8.1: Examples of a school survival guide.

This is a survival guide that was made by somebody else and takes a similar approach that I hope to be taking with my own survival guide in terms of the use of animation as I too hope to use small elements of it. However, I don't want to use animation throughout the video.

She took a more formal and straightforward approach in creating the guide and just gave information on 'how to survive school' rather then show other footage and make it somewhat interesting.

I found this survival guide very interesting and amusing which is the exact approach that I would like to take for my survival guide. This one was a law school survival guide but it shared the same qualities and aspects that I would like to include in my one.

8.1: History of documentaries.

To begin with, I have done a bit of research on the history of it: link for hist of doc.

1877: Eadweard Muybridge develops sequential photographs of horses in motion. Muybridge subsequently invents the zoöpraxiscope in 1879, a device for projecting and "animating" his photographic images.

Works by Muybridge in the Media Resources Center (MRC):

• Movies Begin: Vol. I: Motion Studies (1877-85). MRC call number: DVD 1096

1883: Etienne Jules Marey experiments with chronophotography, the photography of people in movement
1919: Russian filmmaker Dziga Vertov issues a manifesto (Kinoks-Revolution Manifesto) calling for a new style of cinéma tic reportage that documents real life. Vertov criticizes the Soviet film industry for relying on the same fictional techniques employed by literature and theater. In his manifesto, Vertov equates contemporary Russian "film drama" with religion, both of which he considers "opium of the masses." Rather than relying on fanciful scripts and artificial acting, Vertov insists that the future of cinéma depends on reporting the truth. In 1922, he begins to produce Kino Pravda (literally "Film Truth"), a series of news reportage films that foreshadows both later newsreels and later documentary styles, including cinéma vérité .

1920’s: Various European experimental filmmakers begin to work in styles that incorporate avant-garde cinéma tic filming and editing techniques (such as fluid camera work and montage) and abstract narratives to create impressionistic, highly poetic quasi-documentary works (or "visual poems"). These works include various "city films," such as Walther Ruttmann’s Berlin: A Symphony of a Great City (Berlin, die Symphonie der Grosstadt) (1927) and Alberto Cavalcanti’s Rien que les heures (1926).

• Berlin: A Symphony of a Great City. MRC call number: DVD 64
• Rien que les heures. MRC call number: 999:2989
  1928: John Grierson joins the British Empire Marketing Board (EMB), a governmental agency, and organizes the E.M.B. Film Unit. In the EMB, and later in his work with the film unit of the British General Post Office, Grierson gathered around him a group of talented and energetic filmmakers, including Edgar Anstey, Sir Arthur Elton, Stuart Legg, Basil Wright, Humphrey Jennings, Harry Watt, and Alberto Cavalcanti.
  1930-37: The Worker's Film and Photo League is formed in the US (subsequently transformed into Nykino in 1934, and finally into Frontier Films in 1937) with the purpose of making independent documentaries with a politically and socially progressive viewpoint. Members include Paul Strand, Ralph Steiner, Leo Hurwitz, Willard Van Dyke, and Joris Ivens.
  1961: The one-hour documentary Harvest of Shame is aired on CBS TV on November 25^th as part of the CBS Reports series. Produced by Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly, Harvest of Shameprovides an investigative look the plight of the U.S. migratory worker and is the first of what one hostile reviewer of the program terms "shame-of-America documentaries" on television.
  

  1973: PBS series, An American Family, the precursor of what would later be called "reality TV" shows, provides a close-up, vérité view of Loud family. Directed by Alan and Susan Raymond, the twelve-episode series captures the most intimate details of the family's life, including the parents' divorce proceedings and the New York lifestyle of their gay son. The series stuns American audiences accustomed to "Leave it to Beaver" television families.

  1975: Sony introduces the Betamax consumer videocassette recorder (VCR) (cost: $2295)

  1976: JVC introduces the VHS format VCR (cost: $885)

  1980: Sony introduces the first consumer video camcorder.

  1982: Sony's Betacam, a single-unit broadcast-use camera hits the market.

  1984: Release of This is Spinal Tap, a hilarious vérité-style "mockumentary" about a fictional heavy metal band.

  Filmmaker Ken Burns eleven-hour documentary series, The Civil War is aired on five consecutive nights on PBS. The series achieves the highest ratings ever for PBS, averaging more than 14 million viewers each evening.

  1987: PBS series P.O.V. (Point of View) premieres. The program is dedicated to providing a showcase for independent documentary filmmakers with strong political or social points of view, as well as providing an opportunity for viewers to respond to the issues presented.

  1988-1991: Congress passes legislation mandating the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to negotiate with a national coalition of independent film producer groups to establish the Independent Television Service (ITVS) to ensure that diverse voices be championed on public television. The board of directors of ITVS are selected by independent producers themselves. In the next decade, ITVS (based in San Francisco) underwrites hundreds of notable documentary works aired on PBS and elsewhere.

