Weekly Journal
Week 1
1 The task was to look at the topic ‘British Youth’ and find
What are you making your 3 production
on and why have you chosen this topic?
What research have you completed this
week and what have you learned?
Are you on track for this week? If not,
how far behind are you?
What work do you need to complete
outside of lessons to stay on track?
This week you worked on your idea generation and
topic research
something under that title that we felt passionate about. We came
up with three main ideas which were “school systems”, “youth
crime” and “mental health”. Eventually, we decided on Youth
crime, partly because we have good and reliable sources to
interview someone and Although it was difficult to narrow it
down to just one idea, we chose 'crime in youth'. This is because
there are a lot of routes to go down to develop on this idea and it
is an interesting subject. We can talk about both the negatives
and positives. Also, I have a family member who can help us
develop our project as she has very extensive knowledge on
youth crime as she has worked closely with troubled kids in
youth detention centres. She would be available to interview
which helps us a lot in doing our work to a higher standard and
quality. She would be able to talk about things she has
experienced with the teens themselves, give an insight into how
the system works and talk about rehabilitation. I think this would
be very interesting and educational for the viewers but also keep
us interested in our work which will improve the quality.We are
going to make three productions covering our selected topic,
covering as much as we can about knife crime in Croydon. The
factual programme will be a 4 minute documentary that looks
into the life and mind set of young offenders and we will also
visit some places in Croydon where stabbings have occurred and
talk about how knife crime in areas like that is considered to be
“just how things go” and look into why people now feel the need
to carry a weapon on them to feel like they can protect
themselves.
We have chosen “What schemes are being put in place to prevent
knife crime in Croydon?” .This is because I have personal ties to
the location as I used to live there. I think the animation will
prove to be the most interesting and challenging to make because
it is an area that we have not stepped into as a class and only
have the supplies made available by the college which isn’t very
extensive when it comes to animation so I will have to keep it
fairly basic whilst trying to make it interesting
I have learnt about how youth detention centres work and also
have an idea of recent statistics in the upwards surge of
stabbings, particularly in Croydon.
I am on track, however I think that I need to add to my research.
Just make sure I fully understand the work and have enough
information to help me move on.