- Further Research on Specific Topics -
Here is our further research on various documentary ideas that we have each had.
Game Addiction - Toby Weller
From my research I have found some shocking stories. Here is an example of what I have found out ‘Top 10 extreme games addiction’.
This demonstrates some tragic stories that have arose from gaming. If we looked to speak to some games companies on how they deal with any problems with their product becoming too addictive could be an interesting part of the documentary.
To keep a balance in the documentary I would say how games can connect people all over the world, to not only play games but to be social and make friendships.
Throughout the documentary nearing the end I would give 'information and advice' on games addiction by having a balance between real life and gaming.
(Insert left) is brilliant example of a way that the documentary could be made which I would use actually games to illustrate games addiction.
(Insert Right) - Details five of the most controversial games of their time, which led to age restrictions on games. Looking back now, I feel that in this day and age we would not see some of these games as so bad.
Chinese Students - Alice Zhu
Further research for Chinese students studying in UK:
Personal Journal
In my personal journal, I tried to take down anything that impact on me. I kept read them each week to make sure I fully understand each point.
Here are parts of my lists:
Potential primaries: friends in London, who are have been in UK for over 5 years, she has rich experiences
Significant Interview questions might be asked: How different the education between UK and your country? ; How hard to get into the local social network?
Internet Sources
During the further research process, I mainly focused on finding different voices from the media, for avoiding the viewpoints were being too biased.
There was article on guidance claimed that most of
universities in the UK just aimed at student’s qualifications and language
level, but fail to see the culture shock
among the international students. It is the basic problems, which caused
foreign students not make friends with home students and keep staying in their
social group. It is a good starting point for my intention ideas.
(UK universities failing to bridge culture gap for foreign students)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/nov/13/international-student-testing-culture-gap
It is the documentary trailer about Chinese students in France, it a useful example, because it gave a direction what to explore, it also showed me how to structure the documentary on this topic, and get me perspective of aesthetic style of the documentary.
 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAxBPwmduX8 (Life in France) This radio show provided a comprehensive summary that what I haven’t realised, it would be solid to support the intention idea; these photos so impressed me indeed and bring me up some ideas. Taking photos in advance can beneficial to cam before the filming.  |
A Dog's World - Graeme Blake
As further research for this idea, I looked for examples of existing documentary films to use as reference, to get a feel for what similar projects already exist.
I looked into the work of Jo-Anne McArthur, who uses her photography to show animals' perspectives on humans' treatment of them. She demonstrates the effects of animal cruelty, abuse and neglect by presenting images as seen from the animals' point of view, or simply recording emotional images that allow us to empathise with them, giving us a better understanding of their experience. |  |
In our documentary, we will use an unobtrusive GoPro camera to achieve the same effect, attaching it to the dog's collar to record their intimate view of the world. He will enhance this effect by following expert veterinary advice on how exactly a dog's eyes and brain understand the world they see. This may involve colour correction and choice of focus while editing.
A similar idea is undertaken with the National Geographic's Crittercam project, which attaches cameras to wild animals to learn about their habits and territories. Although Crittercams have not yet been used on dogs, they sometimes make appearances, as in this image taken from a cat's perspective:
 | As a research project, the Crittercams record other information such as depth, temperature and acceleration. Such detail is unnecessary for our needs, but the visual understanding of what an animal sees in life will provide a deeper level of immersion into the subject, taking us places we would perhaps not think to go. |
