Story-telling Unit: Coming out Research

I hadn't posted any research I had done on Coming Out stories which I did when doing the prewriting for my script. This was a big part of my research and I tried to find varied experiences. On YouTube there is a lot of Coming Out videos that people post rather than tell people face to face and also, due to the 'it gets better' campaign, people have posted their stories of what happened when they came out and how their life is now. This is to give people hope and also to share their experience as their is no typical response or good way to come out.

Below are some of the videos I found.

The last video is part of a series so if you wanna catch the other videos check it out on her channel (yourharto).

I contemplated the idea of having Sophie 'come out' on YouTube and have Leah find out by accident after watching the video. The short film begins with the reaction when they meet after this event. However one of my friends told me his experience of coming out over the phone after a long process of trying to work up the courage to tell his friend and accidentally blurting it out. I liked this idea and after speaking to him about it, he agreed to let me use this as the starting point for my idea. 

It has been a really useful experience to research this aspect of my story as i really want to get it right and take a realistic approach. 

As I have decided to film the first 2 minutes of my script rather than a trailer I am now off to research the opening 2 minutes of short films I like and are in a similar style to mine, and also to look at the opening sequence of my script and how other day dream sequences go about filming. 

Stay safe,

Helen