Topics brainstorm
- 1. Possible Topics Mobile Phones Social Media Obsessions Bullying Education Teenage perception Healthy eating and exercise Self image Social Status The Internet Jobs Grades, education, jobs, uni
- 2. Our final choice Social Media We have chosen social media as the topic of our documentary for a number of reasons. The target age for our documentary is between 16-24. Our generation is known as the generation of social media due to our excessive use of the numerous social networking sites. These 2 reasons combined provide an initial basis for our documentary. The target audience age is convenient for us to carry out research and produce our documentary in the college as the students are between the ages of 16-19 which correlates with our target age therefore being easy to access for our audience research and vox pop’s. The topic of Social media will be interesting to our target audience as it is a current and a main element in todays society. We are hoping to portray arguments for and against social media linking it to how it is affecting us as people in this generation. In our documentary we are going to include; vox pops of students giving their personal opinions on social media, a psychology teachers view on social media, archival footage on lives before social media, a person with a lot of instagram followers and the effect they feel it has on them.
- 3. Possible Questions Is social media having an effect on our generation? Does social media have an What underlying effect does social media have on us as people? What are the lasting effects effect on our generation? of social media on our generation?
- 4. Our final choice What underlying effect does social media have on us as people? We have chosen to use this question for our documentary as we want to explore the possible effects that social media may be having on the people using them. We are hoping to get other peoples opinions on social media and their views on the effects of social media. Due to the readily available target age students we are able to use this provides us with an advantage to gain as much information as possible. We are hoping that using this target audience age we will be able to explore in detail peoples true thoughts and feelings on one of todays biggest phenomenon.
- 5. What we’re including • We will interview an individual with a lot of Instagram followers and ask them about the affect they feel Instagram has on them. • We will interview a psychology teacher and ask them about the psychological effects that social media is having on us. • Vox pops on members of the public and ask them about their view on the effect social media is having on us as people • Use archival footage of teenagers before the use of social networking sites.