The First Attempt

Surprise, surprise our first attempt didn't exactly go as planned. Our initial idea was to go to the women's protest on March 8, which we did, and film. We had hoped to film the protest as well as interview the people there. We wrote out what questions to ask  beforehand:

PROTESTORS: 

⁃What is your name?

⁃How old are you?

⁃Do you identify as a feminist?

⁃How were you made aware of this event?

⁃What does A Day Without A Woman mean to you?

⁃Why did you come here today?

⁃Did you go to work today? What reasons led you to that decision?

⁃Is this your first time participating in social activism?

⁃ Did you go to the Women’s March in D.C., or locally, or not at all? Why?

⁃How did you originally become interested in advocating for women’s rights?

⁃What do you hope to see as a result of this protest and strike?

⁃Are there specific women’s rights issues you are passion about?

⁃What steps, if any, will you be taking after today to continue promoting this message of female equality?

MEN:

⁃What is your name?

⁃How old are you?

⁃Do you identify as a feminist?

⁃Have you faced any challenges as a result of this identification?

⁃How were you made aware of this event?

⁃What does A Day Without A Woman mean to you?

⁃Why did you come here today?

⁃Is this your first time participating in social activism?

⁃ Did you go to the Women’s March in D.C., or locally, or not at all? Why?

⁃How did you originally become interested in advocating for women’s rights?

⁃What do you hope to see as a result of this protest and strike?

⁃Are there specific women’s rights issues you are passion about?

⁃What steps, if any, will you be taking after today to continue promoting this message of female equality?

⁃How do you feel about your role in today’s protest?

⁃What would you say to other men who are not feminists?

BYSTANDERS:

⁃What is your name?

⁃How old are you?

⁃Do you identify as a feminist?

⁃Do you know what is happening at Bayfront today?

⁃Do you know what A Day Without A Woman is? 

⁃If no, explain, and ask:

⁃If you had known, would you be striking and/or protesting today? Why?

⁃What is your opinion on the protests occurring at Bayfront today?

⁃Are you supporter of women’s rights?

⁃How come you aren’t marching?

⁃Do you feel as if marching is effective for this issue?

⁃Are you an activist for any other issues?

However, we didn't get the chance to interview anyone due to unfortunate circumstances. The women's protest was honestly a great experience, the whole time felt so energetic and powerful. It inspired me to attend future marches and to be more active in my life. We haven't gone through all the footage we got but some of it pretty good. Our hope is that we can use some of the footage in the excerpt instead of focusing it on the event itself. Now, we have to outline a new game plan for our excerpt. I think we'll try to get interviews from people at school in the feminist club and from professionals, such as the women who organized the January march.

Goodbye for now.