Social Networking sites
Gives out personal details
Links to paedophiles
Give an option to give out a phone number
Obsession
Isolation
Anti social
Following celebrities online bulling
Age
Interference with school
Facebook on mobiles
How it affects language
Keeping in touch with old friends
Finding old friends on the internet
The purpose of this brainstorm was to gather some ideas for what we could talk about in our documentary.
Title Ideas
Virtual Insanity
Face to face
It's so funny how we don't talk anymore (this is too long but we would like to use it in some way in our documentary)
An open book
Identity Crisis
Who you looking at?
Networking
Who’s watching you?
Circle of life
There are also songs that go with some of these titles which we will consider using in our documentary.
Documentary Content Ideas
Interviews
With Parents, teachers, young child, Ict technicians, someone in charge of internet use at our school
The young child may identify the positives of social networking sites and the internet.
Parents and their views on their child using sites at a young age.
What teachers think and how they think it effects school work.
Archive Material
Lilly Allen launched by myspace (how it may effect the music business)
Articles from newspapers and magazines on what social networking sites have done to society.
Reconstruction of a girl using the internet thinking she is talking to another girl when it is really an older man.
Radio 4- Chat about social networking sites.
Paedophile Programme (footage)
Sky news website footage.
Sound - will use a voiceover older male stating facts and information, we will also use a Lilly Allen song whilst the myspace page is featured we will also use a song in the opening sequence called virtual insanity as this is our title. Finally we may also use "it's so funny how we don't talk anymore" by cliff Richard as we think that this goes well with the antisocial side of social networking sites.
Formal Proposal
Title of documentary: Virtual insanity
Topic: social networking sites
Type of documentary: mixed
Style of documentary: informative yet informal- entertainment
Channel and scheduling: BBC1 9pm Wednesday
Target audience: adults (mainly parents) 30+
Primary Research needed: Find interviewees, get any props that we need. Computer and articles to film, mobile phones, ipods etc. Find locations where we are going to film the first five minutes.
Secondary research: newspaper article of girl who committed suicide over Facebook bullying, newspaper article of girl who lost job over Facebook, TV programme - to catch a paedophile, Lily Allen MySpace page, Facebook pages of celebs
Narrative structure: Open, non-linear, single strand - open so audience can have their own
Outline of content:
Interviews with:
Jules (head of IT in (Weatherhead) in her office
ICT technician in school in their main office
Teacher in their office
Parents at home on their couch
A student in the corridor in their school uniform
Archive material:
Newspaper article of girl who committed suicide over Facebook bullying
Newspaper article of girl who lost her job because of Facebook
Article from The Guardian about teachers who have been cyber-bullied
MySpace Music pages
Facebook pages of celebrities
‘How to Catch a Paedophile’ program from ITV
Radio 4 programme
Reconstructions:
Shot of girl chatting on internet
Shot of man posing as a young girl on the internet
Sound:
Virtual Insanity – Jamiraqui
Cliff Richard song in the opening sequence
Lily Allen song juxtaposed when showing her MySpace page
Intense music when talking about dark subjects
A male voice over
Resource Requirements:
Video camera
Microphones
Tripod
Computer
Voice recorder
Running Order
Running Order
10 sec- Montage of news paper article concerning social networking sites
10 sec- Opening titles (virtual insanity?) typed out as if on a computer screen with white text and a black back ground.
20 sec-voice over introducing topic further- clips of people using ipods, texting, using computers (isolation)
1 min- Interview with Jules (I.T expert) talking about the effects of the internet and social networking sites in school.
1 min- Interview with Jon Dutton radio presenter about how he uses facebook in order to promote his radio show and how he uses it to get suggestions and ideas etc.
20 sec-Montage of myspace pages (music pages) and shots of Lilly Allen's page and the video smile with voice over coming in slightly later explaining how myspace launched her career.
1 min- Hippies on the Hill interview (unsigned band) and their myspace page and how they hope it will help launch their career further.
1 min- voice over introducing next feature- The reconstruction of a paedophile using msn to talk to young girls and how deceiving pictures can be and how easy it is to pretend you are someone else.