  1991: On March 3rd amateur videographer George Holliday shoots a twelve-minute videotape of Los Angeles police arresting and beating Rodney King after a high-speed chase. The Holliday tape is shown so often on CNN and other television channels that one CNN executive calls it "wallpaper."

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/docexhibit/docuchron.htm

8.1.5: Project Activity Record

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8.1.4: Project Resources

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8.1.3: Project Activities

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8.1.2: Exploring your ideas.

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8.1: Question in which I want to find the answer.

How do children of the 21st century survive school?

- In order for me to find the answer to my question, I will be interviewing various students within the school and ask them what they do in order to 'survive' school.

- Also, I will try and search for a video or piece of text where a person is giving advice from personal experience or explaining how they survive school themselves.

- I can also look at different groups of people and give them an everyday school scenario and see how they would handle the situation and see how the results vary.

8.1: School Survival Guide.

I have decided on the name "Operation Education" for my project as it is catchy and an appropriate name for what I am doing. I will be undertaking this project on my own and therefore will be taking full responsibility for everything that goes on within the project. The format that it will be taking is performance and the disciplines would be audio and visual arts. The project is relevant to me as I enjoy drama and filming and I think that it will be an interesting and enjoyable thing to do. Also experience in drama and film will help me to pursue my media career as a TV presenter as it builds my confidence and also these are things that I may need in order to work my way up to presenting. It links to the performance project we did and the artefact project as I will be including animation and other effects.
By doing this, I hope to develop my drama skills and also to build my confidence when attempting presenting. Also I hope to build on my communicating which is beneficial in all aspects of life and will help with my career choices. I would have gained all types of knowledge by time I have completed this project. I would have gained technical knowledge as I will be using cameras and editing software, I will have learnt how to work within a designated time-span and discipline myself to complete the project.

8.1: Objective(s).

The objective of my guide is to provide entertainment for my audience using typical school stereotypes.

8.1: Project Title Possibilities.

My project is a school survival guide on how to survive our school which consists of lots of crazy steps that are meant to help make it through school. I have thought of many titles for it that will suit the concept of the project and the documentary and here are a few of my ideas.
I have thought of the following names for the title:

- Renee's declassified
- Operation Education.

8.1.1: Discussing Your Project Ideas

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8.1: Project Plan 2 - Developed

So that I have a clear plan of my possible topic, I will research and develop my understanding of the history of documentaries, working within a budget, managing my time correctly, the equipment and venue that I will be using, rehearsals, interviews, a written script, the promotion and distribution of it, a storyboard and feedback from my audience.

So that I am prepared for the creation of my survival guide, I need to make a detailed plan for it so that the process is a lot easier and achievable.
Equipment & Venues - In order to create the guidet, I will need to use professional equipment for the recording process and for the editing process. To record the guide, I will be using my camera skills and knowledge. For the editing process, I will be using the schools Apple Macs and the software available on it E.G. iMovie and the help of the technician.

Characters - geeks, cool kids (bullies), teacher.

Script - I will write a brief script for the guide so everyone has a rough idea of what to say.

Rehearsals - I will do pre-rehearsals before doing the final broadcast to ensure that the actors are confident in what they are expected to do.

Storyboard - I will create a brief storyboard so that I have evidence of the order and so that I know the order clearly.

Promotion/Distribution - In order to promote my broadcast, I intend to put it on the school website and on fronter in which everyone in school will have access to it. Also, I will upload it to YouTube so that people outside school will be able to have access to it too.

Budget - I will need a £100 budget for the guide in order to purchase the costume and props.
Time Management - If I manage my time well then I will be able to pull off this project. I will need to put in a lot of hard work, time and passion.
Health and Safety - When proceeding with my project, I will need to be aware of all of the health and safety risks that may occur and think about the way that I am going to prevent them from happening.

8.1: Possible cast for Survival Guide.

1. Abigail.
2. Zara.
3. Sabrina.
4. Alberta.
5. Adama.
6. Shaniqua.
7. Ayesha.
8. Siddiquea.
9. Tasmina.
10. Mohima.
11. Hibaq.
12. Shema
13. Najah
14. Nazrin
15. Faye
16. Tahsin
17. Rukshana
18. Shannon
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20.

8.1: Project Plan Idea 2.

If my first radio broadcast idea doesn't go to plan then this is my second idea. I am planning to do my own guide almost like a documentary on how to survive our school. This project will come under 'record' because I will be recording the guide so it can be seen visually. Within the project, I will be including media as I will be documenting every step in which I include in the survival guide. But it will also cross-over with performing arts as we will be using drama to show each step.
I have thought deeply into this idea and therefore will know what to do if I change my idea to do this.

8.1: Project Plan Idea 1.

For my project, one of my ideas is to do a radio broadcast about the latest school and celebrity gossip, current affairs, interviews with some important people and many other subjects. This project will come under the 'Record' unit as I will be recording the broadcast over the period of time in which I am doing it. I will be including media and possibly performing arts as I will be reporting news from the media and using media techniques and might have live performances and music.

8.1: Project Proposal Form.

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