Key Assessment task

• The title to my project is going to be "What's the point?" based around why so many young people are being kidnapped and why people are committing such a crime. I wanted to raise awareness on the amount of young people go missing in certain areas of london and why this is happening and what can be done to help put an end to it.

• I think that the length of my documentary would be 8 - 10 minutes long.

• I would like to get this film completed by January for the deadline.

• Specifics filming dates - I will be filming in a classroom the has a basic back drop. I will be doing the filming during my media lessons so that I have the people that i want in my film as I will be using people that are in my media class to help me to complete my documentary. I think that I might need to get permission from one of the other media teachers to use their room as they need to know what is going to be happening in their classroom. 

• I think that I will do some filming on the streets of croydon and some in London because these are the places that have the most kidnapping happening. I don't think that i will need any permissions to film in these areas as they're not private places and they are open to the public.

• The way that I intend to use my film is as brand awareness. I what to make aware the affects that kidnapping has on the people that are around the kidnapping, for example, the victims families and the families of the person that has committed the crime.

• I think that my target audience would be young people and their parents as I would like to communicate that there are safer ways to go out and avoid the chance of being kidnapped and what precautions the parents can do to keep their children safe.
• The music that I will be using will have a calm vibe to it. The song that I will be using is James Bay - Let it go; the instrumental version. 

• Archive - There isn't any other media tat I will be using in my documentary as I will be filming it all myself and using original ideas and footage.

TASK 1 – Understanding and Interpreting a Brief.

What is a brief?
A brief is a set of instructions given to a person about a job or a task. Within different criteria,
there are many different types of brief.

A contractual brief is an easy brief to tell apart from the others. This is a brief that you will have to sign. It's different to the others because it involves a lot of description. It involves things like a time frame, pay, deadlines and job requirements. This type of brief is often used when big amounts of money is involved, or if there is a lack of trust between the client and employee. If you were to sign a contractual brief, you are agreeing to all terms that have been stated in the brief. If any conditions were to be broken in the brief, you could face legal action.

A negotiated brief is a brief that is all controlled by the employees. This brief can give a person more ways to get around the brief as they can change any aspects of the brief. This means you can use more of a creative vision. A negotiated brief can be used when a person doesn't exactly know what they want, so it's left up to them to work it out.

A formal brief is a well structured, and neat document that has specifications of a product or service. It uses formal language so there is no slang. It should be well explained to the employees so they know exactly what they are doing. It uses a client logo to look more professional.

A informal brief is different to the formal one as, it isn't long. This brief can be a short piece of text or it can be verbal. It can be used in social situation like making arrangements with friends or family. It's written in informal language and slang can be used. It's basically someone asking someone else to do them a favour.

A commission brief can be used when a client wants to commission a company. It is usually used it the clients has some kind of relation with the company. It's used so that it doesn't have to go to tender because the client already know what they want. You don't have to waste anytime when using this brief as you can go straight to the company.

A competition brief is a public brief. It allows anyone to be a part of it and have full access to the terms for free. Being a competition brief, only the winner will get the full benefits of the prize, so that less money is spent on a prize. The Sundance London short film is an example of a competition that used a brief.

A tender brief is similar to a competition brief. Some companies use this brief to pitch to clients to fights for work. The best pitch will be selected by the clients which will develop their ideas.

A Co-operative brief is where 2 or more companies are contracted to work on the same assignment. It is used for multi-tasking, for example in movie making.

When reading a brief you need to make sure that you understand what type of brief you are reading. You also need to make sure that you are paying attention to final dates, timescale and what it is that is required of you. When negotiating a brief , it's best to always read it before you make any movement on it. Negotiation can be crucial when it isn't plausible. For example, if you were filing a f=movie, you may have to do some negotiating when it comes to the location.

There are many opportunities when it comes to a brief. Some opportunities are:
- Getting new skills
- Multi-tasking
- It could increase you CV
- Meeting new people in different industries.

