways that have the potential to cause distress or harm to oneself or others (especially non-consensual)" male- as it is more likely for males to engage in this activities than females- develop this tendency during adolescence. 

 

2) couple or single woman or man being observed couple buys an apartment or rent a house- owner has cameras, two-way mirrors and little holes drilled in the walls classic/typical thriller movie where they find out.