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Unit 12 Specialist study
Who am I?
Piece to camera exercise:
Piece to camera questions:
What are you passionate about?
- Creating, influencing people through my work, captivating my audience
- Editing, bringing life to footage
- Give back by helping charity's, Volunteer (cats protection fairs) consume less (second hand clothes, reuse)
What/Who inspires you?
- Films, fashion
- Wes- Anderson
What are your ambitions?
- To travel and gain experiences
- Work on sets, work with people who share the same passion.
-Working in the industry, creating films that will leave an effect on others like they do me.
?
- Bring life to films, edit, be an editor.
Why do you believe films/documentary's are important?
- They can spread awareness, educate
- Start discussions/debates
- Make a change
What are you hoping to achieve from your project?
- Combine my passions of creating (editing) to make known big issues and educate people on what we CAN do to help the world/people.- This is my chance to combine all my skills, experiment, have an overview of the whole process. Do as much as I can to make people aware.
Where did the inspiration for this idea come from?
- Documentary project on volunteering/Cats protection charity inspired me, I can bring awareness to people about topics (consumerism) through my work.
Wes Anderson
Why we love?
FMP Ideas
A documentary about Wes Anderson style of filmmaking, breaking down his colours palettes, sets and reasoning behind themes. I will also document my process into creating a short film after research and experimenting, revealing it at the end.
- Participatory
- Experimental
- Styled like a diary
- End with a short, In his style
- Filmmaker - Him as a person
- Inspiration
- Colour palette
- Shot/set design
- Recognisable
- Theme/reasoning
- Deep subjects - Portrayed opposite
- Recreating my first documentary with the feedback and new skills to further develop it.
OR (If possible)
- Commission from the centre
- Film FOR them
Developing my first documentary (Cats)
Saving the planet
- Documenting not eating meat (effects/effectiveness)
- Performative mode
- What can help to save the planet (informing people)
- Climate
- extinction
- not wasting
What is editing?
Why is editing so important?
- Make or break a film
Discuss the different areas or post production and job roles.
- Speak so professionals (Interview)
Experiment myself, break down how to: create
- Avid
- Cap Cut
- Adobe audition
- Vox Pop interview (true or false statistics)
- Participatory (Go to charity shops)
Enviromental effect
- Waste (textile waste)
- Up cycling
Social effect
- Helping charity's
- Less fortunate, more affordable clothing)
Trend
- Social media
- Price rises
- Effecting people who need charity shops
A documentary delving into the reason as to why we need charity shops not only for the charity but the people who rely on them. I will be discussing consumerism/fast fashion and what we can do to reduce the waste of clothes, and how to save money as a student by using charity shops. I will delve into the negatives and positives of the ''Trend'' of charity shopping. I will use a variety of interviews (vox-pop) discussing the matter with the public/customers but also the volunteers.
Why we need charity shops?
A documentary looking for the reasons as to why we love, I will delve into the scientific reasoning but also the personal; including a variety of interviews (Vox-pop) and perspectives (Friendships, pets, relationships, heartbreak, loneliness). I will use this project to experiment with lighting, editing and sound.
Experiment - Colour, Light
- Poetic/artsy - Visually pleasing
- Participatory mode
- Vox-Pop (perspectives
- Isolation
- Pain
- Heartbreak
- Loss
- Covid/lockdown
- Relationships
- Friendships
- Self love
- Materialistic
- Place/familiarity
- Pets
- Scientific reason
Idea 1
Wes-Anderson
Strengths:
- Discuss a topic I am passionate and know a lot about
- Access to the research necerssary to discuss this topic
- Will have no need for extra people, no chance of delays.
Weaknesses:
- No one to interview/ no reason to
- Struggle to keep the audience interested (talking about one subject)
- Enough material/ sourced footage to discuss
- Limited with what I can film
Opportunities:
- An opportunity for me to further develop my skills and understanding his work/style.
- It will allow me to experiment with with all aspects of production.
