Unit 2 Assignment 2

Websites - http://www.bullying.co.uk/general-advice/what-is-bullying/ 
                    http://www.stopbullying.gov/
                    http://archive.beatbullying.org/dox/resources/statistics.html

• 69% of children in the UK report being bullied
• 87% of parents report that their child had been bullied in the past 12 months
• 20% report bullying others
• 85% had witnessed bullying
• (admirably, 82% of them tried to intervene

- http://archive.beatbullying.org/dox/resources/statistics.html (Quoted)

This research is relevant, it shows Statistics which are facts. Documentaries are fact based and if you're putting facts in a documentary they cant be wrong, therefore this info is relevant. Also this information is really straight forward and easy to understand. The statistics are quite shocking because 69% is over half of children and that seems a bit much?

http://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/what-is-it/index.html

The following info is from the above site.

• Cyberbullying is something that can happen at any time of any day.
• Cyberbullying can be in the form of messages or images
• Cyberbullying can be anonymous 
• Can be difficult to find out who is actually cyberbullying you
• Once something is made public it can be hard to completely eliminate the messages or pictures etc

This information is useful, its a decent enough description to give someone a idea what cyberbullying actually is and how it effects people.

Magazines - 

"On September 19, news broke of yet another adolescent suicide related to bullying. The boy, Jamey Rodemeyer, was 14 years old and identified alternately as gay or bisexual. He had withstood years of bullying, especially online. Just days after his death, many of the country's leading experts on bullying convened in Washington for the second annual National Anti-Bullying Summit." - By Meredith Melnick, Wednesday 28th September 2011.

This quote is very powerful and really very daunting. The fact bullying leads people to suicidal thoughts or actual suicide is disgusting. This Research how ever has been helpful. it shows the real dangers and realities of bullying. It also shows a type of bullying which is homophobia, which when someone abuses you verbally or physically for your sexual orientation.

Further down this article it has some statistics and some really worrying facts such as

• There has been more than a dozen similar suicides in the past 18 months.
• A sixfold increase in peer-reviewed research on bullying over the past decade and 47 states with specific anti-bullying legislation.
• This boys suicide was more unexpected because he was part of a support system and seemed very stable and happy with how things were going for him

This research is also helpful, it shows numbers and statistics which are Factual information. 
The last bullet point is a quite strange one, it really goes to show that people can see you as a happy person but in reality you're obviously not happy.

Analyse of a documentary

So Gay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9of3qavsULM

A Documentary about being judged and bullied for being gay. The opening scenes are people discussing how they are bullied with a music soundtrack in the background which is making the audience have a negative feel about the documentary. The Documentary has started with interviews about the peoples lifes in the documentary. The graphics used arent that amazing, they're very bland and basic. The camera shots are also pretty standard as are the transitions. The information given in the documentary is relevant though. There are cut aways like one of the men getting in his car but things like that are pointless and it just seems that theyre thrown in to switch it up a little bit and so your not just watching someone speak. As the people are speaking about some deep topics the camera goes in to a close up to their lips speak and it engages the audience to focus and listen to what they are saying. A new soundtrack starts playing, its a soft piano instrumental track which is kind of sad and generates connotations of sadness and sorrow.

The research i got from the documentary was kind of helpful, it shows a way to present a documentary with box interviews and real life stories. I would say it was well researched, it had real people with real stories so you can't really fault their research as far as being biased goes no. it cant really be biased unless people lie about their stories which is unlikely.

Books -

Sexual Harassment and Bullying: A Guide to Keeping Kids Safe 

 By Susan L. Strauss

Page 108: "Female Students were less likely to be believed than their male classmates"

This quote is to me, means that teachers can be biased and in a way i suppose kind of sexist? Which i can use this in my documentary and expand it into another catergory of bullying which is sexism.

the book wasn't that useful, it was really long winded and was hard to find key points i was looking for.


Treatment VERSON 1 (POOR)

The target audience for my documentary are male and female people aged 12-16, It should be aimed at people dealing with bullying or have dealed with bullying, my documentary will be better than others because it will give a insight into the lifes of people being bullied and hopefully give off a shock value. which is what i would want. 
Id say the documentary is aimed at mainstreamers, people that just want the normal things, they want to know abit about bullying and hear some stories. Nothing out of the ordinary. just whats expected?
The Layout would be a very interview based documentary. i plan to go into 3 different schools around the local area and interview 3 students from each, and each head teaacher. 3 Questions to each one of them so it wouldnt be to long, and im going to make some kind of mini skits showing how peoples lifes are effected by bullying. Its also going to be very factual with shocking facts and statistics. The 'So gay' documentary gave me the inspiration and ideas i needed for my docuemntary and gave my the right background to base my documentary on.

TRETAMENT VERSION 2 WITH CORRECTIONS

The Target Audience for my documentary is multi gender, and any age. However its Aimed at the younger people that are possibly going through a hard time at school or college...so aged 12-16. My documentary will be different to others because it will give a straight insight into the lifes of bullying victims and i want it to give off a powerful vibe with allot of shock value behind it. I can imagine mainstreamers being the kind of people to watch my documentary. You get what you want to see and get what they expect to see but it will be presented in a unique way. The layout of my interview is going to be interview and short skit based. So it'll have interviews of people telling their stories and little minute or two minute skits of bullying scenarios they have been in. Nothing long winded just quick and snappy but with allot of facts and information. The So Gay Documentary gave me ideas and a base for my own documentary but mine wont be as boring nor drag as much.