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Task 1: Proposal
Task 2: Pre-production material
Task 3: Filming
Task 4: Editing
Social Action Production Proposal
Name of production
The issue here is that children are not interested in reading. This effects the community
as there is a lack of literacy skills in the local area. It would be easy to cover this social
issue because we could gain permission from a school to be able to film and
interview students asking their opinions on reading. We could also ask teachers and
ABC ambassadors on their opinions on the issue. There has been a lot done on this
issue on a global/national scale through charities such as sport relief who raise money
to help younger children read.
Length of production
Interviewees in production
ABC to Read
Eileen
Liz
Linsey
A lack of reading from younger children has always been a concern in this country,
charities such as ABC to Read has encouraged many primary school children to read
on a regular basis, in order to boost their literacy skills. Through this, we hope to inform
the public, specifically teachers and parents to encourage them to read with their
children in order to boost their literacy skills. This will be done through statistics,
interviews and opinions in order to change the publics view on the issue and
encourage them to make a change. We think that using this kind of footage will
make it informative as well as engaging to the viewer.
A production layout (beginning, middle and end)
Opening:
We will open with statistics that clearly show that there is a need for improvement
regarding the number of children reading. It shows that on a global scale, the UK has
lower average children literacy scores in comparison to other countries around the
world. This will be done through voice-overs. We will use thing like alphabet magnets,
abacus and white boards in order for the footage to link back to young children as
well as making it more interesting as this may be the most boring part of the social
action, but we believe that it will be the most important.
Middle:
Here is when we will have our interviews with the ABC ambassadors and the children
from Lynch Hill Primary School. We will get their opinions on the issue, what they do to
tackle the issue and what they read
End:
We will end the production with a conclusion about how parents and teachers can
help children to see reading as an enjoyable thing and pass this onto their children
Location Address:
Lynch Hill Primary School
31 Garrad Road,
Slough
Hazards Solutions:
Wires if mains power is used Use battery power where possible
Other children without permission to be Be careful not to film children in the
filmed background of shots.
Location Recce Type of room/area:
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used Media Studio
Location Address:
Henley College Media
Studio
Sat Nav details (Post
code):
Solutions:
Lighting Information:
Mind head if the lights on the low
Studio lights being too low and ceiling and tape the cables on to
cables on floor the floor so it is visible for people
walking around that area.
Hazards Solutions:
Location Address:
Vauxhall drive, Woodley
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documentary Available at: voice
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PROPS LIST
Production Name:
Producer:
Filming
Week 1 at
Lynch
Date Hill
20/02/17 Primary
School
in the
school
library
Filming Filming Filming
voice- the Joanne
Week 2 overs in statistics and her
the with children
Date studio fridge
27/02/17 magnets
Week 3
Date
06/03/17
Week 4
Date
13/03/17
PROPS LIST
Production Name:
Producer:
The ethical issues that we will face when filming our documentary is that we are filming at a
school, which already means that we have a lot of legal issues behind it as we have to get
adult permission for children under the age of 16. Also when interviewing some of the
students at the school we had to protect their identity by not saying their name and covering
the school logo on their school uniform in order to protect the where about of the children
when at school. Another ethical issue that we may face is how we portray the children, as
we are not allowed to portray them in a certain way that may be negative also when talking
about children learning how to read we are not putting any blame on the upbringing of the
specific child. We are only showing that this charity ABC to Read helps children learn to read
as well as help them build self-esteem and confidence and not the problems that they have
when reading as every child is in a different situation and level.
According to the Channel 4 guidelines, when filming children under the age of 16 is that
Programme-makers should not encourage or incite under 18s to say or do things that they
would not have done otherwise. Showing off and playing up for the cameras should be
discouraged. means that we should not be encouraging the children to say certain things
as everything that they say must be their own opinion. When asking the children questions
we have to ask simple and easy questions that they understand what they are being asked
to give an opinion on. According to the guidelines the questions shouldnt be of the following
matters of: sexual matters, personal relationships or private family matters, antisocial or illegal
behavior, alcohol or drug use/abuse, addictions of any kind, medical matters; illnesses they
suffer or have suffered from, physical or mental; generally being unhappy, being depressed,
self-harm or having suicidal thoughts; accidents or attacks they have been involved in which
have led to serious harm.