Idea 2
Idea 3
Why we need charity shops?
Strengths:
- I have a passion for this topic
- Will have access to a range of interview styles
- Access to the research needed to discuss this topic and somewhat solutions to the problems.
Weaknesses:
- People available for interviews
- Ensuring I discuss all sides of the issue
- Enough footage/ material to discuss (captivate the audience)
Opportunities:
- This task will enable me to educate and bring to light the issues we are facing, and what people can do to help and change this.
- I can experiment will all areas of documentary making and post/production.
Why we love?
Strengths:
- Many different ways I can take the idea
- Vox-pop, face to face interview would be achievable
- Access to people
Weaknesses:
- Too broad a topic (not specific enough)
Opportunities:
- Will enable me to experiment with the different modes of documentary.
STRONGEST
IDEA?
Results:
Idea 1: 0
Idea 2: 5
Idea 3: 0
From the feedback I have outlined that idea 2 Is my strongest, It is a subject that I find the most interesting as I charity shop frequently and see it as a very sustainable way to shop. From my first documentary I have gained an understanding that my work can educate people and be used to bring to light issues/topics. This idea specifically will enable me to do exactly that and more, discussing the solutions and ways in which people can change to help solve the problems. Reflecting on the questionnaire I have noted that this topic will be the most interesting and influential, it was suggested that I could add a personal touch as to what charity shops mean to me as a student, another idea was to discuss the exploiting of big corporations workers to maximise there own profits. I hope to then use this project to be as creative as I can furthering my skills set and experimenting more with the production phase, before I move onto a specialised course in Post-production at University.
Questionaire
Research question:
Is there an affordable and environmentally friendly way to shop?
Research topic:
Charity shops/ Consumerism
What interests me the most?
- The fashion
- Affordability
- Contributing to a charity/cause
- Better for the environment (re-use)
- Explores consumerism
What are you puzzled about?
- Has the ''trend'' of charity shopping been a positive or negative thing?
- Price raises
- Depop
- Thrift shops
This Vox-pop/street interview was produced by the BBC with Stacey Dooley a well known investigative journalist leading the interviews. Stacey Dooley is known to look into controversial and strange topics with a raw style of reporting captivating a large audience, for this specific topic of consumerism and its effects on the environment, she chose to shock viewers using statistics and a physical example of the amount of water it takes to grow crops for just one item of clothing. The reasoning for this is to make people aware and want to change, thinking before you shop/purchase; capturing there attention with the harsh truth.
Stacey Dooley appeals to all audiences but mainly the younger demographic, as we are the ones who's decisions will have the lasting effect, predominantly using participatory mode she gets involved discovering the facts further helping the audience, her style of interviewing makes her relatable as she tries to connect with the participants, along with appealing topics to the younger demographic about ongoing issues affecting our future's. In this case she is speaking on the issues of consumerism and how its effecting the environment, a very relevant subject of the time concerning climate change, waste, water loss. The video itself is located on the BBC Three YouTube page which is a free to air broadcasting channel targeted towards 16-34 year olds, further enforcing the younger demographic target audience, the channel covers a variety of topics one being 'current affairs' for example there most recent being on Andrew Tate, who is very relevant to recent controversy's with women's rights/toxic masculinity.
Throughout the interviews the camera's can be clearly seen making it appear almost messy/rushed which represents the time running out that we have to change our ways, it also adds to the laid back style Stacey Dooley has with her documentaries which will connect with the public better (street interview). The camera's get very close to the participants as if to put more pressure on them to think of answers; we are also able to see the impact the facts have on them making it a shared experience and more personal, compared with the camera's being stationary we are moving with both Stacey and the participants further enforcing the informal set up, just like changes need to be made now we have no time.
From this video I have noted that the more shocking the fact the more attention people will pay to changing, I will therefor want to include a similar styled interview in my own documentary discussing with the public certain statistics to see how much they know/persuade them to make a change.
