Friday, 12 September 2014

6 Documentary Ideas (Unit 11)


  • A story from your local paper
Oscar Pistorius murder case - Pistorius shot his girlfriend on valentines day, but claims he thought it was an intruder. Been cleared of murder charges. 
If this was what I'd do is do investigation into the story, as in record what has happened and use archive. I would also include interviews asking peoples opinions on the verdict.
Deborah Steel murder case (Ely) - missing for 17 years, digs up Longfields garden for investigation. Was a landlady at Royal Standard pub in Ely.
If i were to do this, I'd do it in a similar way to the Oscar Pistorius, where i'd use archive and explain the story, including a view of the house they think it was at as it's near me. I'd include interview of people in the area on their opinion.
  • A person you know
'A day in the life of a friend or family member'  - Documentary on an average day for a friend or family member on what they do, college/work etc.
The person I would do this on is an aspiring artist called Kieran Alleyne, he is currently acting on a CBBC show and he also produces music for fans, putting it on Youtube and Sound cloud and promotes it. I could do it on a key day where he's busy making music and make it a day in a life of what he loves doing, or go to key events that he'd taking part in and filming them and piecing them together to show what he does, it could be a good way of promoting him.
  • Investigation into something you're interested in
Football - My football experiences from the past and people I know who play. I could do this on my football history and who i played for and the experiences i had, including lots of archive. Either that or i could do it on a friend who plays football full time and how he finds it and what he gets up to and what his dreams are.
  • A place
Ely - History of Ely, what is there and what people think of it. I could show all historic places in Ely, including what it is and history of it, Including the Cathedral, Oliver Cromwell's House etc. showing tours of them.
  • An Issue
Social Networking - How everyone is know on social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter) and how it makes cyberbullying become bigger. 
This could be done by doing lots of research about Facebook and Twitter, speaking about what you can do on them and how they came about etc. I then could investigate on cyber bullying, potentially finding someone who has been cyber bullied and what happened and what they did to stop it.
  • Autobiographical
Myself - day in a life.
I would do this by picking a day where I am busy with normal day to day things including, going to college, work and the gym. Just to show what I usually do on a average day and how busy it can be, this I would need help filming as it would be very difficult to produce and film myself.

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