Amanda May Blais

Stephanie-Laura Teresiuk

Multimedia Project

To start off the documentary we would like to have someone explain what the documentary will be about and why we decided to do it. Or maybe we will have a mini slideshow of pictures of the two of us growing up and we will talk about why we wanted to do a documentary on this subject.

We'd like to capture how bigger men and women feel about how our society treats bigger people and all the peer pressure of being skinnier affects them everyday. We would like to to film men and women and ask them how they feel about them selves, as well we would like to try and ask different questions and they will be able to answer which ever the questions they feel most comfortable answering. Since Stephanie is doing her portfolio on Plus Size people, Amanda will be filming the models while Stephanie’s photoshoots are going on. And after the shoot is done, we will film them answering which ever questions they feel comfortable with. We are also thinking about talking to people who used to be heavier and lost the weight, how they feel now, and they felt then. In this documentary we will be showing some pictures that Stephanie took during her photoshoot as well as video footage from the shoots. We will also do some voice overs for people how are not comfortable to show them selves on camera.

So far for our project we have been filming during Stephanie’s photo-shoots. We have been also coming up with some questions to ask people. We have been taking notes and really going in depth on what we will be shooting and getting ready to shoot.

Some Questions

how do you feel being an over weight person in this society?

have you always been over weight?

does it make you feel any different shopping in a plus size store or in the plus size section?

what was is hard growing up as a kid being over weight ?

what was it like to be over weight? how did you feel while loosing weight? how did people treat you before and after?