(BBC Three, 2019)
(BBC Three, 2019)
(BBC Three, 2019)
(BBC Three, 2019)
Breakaway's from the interviews to emphasise the facts.
Stacey Dooley connects with the participants, can show the effect the interview has had.
Seeing the camera's makes this more of a shared experience with the audience as if we are behind the scene's.
Camera's are capturing
the raw reactions, emph-
-asises how serious the matter is.
This factual video was produced by BBC ideas which is a platform in which shortform factual videos are brought together across different sources and organisations, it is funded by the BBC and licence free meaning its available to everyone with both a YouTube or/and Twitter account. The topics being so fast makes it appealing to a wide range of demographics however, it being social media based the younger generation 13 - 25 year olds 13 being the age of setting up both a twitter and YouTube account would be the ones using it the most.
The video itself is very captivating being bright and colourful which is a theme throughout most of the videos on the page making it appealing/an easy watch, it uses a lot of B-roll giving examples and captivating the audience on a subject that needs paying attention to as the facts are very fast pace and to the point. This is a theme I hope to have throughout my documentary to make the subject appealing to my target audience and experiment with editing (stop-motion), adding in my own b-roll (examples) relevant to the facts/interviews.
The interviews in this video are very formal with the professionals speaking to the camera addressing you as the audience however, this is balanced with the colourful background's and relevant b-roll. Another area of the video that stood out to me was the question and facts that come up on the screen to break up the interviews, when interviewing for my documentary I will plan ahead topics in which I can write facts for to mix in-between talking, to further educate my audience without too much information.
Professional
(BBC Ideas, 2020)
(BBC Ideas, 2020)
(BBC Ideas, 2020)
(BBC Ideas, 2020)
(BBC Ideas, 2020)
(BBC Ideas, 2020)
Bold orange, links with the colour scheme of the BBC Ideas page.
Relevant backgrounds to the topic discussion.
Subheadings/questions to break down the information.
Facts to regain the audiences attention, educate them.
The video incorporates a mixture of medians one being stop motion. Along with b-roll of clothes, they have made stop-motion clips of clothes visually showing what the professionals are talking about.
This participatory/performative mode short-form documentary is a typical style for Louis Theroux when it comes to documentary's, he likes to get involved to deliver the most information he can to his audience making him a relatable and charming character. This documentary is part of a series of his titled 'Louis Theroux's weird weekends' which explores the worlds of individuals/groups of people you would not know about/experience up close, the topic vary but are performed in an up-beat fun manner making them an easy watch. Louis is seen throughout getting involved specifically for this documentary with the auditions/classes/prep to show the reality of this industry (Broadway/perming/acting) and everything that goes into it, he is uncovering every detail with a variety of perspectives.
This documentary appeals more to the younger demographic specifically people who themselves are trying to get into the industry of acting/performing and trying to get an idea as to what to do/what its like in reality. Louis Theroux's audience overall is a diverse range of people, he never comes across as bias and always tries to explore all sides of an argument/topic making him an enjoyable watch for people of different views, he never tries to push an opinion when interviewing.
Produced by BBC 2 which is home to predominantly factual content (documentaries) of science, history, arts, music etc described as having a mix-genre making it the perfect platform for Louis Theroux style and topics of research.
His documentaries have a very relaxed approach, using hand held camera's he is able to get around a lot easier whilst producing a laidback style of filming. The camera is able to get closer to the participants capturing the raw/realness of the interviews and experiences Louis is undergoing, we as the audience are made to feel as though we are there with them.
(Louix Theroux , 1999)
(Louix Theroux , 1999)
(BBC Iplayer , 2023)
(BBC Iplayer , 2023)
(Louix Theroux , 1999)
(Louix Theroux , 1999)
(Louix Theroux , 1999)
Involved with the classes, speaking to the people who are trying to get into the industry the very thing he is exploring.
Experiencing first hand
the preparation for auditioning, head shots.
