Assignment 8 a2

Assignment 8

A2 Individual Coursework Presentation

By Rahel Fasil

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What documentaries have you watched?One Born Every Minute and Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder

What documentaries have you enjoyed?Tulisa: My Mum and Me, Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and Riots: The Aftershock

What about not enjoyed?Cyntoia’s Story: The 16-Year-Old Killer and The Girl Who Became Three Boys

What are some interesting/current/debates topics in the world today that you would like to learn more about?The role of celebrity and fast moving technology

What kind of topics would you like to see a documentary about?UK’s young generation

Age: 28 Interests: the evolving world and socialisingGender: Female

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What documentaries have you watched?

9/11: The Miracle Survivor, Riots: The Aftershock and Food Unwrapped

What documentaries have you enjoyed?

Moving On: Sextuplets and Make Bradford British

What about not enjoyed?

The Girl Who Became Three Boys and Is Football Racist?

What are some interesting/current/debates topics in the world today that you would like to learn more about?

The impact of media in our world today

What kind of topics would you like to see a documentary about?

Multiculturalism

Age: 42 Interests: worldwide news and culture

Gender: Female

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What documentaries have you watched?999: What’s Your Emergency, Food Unwrapped

What documentaries have you enjoyed?Is Football Racist? And Troubled Children

What about not enjoyed?Supersize vs Superskinny and Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder

What are some interesting/current/debates topics in the world today that you would like to learn more about?Euthanasia and the popular culture

What kind of topics would you like to see a documentary about?Multiculturalism

Age: 27 Interests: games and the future world Gender: Male

A – EXPLORING TOPICS

Domestic Violence : Inside Out

Men’s point of view –why they do it?

The unusual circumstance of women being violent towards their partners

Women’s refuges –what its really like

Domestic violence laws


London Riots

How it started and escalated

Powerless police

Prime minister’s late intervention

How quickly it spread

Uncontrollable nature

Court cases and sentences

Psychologist theories and explanations

Social networks


Celebrity Idolisation and what it really means to be a celebrity

New trend also known as ‘fangirling’

Olympian’s new found fame

Fans missing school to get wrist bands for book signings, concerts

Following their idols every move and finding out where they’ll be

Psychologists explaining theory of obsession and attachment

Statistics on national school absences


Arranged marriages

Is it a cultural thing? Asians are more well known for promoting arranged marriages but do other nations?

The threats youngsters face if they rebel against it

Parents point of view of why exactly they think its good

Can arranged marriages work?

Growing arranged marriage statistics


Unvalued youth in the UK

Increasing unemployment rates affects future generation and economy

Deputy prime minister making false ‘free university fees’ promise

Did this lead toThe riots?

No jobs around leading to overall hopeless Britain

B – POTENTIAL TOPICS

Domestic ViolenceWhat would people learn about?

The psychological reasons why partners attack their loved ones and how they have to suffer in silence.

What style of documentary is it?

Participatory, this documentary will be informative as domestic violence isn’t covered on television as much.

Episode 1: Men abusing their partners – reasons why and women refuges that are availableEpisode 2: Women abusing their partners – needs to be given the same attention no matter how unusualEpisode 3: The varying domestic violence laws worldwide


Unvalued youthWhat would people learn about?

What style of documentary is it?Participatory, the interviewers will be asking questions to youth, professionals and the general public.

Episode 1: The cause of the riots – peaceful protest over Mark Duggan’s murder, 5 theories – social and economic equality, feeble police response, high rates of youth unemployment, racial summarising and rank opportunismEpisode 2: Failure to combat riots early – prime minister’s late intervention, nobody else with authority came to help fight against riotsEpisode 3: Escalation of riots – use of social networks to rally rioters, spread to different cities in the UK, psychological explanationsEpisode 4: Youth unemployment– have the rioters learnt from their mistakes? Was the justice system fair

What the youth can really bring to society and professionals explaining why they aren’t heard to and the effects this has on crime.


Celebrity idolisationWhat would people learn about?The growing nature of celebrity idolisation that hasn’t really and opinions of why

they should and shouldn’t be admired to this extent.

What style of documentary is it?Participatory, interviews will be carried out with youngsters, teachers and

psychologists. Footage will also be shown of screaming young fans at cd/book signings during the daytime when they should be at school.

Episode 1: what does it really mean to be a celebrity nowadays (Olympians, artists etc)

Episode 2: children missing school to go and see their idols and statistics on national school absences on specific days

Episode 3: Extreme fans who get tattoos dedicated to their idols and cosmetic surgery to look like their idols, is this right?