31.1 Understand the purpose and impact of social action and community media production work

P1: Describe the purposes and impact of social action and community media production

What is social action?

Social action means taking steps to change the things that are wrong in our society and introducing new ideas and processes for doing things better in the future.

Research File

Young people going missing.

Why are young people going missing:

• could they have been kidnapped?
• have they run away from home?
• is it safe where they are?

Some causes for young people going missing:

• they could be being abused - physically, sexually, mentally, verbally
• might not be much support at home
• somebody has told them to do to be with them e.g. an older partner.
• some may have be abducted by traffickers - they are experts at moving people around

the highest amount of children that go missing every day in london is around 8-14.

Some solutions:

• talking to the croydon procedure for safeguarding children

Social Action Campaign - The worst place to be disabled

The purpose of this documentary was to get the attention brought to the people who are living in rough condition just because they are disabled. A reporter went to Ghana to see what the living conditions were for disabled people and what actually happens to then where they live. She found that people are disabled because they were cursed, either at birth or later on in life and that's why they became disabled. Also, there is excuses that it is a 'spiritual' belief as to why people are disabled. She finds that there are many different treatment centres that people take their family to, to be 'cured', such as prayer camps. However, she later finds that there is a treatment centre that actually offers help to the disabled people of Ghana.

The effectiveness of this documentary is just trying to get the government to put a stop to the 'healing camps' involved. Theses types of places are there to trick families into paying priest into helping to cure the families 'disabled child with them not realising that it doesn't help them in any way.

My personal response to this documentary is great sadness to the disabled people. It makes me want to do something to help them, such as starting charities to raise money and help provide more support to the treatment centre that is helping them to get better. I think that this sort of issue should be more in the public because I don't think many people know about this situation and I think that it should be made more aware s a lot could be done to help put a stop to 'healing amps' and actually help build hospitals an treatment centres.

FIRST BLOG POST - My TV and Film dramas

Orphan Black - Serial

Factual information:
The director is Graeme Manson. The year that this was first released was on march 30 2013. The main cast is Tatiana Maslany and Jordan Gavaris. This is a series about clones.

Format and genre:
This is a serial drama. It is viewed as a science fiction.

Narrative Elements:
The basic plot is about Sarah Manning coming discovering that she is in fact a clone and she has many sister clones, and she joins forces with some and tries to discover how this started. After season 2, the ending has been left open for the return of season 3 to tell the end of the story.

Characters:
The main characters are:

• Tatiana Maslany plays a number of clones
• Dylan Bruce plays Paul Dierden, an ex-military mercenary, who is Beth's monitor and boyfriend.
• Jordan Gavaris plays Felix ("Fee") Dawkins, Sarah's foster brother and confidant. 
• Kevin Hanchard plays Detective Arthur "Art" Bell, Beth's police partner.
• Michael Mando plays Victor "Vic" Schmidt, Sarah's abusive, drug-dealing ex-boyfriend.
• Maria Doyle Kennedy plays Siobhan Sadler, Sarah and Felix's Irish foster mother. 
• Évelyne Brochu plays Dr. Delphine Cormier, Cosima's monitor, girlfriend, and fellow scientist. 
• Ari Millen plays Mark Rollins, a homicidal Prolethean, and a number of other male clones.
• Kristian Bruun as Donnie Hendrix, Alison's husband.

Some examples of interesting audio elements : use of music, sound effects, voiceover etc.
Examples of interesting audio elements:
When a different clone comes in, there is a different sound effect that goes with them. For example, when we see Helena, a mysterious sound effect is heard when she has her own scene.
Some examples of visually interesting scenes or  camera shots : camera shot types/movement/framing etc.

Themes:

There's many themes that occur 

Empire - Series

Factual information:

The directors of this show are Lee Daniels and Danny Strong. The first broadcast in American was on January 7th 2015. The main cast of the show is the Lyon family. 

Format and genre:
this showwould be considered a drama.