He explores a diversity of topics ranging from serious matters that are affecting people in the present
to intriguing people with strange lifestyles/beliefs/jobs/hobbi-es
Part of the crowd/team going along with Louis
Focussing in on the participants input, showing the connection Louis has with them uncovering the truth/realness.
From analysing three media products I can outline both similarities and differences between all three, there main similarity is that they are all from the BBC presenting with an upbeat stylistic approach to filming/topics. Also, both Stacy Dooley and Louis Theroux have very similar interview style's, they are seen to try and connect with the participants which enables them to provoke raw emotions and get as much information as they can for their audience. They typically use hand held camera's when filming which gives their documentaries a laid back feel, the camera is able to get close and personal enabling us as the audience to focus more on the subjects then what is going on in the background. For both journalist their audiences are of a variety of people as they explore a range of topics from very serious and impactful to intriguing and weird. The first two videos I analysed discuss similar issues linking back to the waste of clothes, one being consumerism of fast fashion the other the impact creating the clothes has on the environment. Both approaching the topics in different ways; Stacy Dooley decides to go out into the public with Vox-pop styled interview's using a physical example to get the point across and have an impact, In my own documentary I hope to include Vox-pop interviews to get a range of views and instead use statistic's to impact my participants. In the second video from BBC ideas they have decided to instead use professionals of the topic to discuss the issues going on, they are to the point making it an easy to follow along taking in small amounts of information at a time. The video also uses a mixture of medium's including stop motion of break up from the interviews keeping the video up beat and interesting, from this I have decided I want to keep my points short and include a mixture of both interviews with people working in the charity's and b-roll/examples of the topic's being discussed.
Overall from my analysis of the three media products I have outlined certain style's of both the filming and set up that I hope to include in my documentary therefor this has not effected my research topic, instead I will take the ideas I have made from this task and relate it to the resources I have available and the specific question I am exploring. I am confident in my research question and that I will be able to explore it to the best of my ability utilising the skills I have learnt from my previous documentary and developing them/pushing myself to do even better with this one.
Research Plan:
Primary research is research that you conduct yourself to get the answers you're looking for. This can include survey/questionnaire, interviews, observing and note taking; anything that you do yourself that goes towards the research. This is great way to get specific answers for your research topic and a better understanding of your target audience. However you are limited to the amount of research you can gather by choosing this method. For my research topic specifically using this method I will be able to gain an understanding as to who my target audience is and the statistics in which people use charity shops/what charity shops are putting out + prices.
Primary
Secondary research is research that has already been made/answered, typically in the form of books, webpages/articles/newspapers, documentary's/tv. This type of research is really useful when you are not able to get the answers you need for yourself instead its already compiled for you, and can be found just about anywhere making it a really diverse research method. However, it's not always specific for your research question therefore can be very general/broad information so may not be appropriate for every question. For my research topic this type of method will be really useful for deciding on the type of techniques/style I want to use when executing the documentary, I will also be able to discover a lot more information on the overall topic and find answers to the main question I am looking into.
Secondary
Quantitative research is research that focuses on numerical data in the form of bar/pie charts, statistics, polls, questionnaire/survey results. It is simple and precise facts making it a very quick research method that can be used for example to discover the amount of people of a specific age range like documentaries. However, it is very limited in the amount of information it can provide you with that being statistics so is not appropriate for all research questions. But for my research it will enable me to backup the reasoning behind a target audince and factualise the points I want to make in my documentary.
Quantitative
Qualitative research is research focused on a person's opinion rather than statistical data, involving open ended questions to gain a better understanding of the topic/question you are researching such as conducting interviews/focus groups. This research is much more flexible compared with quantitative as you are able to gain more information less about numbers. However it can be biased in a way when limited with the amount of people you can reach/interview. For my research topic this method will help me to understand the questions people may be wondering when it comes to charity shopping, also how much they don't know when it comes to the waste of clothes.
