Initial research - Part 3

Because I knew my second idea would be a documentary, I started looking into Louis Theroux's work (ones that I have not seen in the past) and found that he had made a documentary film about Scientology. I have decided to watch it because I felt it was important to look at a documentary, and the fact that it was about this topic was really helpful.

The name of the film is My Scientology Movie.


The film consists of many reconstructions of scenarios that had happened to a former member of the church, Mark Rathbun, as well as others. Louis Theroux also visits the California Scientology base, and the church puts the film crew and Theroux under surveillance to make sure they are no trouble. However, there is a lot of confrontation as the church members try to stop them. 

It was useful to get sort of an inside view of the "Gold Base" in California. It showed the type of behaviour church officials exhibit and how protective they are of their reputation, trying to stop it from being harmed, however, there is already a lot of controversy surrounding the church. 

I also collected ideas from this in terms of location, shots, and approach to a documentary about Scientology. 

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