List of Questions you wish to ask and order of questions (Make sure they link
and follow on from each other. The wording of your questions will be graded)
Question 2:
Question 3:
Question 4:
Question 5:
What change have you noticed in the children during the time you have held those
sessions?
Question 6:
Question 7: Lindsey
Question 8:
Question 9: Children
Question 10:
Question 11:
PRODUCTION TIPS:
Make sure there is no background noise when filming - ask to turn off all machines or film in a
quiet location and if outside try and use a wind cover and microphone.
Use TWO cameras when filming - One following the interviewer and one following you as you
had with your multi camera unit
Get MORE footage than you need - you can always cut items out but you can't add once
you have filmed
Think about how you want the final product to look before you start filming
Add archive footage (clips, newspaper clippings, footage from news stories etc...) but
ALWAYS reference them on screen and make sure you have permission to use them
Once filming is finished make sure the following is complete BEFORE you start to edit your
production
Shot list and running order of final production (including found and archive
footage)
Sequence Description
Shot
1 B-roll from library and voice over
5 B-roll of schools
9 B-roll of schools
Shot Script
Shot of Did you know that one in five children in England cannot
alphabet/numerical read well by the age of 11?
magnets to
demonstrate statistics
Shot of Analysis conducted in 2013 found that in England 16 to 24
alphabet/numerical year-olds have lower levels of literacy than young people in
magnets to 21 out of 24 countries in the OECD.
demonstrate statistics
Shot of Analysis conducted in 2013 found that in England 16 to 24
alphabet/numerical year-olds have lower levels of literacy than young people in
magnets to 21 out of 24 countries in the OECD.
demonstrate statistics
Found footage of e- What do you think is responsible? Technology? Parents?
readers, parents and Teachers?
teachers
Found footage of Currently, reading is not seen as an important part of daily
social media sites and life, whatever your age. This may be due to the rise
children playing on technology, as social media can distract younger people.
game consoles On the other hand, there has been a rise in e-readers
encouraging reading in a non-traditional way.
Found footage of The Government have set up and funded programmes such
primary school classes as The Phonics Partnership Grant, launched in 2015. This was
put in place to support reading standards in schools.
Found footage of The Government funded activities such as, book clubs for
librarys Key Stage 2 pupils and giving all year 3 pupils a library
membership.
Shot of The report from this programme shows how pupils who read
alphabet/numerical are more likely to succeed at school than those who dont.
magnets to
demonstrate statistics
Shot of DfE analysis suggests that if all pupils in England read for
alphabet/numerical enjoyment every day or almost every day, the boost to Key
magnets to Stage 2 performance would be the equivalent of a rise of
demonstrate statistics eight percentage points in the proportion achieving a level
4b (from its current level of 67% to 75%).
Found footage of Parents can also have a big influence. Read on. Get on. is
parents reading to another initiative that encourages parents to read with their
their children children. This highlights the importance of having role models
to help them get in the habit of reading by seeing people
like their parents reading. The aim from this initiative is to get
all children of the age of 11 reading well in the next 10 years.
Shot of Reading for pleasure is more important for children's
alphabet/numerical cognitive development than their parents' level of education
magnets to and is a more powerful factor in life achievement than socio-
demonstrate statistics economic background.
Footage of Lynch Hill We will investigate how reading effects young children and
Primary School their future. By getting childrens opinions on reading, the
impact of learning support staff
We went to a local primary school to find out more.
In production
Interviews
Voiceovers
Archive footage
Music
Roles and responsibilities
Charlotte Pooley Film, Edit and script Make sure we have the
correct footage
Charlotte Westall Film, Edit and script Look into safe guarding
policys