Presentation on the 7th

The group presented our ideas to our seminar group where we was given feedback and alternative improvements. This session really helped us as it gave us constructive feedback to further our work, allowed us to experience pitching and let us see other groups' pitches.

The first idea we pitched seemed as an approach by Dom, he liked the approach and thought it was good, however with no in concrete. This idea had no solid subject, which we wouldn't be able to make a documentary idea. The second idea seemed good as it was a solid idea, but just needed improvement. One of our fellow classmates at the end of the session suggested that we merge the ideas together, which the group agreed to do. Some other notes I took whilst Dom spoke to the group at the end of session include; making all material relatable, the research is the making of the documentary, a personal account of a person and utilising the memory approach.

The other group we got to watch pitched the idea of making a documentary, judging documentary to be real or fake. I initially that was a good idea, as it would shed insight into how biased documentary is, however Dom responded with the thought that viewers would be manipulated to ask how they are being manipulated, which in its self, could lead the demise of the documentary. He cautioned the group about exploring the subject. The following idea they pitched was about Hitler living in Liverpool in the past. I thought this was a really good idea as this was the first I had heard of it! With the sources and contacts supplied, it was clearly apparent that a lot of research had be undergone to find out this information. Dom's feedback was if you have the contacts and the sources then go with the idea as not a great deal of work has been done on this story. Both pitches were powerful from the group and strong evidence was presented.

The final group pitched an idea similar to ours where it was based around the homeless. Dom's reply at the end of their pitch was if you both groups to select this idea, what will be different? Think about the approach and structure. The following idea from the last group that they pitched was based on the hillsborough disaster. Dom's response was that their is already a lot of information about that subject, so how would your documentary add to the collection that is already out there? Both ideas were good, however the second group had the strongest pitches.

The group headed straight for the library after the meeting to progress our idea. Everyone had begun sourcing hostels to contact to ask if they have anyone who would like to give a personal story. Whilst this was being done, I had produced a treatment, which suited our merged idea. The group hopes to hear back from someone as soon as possible or we may have to go along with our contingency idea.

Ty