Qualitative
Primary
Secondary
Research question
Is there an affordable and environmentally friendly way to shop?
- Questionnaire (target audience, people who charity shop)
- Interview (in depth qualitative research, answers)
- Investigative/observational (go to charity shops, prices, brands/what to offer, busy?)
- Look into charity's
- Existing documentaries (style/approach)
- Webpages (charity's websites, environmental groups)
- Statistics/Graphs (waste of clothes, people shopping second hand) Quantitative - back up my points
- News articles (company's/environment)
- YouTube (bbc ideas, short form information)
- Books (consumerism)
Research topic/question
What do I need to research?
Primary/Secondary
Methods
Relevance
Are there affordable shops?
Look into charity shops and main stream shops comparing prices and what they have to offer.
- Secondary, Websites (Depop/vinted, online shops)
- Primary, observational/ investigative (go into the shops, take pictures/notes)
- Quantitative, comparing prices for the same items, different quality?
- Qualitative, Notes/images from investigating.
By looking into both charity shops and main stream shops I can compare the prices and quality to see where you get a better deal.
How much clothes do we waste and consume?
Read statistics in the amount people throw away/waste per year etc. And how this feeds into the environment/landfill how much ends up in landfill and is not recycled.
- Secondary, Websites, books (Graphs/charts, environmental pages)
- Quantitative, data from the graphs/statistics of waste
- Qualitative, Notes from environmental pages and books.
Can gain a better understanding as to how much we waste and the impact this has on the environment, backing up points I want to make.
What are the most echo friendly brands/how much do brands waste?
Look into how much company's are wasting/there impact on the environment.
- Secondary, Websites (statistics in the amount of waste they produce)
- Primary, investigative (go into the shops read the label's/what they are made of.
- Quantitative, data from the graphs/statistics of waste/comparing
- Qualitative, looking into the brands pages/ materials of clothe.
I will be bale to look into alternatives to just charity shop, comparing big brands and there impact on waste/ what brands are more aware.
What do charity shops have to offer?
I would need to see what people usually look for when shopping and how much you can get from a charity shop, cheaper and the quality with brand's.
- Secondary, charity pages, social media (reviews, charity hauls) Average shopping lists for target audience.
- Primary, investigative (go into the charity shops with a list)
- Qualitative, Reading reviews and look into hauls what you can actually get, go into the shops and have a look (notes)
Writing a list of what generally people look for in a shop, I can see how much cheaper/the quality you can find these items.
How often do people charity shop?
I would gain a better understanding as to how many people of specific age ranges actually use charity shops or even want to.
- Secondary, online statistics
- Primary, questionnaire (get my own results)
- Quantitative, data from the graphs and questionnaire results.
- Qualitative, talking with people
This will help me to understand the types of people using charity shops the most and then target my research to those that are interested but unsure.
Environment/Waste
- 92 million tonnes of textile waste is produced every year.
- 100 billion garments are produced every year.
In the book 'Fashionopolis' written by Dana Thomas in 2019, states that cotton being the most polluting crop take around 2.2 pounds of hazardous pesticides to grow at least 2 and a half acres of it; Poisoning both the earth and ground water. Its also said that people shop 5 times more clothing today than we did in 1980.
(Pinterest, n.d.)
- Average shopper buys 68 garments a year
- 1 t-shirt/1 pair of jeans uses 5,000 gallons of water
- Over 60% of garments contain fabric derived from fossil fuels
- The clothing industry is responsible for 20% of industrial water pollution
- Clothes are averagely worn just 7 times.
A BBC news article by Abigail Beall Sates that by 2030 we are expected to be wasting more than 130 million tonnes of textile waste each year.
- The fashion industry being responsible for releasing 1.2 billion tones greenhouse gases into our atmosphere every year making up 10% of all green house gas emissions
- More than 2 tonnes of clothing is bought every minute in the UK
- Globally around 56 million tonnes of clothes are bought each year
(BBC, 2020)
(P.Smith, 2022)
(P.Smith, 2022)
Above are the results of survey looking into the number of clothes adults believed they bought each year; 39% of them said they bought between 1-10 garments with just 3% admitting to purchasing more then 41 items per year.
