Advanced Portfolio Final Product

Dear Moderator,

Welcome to my blog, please find below my final product for the advanced porfolio module.

Many thanks

Joe East

Evaluation

For my evaluation i used facebook to create a page, i then uploaded video's in which i answered all the evaluation questions, i wanted to use facebook as i made a cyber bullying documentary and social networking sites especially facebook are talked about a lot in it. i thought it related well and it enabled me to answer all the questions on one platform. Heres a link to my Facebook page

Subcultures- skinheads

Skin heads

A skinhead is a member of a subculture that originated among working class youths in London, England in the 1960s and then soon spread to other parts of the United Kingdom, and later to other countries around the world. Named for their close-cropped or shaven heads, the first skinheads were greatly influenced by West Indian (specifically Jamaican) rude boys and British mods, in terms of fashion, music and lifestyle. Originally, the skinhead subculture was primarily based on those elements, not politics or race. Since then, however, attitudes toward race and politics have become factors by which some skinheads align themselves.

How did they dress?

There are two types of skin heads traditional skinheads, also known as trads or Trojan skinheads, adopt the style of the original 1960s skinhead subculture.

And Neo skinheads, influenced by the 1970s punk subculture — often have shorter hair than 1960s-style skinheads, and tend to wear higher boots, tighter jeans, and clothing styles that are less mod-influenced than their traditionalist counterparts.

What music do they listen to?

The skinhead subculture was originally associated with black popular music genres such as soul, ska, rocksteady and early reggae. The link between skinheads and Jamaican music led to the development of the skinhead reggae genre, performed by artists such as: Desmond Dekker, Derrick Morgan, Laurel Aitken, Symarip and The Pioneers. In the early 1970s, some reggae songs began to feature themes of Black Nationalism, which many white skinheads could not relate to. The most popular music style for late-1970s skinheads was 2 Tone, which was a fusion of ska, rocksteady, reggae, pop and punk rock. Also in the late 1970s, after the first wave of punk rock, many skinheads embraced Oi!, a working class punk subgenre.[32] Musically, Oi! Combines standard punk with elements of football chants, pub rock and British glam rock.

What are their beliefs?

Most skinheads are Nationalist. They believe in their Nation and its ability to function effectively in the world.

Social realism

Social realism

Social realism has shown us to ourselves, pushing the boundaries in the effort to put the expensive of real britons on the screen, and shopping our idea of what british cinema can be. Social realism is a genre of film that focuses on topical issues alive in a modern society which is represented by different ideologies. Themes such as money drugs, prostitution and sex are usually in modern contempory social realism films as well as class, religion and political views.

An example of a film that shows social realism is 'this is england' a film about UK skin heads in the 80's. it shows what skin heads were like, what they believed in and what they did, like hating immigrants, beating them up, and drinking alcohol and doing drugs. It is set in the UK where the skin heads originated and it shows other social groups and styles that were around in the UK in the 80's like punks.

Cyber bullying documentary comparison

I have been researching and looking at lots of different types of cyber bullying documentaries on YouTube, that are all filmed in different ways and on different budgets. I am going to be comparing two of these documentaries picking out the good and the bad points in both. and what parts of the documentaries i want like and want to use in my own documentary.

This is a Link to a cyber bullying documentary called 'no safe zone' its a pretty low end production as the camera quality is not great, also the sound quality isnt good either. This documentary uses a range of interviews with people showing their opinion on cyber bullying. You can easily tell the editing isnt very good as the sound quality in each interview is different and distorted.

This is a Link to another short cyber bullying YouTube documentary called 'city college- cyber bullying documentary' it is very different to 'no safe zone' in the way it is filmed and what camera shots are used. It is a much higher quality docuementary aswell, the camera quality is much better and the sound is much better too. Its a much better quality docunementary as there is a range of different interrviews and theres a short reinactment of someones personal cyber bullying story.

Research into similar products

'The Lost Generation'-  A2 (OCR) media studies documentary about youth culture.

This is a youth culture documentary produced by another A level student called 'The Lost Generation'.

I liked this docmentary because the its shot in the same sort of way i want to shoot my documentary. Obviously the subject is different as theirs was on youth culture and how youths are viewed by older people in society and mine is about cyber bullying. But the shots used in their docuementary are similar to the ones i want to use. They make the interviews more interesting by using clips of youths over the interview so you arent just watching the subject speak. an example of this is at 1:58. This documentary has given me more ideas and has made me think more about how i am going to shoot and edit my documentary so i am getting the right feeling across to the audience.

Production desicions- interviews

I need to make a few final decisions about wheather to interview people at home or at school, whether to use a male or female, young or old narrartor, and what questions will be good to ask as a Vox pop around school.

Interviews
When interviewing people about their experiences with cyber bullying i need to make sure they are comfortable to openly talk, most people would be most comfortable being interviewed at home where they feel safe and secure and are more likely to talk openly about their experiences. Also the interview being shot at home makes the story more personal and the audience will feel more in touch with the story. On the other hand if i interviewed people in the school environment it will help the audience to understand the age of the subject and their innocence. Although people will be less open in school and may not cover all the issues of cyber bullying that they may have done at home. This is a link to a website with documentary interview tips.

In conclusion i think that it will depend on the depth of the interview to determine whether i interview at school or at home. Becuause if its just a short interview where a student is talking about a friends experience or a small personal experience then i think it will look better and it will take a lot less organising rather than if i did every interview at the subjects homes. Also having the short interviews at school will emphasise the importance of the more personal interviews where a subject talks about a very personal experience that may be quite a sensitive subject in their home where they are safe and secure and can talk openly.