C – CHOSEN TOPIC

Domestic violence

Detailed psychologist views and theories Victims (male and female) hide a camera in their house so

audience and psychology team can see the exact extent of abuse Equal treatment and response to male and female victims Exclusive look around women refuges and help given to victims Why exactly they abuse their loved ones Domestic violence laws and rights worldwide Interviews from lawyers who have defended both victims and

abusers in court

B – CHOSEN TOPIC

Arranged marriages Growing arranged marriage statistics around the world

Interviews with parents who promote arranged marriages and who have arranged marriages for their children

Successful and failed arranged marriages

Interviews with children who have had arranged marriages and children who have refused and have been attacked for doing so

Footage of how exactly an arranged marriage is handled (how is the partner found? How long does it take until the wedding day? Etc)

Laws against arranged marriages and charges that parents can face

D - RESEARCH

Domestic Violence Domestic violence is the pattern of violent behaviour by one partner to another in

an intimate relationship for example cohabitation, family or marriage.

Quote from Home Secretary, Mrs May “The government is ensuring that the police and other agencies have the tools

necessary to tackle domestic violence to bring offenders to justice and ensure victims have the support they need to rebuild their lives”

Statistics Every 9 seconds in the USA a woman is assaulted or beaten Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women (more than muggings

and car accidents) Studies show that up to 10 million children witness some form of domestic

violence yearly

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Number of incidents of

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Number of incidents of domestic

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Likely domestic violence will:

Have poor self-image.

Tolerate abusive behaviour.

Be financially and emotionally dependent on the abuser.

Is unsure of their own needs.

Have low self-esteem.

Have the unrealistic belief that they can change the abuser.

Feel powerless to stop violence

Believe that jealousy is proof of love

Actual victims tend to..

Abuse alcohol or other substances. Have been previously abused. Be pregnant Be poor and have limited support. Have partners who abuse alcohol or other substances. Have left their abuser. Have requested a restraining order against the abuser. Be members of ethnic minority or immigrant groups. Have traditional beliefs that women should be submissive to

men. Not speak English.

D - RESEARCH

London Riots Between 6th - 10th August 2011 many towns across England experienced

widespread destruction including rioting and looting.

The first night of rioting took place on 7th August after a protest in Tottenham subsequent to the death of Mark Duggan, who was from the area and was shot dead by the police.

From then onwards there was complete violence, especially towards the police.

There have been a lot of prejudice remarks about the age, race and home townof the majority of rioters

People in court for riots by

area

London

Greater Manchester

West Midlands

Nottingham

Merseyside

Other

D - RESEARCH

D - RESEARCH

Arranged Marriages Arranged marriages are profoundly rooted in royal families and are commonly

practiced in areas such as Africa, the Middle East and South-east Asia.

Matches could be chosen by parents or agents or a trustworthy third party. In some countries priests or religious figures can be involved with matchmaking.

However there are arguments to arranged marriages..

The person hasn’t got the freedom of choice in their own relationship and future which they need to have

If they do not feel any love for their match when they first meet they are led to believe that love will eventually come. Love isn’t the priority but it should be.

Interference from family and others around what should be your own private life

Quote from UK Prime Minister, David Cameron

'Forced marriage is abhorrent and little more than slavery. To force anyone into marriage against their will is simply wrong and that is why we have taken decisive action to make it illegal.’

E - INSPIRATION

I got a lot of inspiration from the BBC Documentary AleshaDixon: Don’t Hit My Mum

The convention of statistics inspired me to use this and educate my audience of the seriousness of domestic violence

Using an informative real life recording of a victim asking for emergency help adds realism to the documentary

E - INSPIRATION

Interview with those who have personally witnessed and been affected by domestic violence

Voiceover of Alesha Dixon talking about her childhood. This inspired me to include a voiceover of a personal story so the audience can have an emotional response to the documentary.

E - INSPIRATION

I was inspired to include supporting photographs to add realism to the documentary

Interview with the presenter and a witness, this inspires me to use a more participatory approach in my documentary

E - INSPIRATION

The presenter interviews a psychotherapist to discuss how domestic violence affects how children’s behaviour and personality

I got the inspiration to choose a presenter that has a relation to the topic

F – TARGET AUDIENCE

Who is your target audience? Why?

Age: 18-36 year oldsEthnicity: British and minority ethnic groupsGender: Both male and femaleInterests: Crime television and socialisingSocial class: Middle and working class

It will be shown at 10pm as that is when adults will be home from work/college and ready to watch and their children will be sleeping. It will be on BBC One as it’s a free satellite show which means easy access for all viewers

G – CHANNEL & TIME

What channel will you put it on and why?

BBC One as they show many crime shows and documentaries such as Alesha Dixon: Don’t Hit My Mum, Silent Witness and Hustle.

What time would it be on and why?

10pm, after reviewing OFCOM and its regulations, I have found out that this is a suitable time as its after the 9 o’clock watershed. Some scenes are quite graphic and aren’t suitable for young viewers

H – CONVENTION

Documents

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