Above are the results of survey looking into the number of clothes being purchased each year and how it has increased significantly since 2005 with UK households buying £57.63 billion worth in 2021.
92 million tonnes of textiles waste is created each year and the equivalent to a rubbish truck full of clothes ends up on landfill sites every second. Abigail Beall
(BBC, 2020)
Company's/clothes
(BBC, 2020)
In the book 'Fashionopolis' written by Dana Thomas in 2019, the brand Zara has been stated to being one of the worlds largest fashion brands. In 2018 it produced more then 140 million items. They sell clothes cheap to gain a huge profit, by producing the clothes in independently owned factories in developing nations with the wages at poverty level, with little to no labour laws in place.
Very few clothes sent to be recycled are actually turned into new clothes, they are instead put through a process called 'material to material' which takes clothes and turns them into something new such as a wool jumper into a carpet. However, less then 1% of clothes have been recycled this way as of 2015. (BBC, 2020)
(Aoibhe Devlin, 2023)
Oxfam's waste-saver has seen a decline in the quality of clothes coming in over the years meaning few and few of them can actually be put back into circulation or even be recycled.
Over a third – 35% of the clothes – go to Oxfam’s partners in Senegal to be sold. Between 1-3% go back into Oxfam shops around the UK to be re-sold. (BBC, 2020)
(OXFAM, 2023)
Brands that are responsible for environmental pollution:
- Zara - Shein - Forever 21 - Urban outfitters
- H and M - ASOS - Mango - Nike
Stella McCartney is considered a 'conscious designer' according to Dana Thomas in her book 'Fashionopolis'. Her pieced are animal free (no leather or fur) being one of the first designers to explore earth friendly innovation (Ally Feiam, 2022) . Her stores are built from recyclable materials and powered ecologically.
- 'From farms to finished product' She produces an environmental profit and loss report (Ep & L). Allowing you to look good without guilt.
- 2011 the fashion house joined the Ethical Trading Initiative. (Ally Feiam, 2022)
(Ally Feiam, 2022)
Levi's is one of the most well known denim brands there is, starting in 1960 opening there first factory they haven't changed trying to become more sustainable. They collaborate with local suppliers, and use water less technology to reduce 96% of water on every pair of jeans without costing the planet. (Ally Feiam, 2022)
(Ally Feiam, 2022)
Charity shops
Are Donations just a way of passing on the problem of textile waste?
(OXFAM, 2023)
(OXFAM, 2023)
(OXFAM, 2023)
Oxfam are promoting a sustainable way of fashion by extending the life of clothes through reuse, re-sale and recycling which will both decrease the amount of clothes wasted and raise funds for the charity to try and end poverty. (OXFAM, 2023)
- With stores on over 600 high streets to donate/shop
- Partnered with big stores including Sainsbury's and M & S reaching everyone.
- Reduce the number of clothes going to landfill (take back schemes, textile banks, workplace donation points, celebrity donations)
(Demelza, 2023)
(Demelza, 2023)
Charity shops have a range of items of offer from vintage and designer clothes to home décor and vinyl's, there is something for everyone in a charity shop at affordable prices. They are also a way of shopping without costing the environment and give to charity's.
Both Oxfam and Demelza offer online shopping for there branded
items still at affordable prices with easy access from your phone, making it accessible to everyone.
(Demelza, 2023)
(Oxfam shop , 2023)
Results:
From the results I
was able to gain a
further insight to the types of
people using charity shops
(demographic) but also the factors that may affect the reasoning behind them using charity shops (having a job affording the more expensive brands). I was also able to provide my own information on how often people are throwing away their clothes.
