goals for after chirstmas

Script
Story board
Film

questions I will ask

In my documentary I am going to use the qualitative method of collecting data via interviewing people about their personal experiences of  Facebook and find out my information this way. By doing this my research is ethical as I will have their permission and acceptance and the person will be aware that they are on camera and this has the purpose of a documentary. Also anybody who is under the age of 16 will be given a permission letter for their parent/ guardian to sign as they will be on camera. I think that by doing this it will be better to find out more detailed information and will been that the person is more free with the answers and I have more leeway with my questions and will also mean I can improvise with my questions to suit the person and also ask more questions too receive a more detailed answer when appropriate. This hasn't been my only way of collecting data I have recently given out questionnaires through hand and also posted it on Facebook its self. This is a quantative method and although I did get some useful answers it did not help me enough to put a sufficient amount of information on my documentary so I am going to use my results from my questionnaire to ask my questions to the people themselves therefore I am not restricted with my questions like I was with my questionnaire. The reasearch that I have done means that I have adopted methodological plurism because I have adopted both positive and interpretive methods of research to receive my information needed which I have found both helpful to create my documentary. Here is some questions I have prepared to help me questions the people in my documentary and like stated above these questions may change when it comes to the time to suit the person and give me less restriction to receive a more complex and helpful answer. Also if I have more freedom with my questions I can make it more entertaining so that if I feel the documentary is getting a bit repeptitive or boring I can change it to suit my target audience.

'What age did you start using Facebook'

'How long do you spend on Facebook in your average day'

'Would you say this is to long?'

'Would you, in your own opinion say that you are addicted to Facebook?'

'Can you tell me any personal experiences that you have had with facebook that would make you think facebook can be a bad thing?'

'Have you met new people because of Facebook?'

'Has facebook had an effect on any relationships that you have had whether this being a positive account or negative?'

'Do you sometimes wish you had never begun facebook?'

'Have you had any bad experiances on facebook?'

Location

I am going too locate my documentary in realistic settings, For example in college classrooms, in the persons home. For my main story about being addicted too Facebook it is going too take place in the individuals home as I am wanting too show flashbacks so I want too film the documentary as though this story is taking place at this present time too give it that realism. 

What my documentary will contain

My documentary is about the social networking site of Facebook. Here I will show how much the general public use Facebook and in what way’s they use it under the question of ‘Are people addicted too Facebook’ I will create a short piece of asking the general public different questions about their experiences on this site and then show a wider and more detailed story of an individual experience making it more dramatic too make it more entertaining and give it the shock factor which most documentary’s contain to stick with they the typical documentary conventions. 

Brief

For my coursework I decided too create a documentary about the social networking site of Facebook. Along side this I will also create an advert for this by making an advert suited for a television magazine and also a newspaper. 

Goals

My goal is too complete my script and story board ready for next week so I can film my documentary shortly.

Results from my questionnaire

Questionnaire

Mood board

plan for documentary

First part-

Introduction to facebook with facts and figures of how many users and how many would be classed as being addicted to this social networking site.

Second part-

Short commentaries from other people of how often they use facebook and their opinion and whether they would class themselves as being addicted

Third part-

A more dramatic and serious tone rather then light-hearted to make the documentary seem more entertaining. A closer to look to a specific person and their addiction to facebook, what they used to be like and how they overcame their addiction.

Fourth part-

An interview with a specialist. His/her opinion on whether people are actually addicted.

Fifth part-

Conclusion. Summing up the documentary from the voice over narrator.

Theory of narrative

The theory of narrative by Todorov is included in my documentary because of the fact it will start happy, everybody on Facebook giving it no thought which is the start of the equilibrium.  There will be shots of Facebook on computers, phones, iPods etc. and the users of the Facebook with a smile. Then it moves onto the disequilibrium where the voice over for the narrative explains how Facebook is causing an addiction and can be dangerous, giving facts and figures to back this up and interviewing people for their opinion on the matter. The new equilibrium will be the solution for this and showing people that they don’t need to spend as much time on Facebook as they are, also showing some good points about Facebook, for example that you can get your news faster than most media industry’s such as the newspaper industry.

Binary oppositions- Facts vs. opinion

In my documentary I have included the binary opposition of facts vs. opinion. This will work by interviewing different people for their own opinion to see and understand whether people of today really are addicted to Facebook. This will then be weighed against the consequence of facts. The facts will include such facts as how many users are on Facebook, how long people spend their time on Facebook and who have been diagnosed with an addiction too Facebook. This means that either the facts or opinions will out way the other; therefore my documentary has a binary opposition. The binary opposition will help me come to a conclusion of whether people really are addicted to Facebook because it shows me the true opinions and facts and I can use each of these to help me.

My documentary

My documentary is going to revolve around the topic of the social networking site facebook. It is a well known fact that those who have their own facebook page are more than likely addicted to this social networking site. So in my documentary I am going to show what happens when you take facebook away from these people who are addicted. This will make my documentary more light hearted, humerous and entertaining taking away the serious tone that most documentaries contain. However I have decided to include a slight shock factor of a case where a woman is seriously addicted to facebook to the point where she neglects her family because of it and also herself. There will be no presenter, however I am going to include a voice over for the narrative to make it easier for the audience to follow. There will be facts and figures about users of facebook included to keep the genre of a documentary so research will be needed on my part to make sure I include the correct information. Overall my documentary is going to be light hearted and entertaining when comparing to most documentary's although I will include a short shock story inn order to keep the right genre and format of a typical documentary.

Target Audience

The target audience for my documentary can be any gender. It is not targeted to either male or female as it has a subject preference for both genders. Although I would say because of the fact it is a documentary it is more likely to be watched by females, putting it into a percentage I would say 65% females and 35% males. Also , although Facebook is more used my a younger audience of teenagers looking at the respects of a general audience for documentaries it will more than likely be viewed by an older audience because for young teenagers documentaries do not meet their standards of entertainment. Therefore it is more aimed at late teenagers/adults between the ages of 18 and 30. It will also be aimed at those who have and enjoy Facebook or are against Facebook which is something that will be covered within the documentary.  Looking at the class for my target audience I would say it is more likely to be viewed by the lower middle class. The reasons for this are because documentaries are a more educational aspect of television which is associated more with the middle class.  However the class is lowered because the topic for my documentary is about Facebook. Because Facebook is not exclusive and is of high access to everyone that then makes it working class.  Therefor my documentary is suited for the lower middle class. Documentaries are seen as coming from a more educational background as in most cases the purpose of documentaries is too inform with an element of entertainment.

Inspiration taken from One born every minute

The documentary ‘One born every minute’ has influenced the choices that I will make for my documentary because I have used the same form of style. For example; ‘obem’ does not have a presenter, however does in fact have a voice over which is something that I plan to do. The influence that I have also taken is the one to one interview. I plan to give an interview to the people in the nursing home for their first-hand experience. This documentary is very light hearted and is mainly for entertainment purpose, although, so is mine I plan to inform people in the process. Another idea that has influenced my choices, is every so often they go behind the scenes of the midwifes to make it humorous. I also hope to film the nurses but instead of for entertainment, my reasons are so that I can go into as much detail possible.





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