5 Minutes
30 sec - clip from ‘How to Catch a Paedophile’ which was shown on ITV about paedophiles being tricked online by police and then getting caught
1 min - interview with policeman (in his office) about dealing with paedophiles on the internet
30 sec- voice over introducing story of Vanessa George who was recently on the news. Non diagetic sound of children laughing and playing in background
1 min - clip of an interview with one of the parents whose child was abused by
Vanessa George
1 min - voice over moves on to explaining the creation and success of Facebook
40 sec - interview with one of the creators of Facebook about the ‘law’s and policies of using Facebook
1 min - voice over then moves on to explain the success of MySpace – as it is not just Facebook that is successful. Shots of MySpace pages in the background
1 min - voice over explaining the younger generation who use Bebo and explaining how Bebo attracts the younger audience
20 sec - shot of people in the street shopping etc, voice over explaining a survey carried out of which social networking sites people prefer to use
1 min - voxpop of general public (different genders, ages) answering survey question
90 sec - voice over talking about the celebrities who now use social networking site Twitter e.g. Katie Price. Shot of her Television programme ‘What Katie did next’ where she is talking about using Twitter
2 min - interview with Katie Price about her Twitter account and how it influences her fans and how the press uses what she says on Twitter against her
1 min - voice over describing the exploitation of Michael Jackson’s death through the internet e.g. celebs on Twitter
10 sec - shot of article of Holly Grogan who committed suicide over online bullying
1 min - zoom onto Holly Grogan’s face, voice over explaining the story behind her suicide
2 min - interview with parents of Holly Grogan
2 min- interview with Holly’s school teacher
50 sec - home footage of Holly Grogan before death
1 min - interview with policeman about dealing with online bullying
2 mins- cuts between parents/ teacher interviews and the article to show the overall conclusion about the dangers of using the internet and the effects in which it has – ending credits
Interview and vox pop questions
Jules interview – i.t expert
What do you think the negative and positive aspects are of using the internet?
What procedures do you take into filtering sites in schools?
Have you come across any incidence in schools of pupils using the internet for the wrong purposes?
Do you think there should be an age limit on social networking sites?
Do you think social networking sites have changed communication in a good or bad way?
Hippies on the hill interview (band)
(unsigned band trying to launch their career through myspace)
Why did you choose myspace?
When did you set up your myspace page? And why did you choose to do it at this time?
What influence do you think your myspace page has had on your music career?
Has having a myspace page always been a positive thing or have you ever experienced any problems? (such as negative feedback if so can you please explain or give examples)
Is myspace the only social networking site you have as a band?
Has your myspace page generated fan base?
Have you had any interest from record companies through your myspace page?
Do you/why don’t you go through traditional ways of promoting yourselves as a band?
Do you/why don’t you go through traditional ways of promoting yourselves as a band?
Jon Dutton interview (radio presenter)
What do you mostly use the internet for?
What social networking sites do you use and why?
Does your facebook generate any publicity?
Why did you set up a facebook page for your radio station?
What do you think the future for social networking sites with hold and do you think they will develop further and do you think you will use them in the future for your radio career?
Voiceover script
Voiceover introducing the topic:
Today 50% of our active users log on to Face book and other social networking sites. Some say the internet is changing the way we communicate in the next 30 minutes you will hear different facts and opinions from different professions about all aspects of social networking sites.
Voiceover introducing Jules
Jules is an IT expert at weatherhead high school and we hear what she has to say about internet use and protecting young people online.
Voiceover Introducing Jon (internet radio presenter)
We spoke to internet radio presenter Jon Dutton to hear his views about facebook and how he takes advantage of the site for his Radio show
MySpace voiceover:
Since the beginning of myspace new and up and coming music artists have launched their careers through the site. Lilly Allen began her career through myspace and is now a number one selling artist
Hippies on the hill voiceover introducing band:
New unsigned teen band hippies on the hill are following in the footsteps of such artists by promoting their music through myspace.