Research report
The topic of study I have chosen is looking into affordable and an environmentally friendly way to shop focusing mainly on charity shop's, also the way in which fast fashion and the waste of clothes are destroying the planet. The topic question I am researching: 'Is there an affordable and environmentally friendly way to shop? to do this I have completed a numerous amount of tasks. My biggest reason for this project is to bring awareness about the harm throwing away clothes has on the environment and hope that I can spread awareness providing an alternative of charity shopping which is both affordable and does not cost the planet helping people to find joy/fun in it. For my research I broke down the areas in which finding information will help me the most when creating my documentary project; this consisted of a variety of research methods both primary and secondary using internet sources (webpages, news articles, statistics/data) a book surrounding the topic of fast fashion and even creating my own questionnaire to gain the information I needed. Which overall included both qualitative and quantitative results. From my research I was able to outline useful facts about the waste of clothes impacting the environment and the company's to avoid/sustainable company's (alternatives to charity shopping) I was also able to get a brief outline as to the types of people using charity shops and what is on offer.
When conducting my research I used a range of methods, I had the most access to secondary sources including online news articles/stories about the impact textile waste has on the environment (landfills) and
that this is a result of people and big brands/fast fashion. Online recourses were very helpful answering the questions delving into the waste of clothes and the brands responsible for this, I was also able to discover brands that are sustainable to then provide alternatives to charity shopping in my documentary. I managed to find a book looking into the topic of textile waste, which provided me with more information on the type of things brands are doing to provide cheap clothes whilst gaining a profit. The book also gave information on Stella McCartney a 'conscious designer' explaining the things she has done to be more sustainable within her brand/company. As many recourses there are on the internet it does come with limitations, I was not able to find as much information on charity shops as I was hoping, I therefor decided it would be more practical for me to use primary research skills and conduct the experiments myself going into shops to find the answers I need which is a task I am looking to do in the future and paste onto my FMP website. I did however, create a questionnaire to see how many people of different age ranges actually go to charity shops, I made sure to ask whether or not people worked and how often they throw away clothes which are factors that would effect how often/if they do go shopping or can afford big brands. By conducting the research myself (questionnaire) I am able to ask the questions that will give me specific answers for my personal research when compared with online survey's I have no control over who they ask. Continuing with secondary research I discovered Oxfam waste-saver which is a textile sorting facility partnered with both Sainsbury's and M & S helping to reduce textile waste and raise money for the charity available to everyone, this then helped to answer what charity shops have to offer further then the highstreets's there are multiple ways of helping. Both my secondary and primary research consisted of quantitative and qualitative results giving me a range of information to carry through to my documentary.
From the who am I? task I was able to outline topics I am passionate/interested in to then finalise an idea for my FMP, by creating the piece to camera I further developed my camera skills and answered questions linking to the reasoning behind my finalised idea. This then lead to creating my topic question enabling me to analyse three similar media products inspire the way in which I hope to present my findings in my documentary after a research plan, I was also inspired by Stacey Dooley's Vox-pop/street interview I felt it got the point across using facts and figures. When creating my research plan I was able to keep in mind the types of things I want to include in my documentary and write questions the answers will help me to do this. From unit 12 the biggest impact on my work has been the research task itself, as I gained more information on the issues at hand (textile waste) I can confidently say this is a topic I want to spread awareness on and can back up my points with facts/statistics. I have also been able to outline the weaknesses/limitations the methods of research have and know to gain more information on charity shops I will need to conduct myself going into the shops, not everything can be found online.
In conclusion from all the areas of study within unit 12, I have been able to progress my FMP idea further whether that be adding to it for example deciding to add a vox-pop style interview after analysing the Stacy Dooley video or adjusting the idea slightly by deciding to also focus around the waste of clothes incorporating this into the vox-pop interview, but also include a how to charity shop? Within unit 12 I have improved on a number of skills including analysing and researching but also gained new knowledge surrounding my research topic as well as coming up with one.
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Methodology:
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