Final Documentary

Above is the documentary that I put together; it is about broken homes and how, if you are from a broken home it does not mean that you are going to fail in life, or achieve as high as a child that has been brought up in a nuclear family (the average or 'normal family').

After showing this to the class I had gained some feed back on where I could improve:

• There was mainly an adults opinion
• Parts of the volume levels were different
• Some of the cutting was not precise therefore the video did not run so smoothly.

I had come to the conclusion that I would go back and re-edit and add-on where necessary.

One word- Short Phrases

Below is a few words and phrases that I am considering showing in a similar style as the Innocence video (post below)


Over Protective- Is it because I lost someone very close to me at an age where I never quiet understood life?
-I don't want to lose the ones I love most through something that could have been prevented
 
Scared- I would cry myself to sleep at night
- I am more aware of my surroundings when in new surroundings.

Insecure- Is it because I was always moving areas as a child?
- I can now adapt to new surrounding easily.

Bubbly- Am I lying to myself?
- I have every reason to be cheerful

Caring- Do I worry too much?
-I want the people I care most about to have the best and be the best they can be

Happy- Is it all a cover up of my true feelings?
-No there is always someone worse of than me, Smile about what we have in the present.


Proud- I was cooking and cleaning the house from the age of 13
- I can now look after myself and have the experience to care for my own home

Motivated- I would stay longer at school to stay away from home life
- I am now achieving top grades and doing what I love most

Negative- with positive outcome

Positive- with emotion/ experience

My Presentation

Documentaries on Prezi

Above is a presentation that I presented to the class describing: the basics of my documentary, what it is about, why I chose to do this topic and how it relates to me.

Music Choice

I have decided that I will want a song that will reflect the mood of the documentary, with its highs and lows. I want it to be acoustic or something easy to listen to so it does not drown out the person speaking or distract the audience from the actual documentary. I'd like it to be motivational in some way or at least fit the feel of the overall documentary.

I have found a few songs that I may use:

• Lacrime Di Giulietta by Matteo Negrin
• Motivational Piano Piece
• One Moment In Time- Whitney Houston (Instrumental)
• Ushio- Clannad (Short) 
• Nagisa- Clannad 
• Ambitious Girl by Wale (Instrumental) 

Letter of Consent

This is an example of the letter of consent I will be handing to people who take part in my documentary.

What is a Broken home?

I have come to the conclusion a broken home is not a family that only has one parent or if it has a step parent it is a family who has lost the communication and ‘bond’ with each other. I have decided this as my definition as there are many views on what a broken home is and this definition covers a the broad spectrum of the term ‘broken home’.

This is a letter of consent to participate in my media study, involving you as the public and your views and opinions of the following questions:

·       What is your understanding of a survivor? (From a 'broken home')

·       What is your understanding of a victim? (From a 'broken home')

·       What skills do you think you need to survive/-overcome barriers to difficulties both in your personal life and school life?

Gender: Male          Female                   Age:………

(Circle appropriate)                                                    (Optional)

Name………………………………………

(Optional)

Overcoming Barriers

Today to help out with the research and how to create this documentary I went to see Rosa from Learning mentors. We spoke for a while and speaking about my personal experience and with some professional views and opinions notes were taken on how to approach the correct question and what I personally done to overcome those difficulties. These notes were only short but this helped in how to link a various of sub topics, like school life and education, and how to ask the appropriate question.

Notes (these were notes taken on my personal experience and how Rosa viewed me or about what I should be asking)

• Decision to focus on education as a means on avoiding the responsibilities or home life
• Not making/ repeating the same mistakes as others around
• Role model
• Becoming the adult and taking responsibilities
• Self awareness
• Survivor or Victim?
• Victim= drugs, alcohol, smoking, negative
• Survivor= got through fine and in control of themselves (may smoke or drink but not excessively), they cried, got angry but they are out of it fine.
• Other people were priority above myself
• Learning from others
• Changing your way of thinking
• Negative or Positive (is there a link with the survivor/ victim )
• A survivor is someone who can cope in the face of adversity
• A victim is somebody who can not cope with the difficulties and turns to something like smoking/ drinking to help them cope

From these notes we developed a series of appropriate (draft) questions to ask the public:

What is your understanding of a survivor? (from a 'broken home')
What is your understanding of a victim? (from a 'broken home')
What skills do you think you need to survive/ overcome barriers to difficulties both in your personal life and school life?

Rough Plan

What am I trying to achieve in this short documentary?

I am trying to change the views of the stereotypical broken family and how if you are brought up in a broken home you can get somewhere in life. I am also trying to show that you should not judge anybody on appearance as you do not know about that person or how saying something will affect them.

What do I want the audience to feel/ gain from this documentary?

I want the audience to think about themselves and possibly change the way they think or view a broken family.
I would like the audience to gain some motivation to be able to do well on life no matter what background, family, difficulties, or religion they are from

How will I get the audience to feel/ gain something from this?

I will do this by asking a range of people a few questions, and then during editing I will weave the answers together into an almost motivational speech from the public. This will hopefully make people realise or see there life in a slightly different way even if it is for a short amount of time; they will hopefully feel better about themselves or what situation they are in, but at the same time they may be able to think about what people from a broken family have been through so they may feel sympathetic but also empathetic and this will hopefully create a small understanding so they will see the life they live as slightly better, or have a greater understanding of life and how to be the best that they can be.

Initial Idea

Is it true if you are brought up in a broken family then you can not become successful?

The Main types of Families

There are several types of families the most common ones are:

• The Nuclear Family

     This family consists of a the Mother, Farther and then however many children, this is known as the ideal family there is another term called The Cereal Packet Family this is when the mother is a housewife and the farther goes out and earns the money this is known as the 'perfect' family as this is what is shown on many averts.

• Extended Family

     This type of family is constructed on top of a Nuclear family. Many generations are living in the same household, for example the Grandparents, Parents and then there Children, this could also include Aunts, Uncles and Cousins.

• Reconstituted Family

     This is more commonly known as a Step family or blended family, it is when the joining of two adults come together via marriage, civil partnership or cohabitation (when one moves in with another or they live in the same house) It is also the term for when the family has two mothers and no dads and vice verse. (Can also be seen as a Broken Family)

• Single Parent Family

   This is when a single parent looks after a child/ children more commonly known as a broken family. This could be due to a divorce of the parents, a break up or an unexpected death. Many debates have arose on the rise of the single parent family over the years, and this is involving the child's welfare and the child's future. This is the topic that I am planning on exploring. But I will also be comparing and contrasting to the other family types.

I done this research so i could get a rough knowledge of the other types of backgrounds so i could compare and contrast better.