Tiki Central Documentary - General Tiki

H hewey Tiki Socialite Sydney, Australia Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 4283	H hewey Posted posted on Mon, Jul 31, 2006 6:39 PM Oh yeh, I forgot to talk on the documentary. To me, whatever you do like this needs to have a logical flow and order. The tiki story should slowly unravel and reveal itself as you go. It should be like an exploration! I was thinking a logical order might be: 1 - Locating tiki. An exploration into old and established tiki stamping grounds of note. This gives the whole tiki thing a historical background and foundation. Because, this is where the current day tiki culturre has developed from. Include snipets of interviews with folks talking about how when they were kids they went to the Mai Kai or the Enchanted Tiki Room with their folks, walking along all googy-eyed. 2 - Collecting tiki. A natural extension of locating tiki. Folks loved the tiki places so much they wanted a piece to take home. Now these days there are some pretty serious collectors out there. Even look at the introduction of ebay and how it tiki colleccting has changed... 3 - Creating tiki. Well after looking at some cool tiki art, lets look at the folks nutty enough to work full time making the tiki art and wares that folks like to collect! What does creating tiki mean for them? This then meanders into folks home tiki bars - which are probably the pinnacle of tiki creations? Why do they have a backyard that looks like a tropical oasis? What do the neighbours think? 4 - tiki events. Okay, we've just looked at some cool tiki bars, whats the next logical step? Parties! Start off in home parties and then move onto big events like Tiki Oasis etc... 5 - TC ohana. Well the parties ultimately represent us getting together and having a good time. At these events many strong bonds of friendship are formed. Look at how TC folks help each other out, the respect between us. End it on a nice warm and fuzzy feeling! Folks finish off happy! Things like tiki drinaks and food, tiki msuic can be spread through locating tiki, creating tiki, tiki events. Anyway, thats just an idea. Just make sure it has a logical flow and isnt segmented chapters with no relation to each other. Because TC is interlinked in many ways, by many different people. But at the end of day, its the people that make this place special.

Oh yeh, I forgot to talk on the documentary.

To me, whatever you do like this needs to have a logical flow and order. The tiki story should slowly unravel and reveal itself as you go. It should be like an exploration!

I was thinking a logical order might be:
1 - Locating tiki. An exploration into old and established tiki stamping grounds of note. This gives the whole tiki thing a historical background and foundation. Because, this is where the current day tiki culturre has developed from. Include snipets of interviews with folks talking about how when they were kids they went to the Mai Kai or the Enchanted Tiki Room with their folks, walking along all googy-eyed.

2 - Collecting tiki. A natural extension of locating tiki. Folks loved the tiki places so much they wanted a piece to take home. Now these days there are some pretty serious collectors out there. Even look at the introduction of ebay and how it tiki colleccting has changed...

3 - Creating tiki. Well after looking at some cool tiki art, lets look at the folks nutty enough to work full time making the tiki art and wares that folks like to collect! What does creating tiki mean for them? This then meanders into folks home tiki bars - which are probably the pinnacle of tiki creations? Why do they have a backyard that looks like a tropical oasis? What do the neighbours think?

4 - tiki events. Okay, we've just looked at some cool tiki bars, whats the next logical step? Parties! Start off in home parties and then move onto big events like Tiki Oasis etc...

5 - TC ohana. Well the parties ultimately represent us getting together and having a good time. At these events many strong bonds of friendship are formed. Look at how TC folks help each other out, the respect between us. End it on a nice warm and fuzzy feeling! Folks finish off happy!

Things like tiki drinaks and food, tiki msuic can be spread through locating tiki, creating tiki, tiki events.

Anyway, thats just an idea. Just make sure it has a logical flow and isnt segmented chapters with no relation to each other. Because TC is interlinked in many ways, by many different people. But at the end of day, its the people that make this place special.

Post #245981 by hewey on Mon, Jul 31, 2006 6:39 PM