Broadening and Surrounding - Jurgen Wolff

Reading up on Jurgen Wolff's thoughts about generating and creating ideas, I took both the broadening and surrounding ideas and decided to try to apply them to future projects. While both area's of Wolff's thoughts may not be exactly connected, they are similar and can be used in conjunction with one another.

An example of what I came up with is using my knowledge of sociology and further broadening my knowledge of theories on ideology, social interactions and social stipulations and associating them with where I live and where I have lived, especially in certain area's which are afflicted by some of the theories of sociology that I know. This could include frictions between middle and working class, downward spiral of poverty and causes of crime. Any sociological theory can be applied to where you live, and can be easily used to tell a story through film detailing a characters life experiencing these afflictions and struggles in life to a climax.

Surroundings and broadened knowledge go hand in hand when making a film, especially if those surroundings are personal to the film maker themselves. The film maker then has an extensive array of emotions, experiences and history to that surrounding to add creativity and uniqueness to the project.