Initial Research

Initial research

My three ideas that I have chosen is homeless youth, women trafficking and an increase in size.

Teenagers facing the streets- homeless

http://www.centrepointroom.org.uk/markoh?AppealID=RWA1314GA&PackageID=FPMa&utm_source=GA&utm_medium=RWA1314&utm_campaign=FPMa&xtor=AD-1529-[FPMa]-[/]-[RS]-[GA]

http://www.sloughymca.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16

http://www.crisis.org.uk/

There are many issues that the world is facing and the rise in homeless youth is defiantly one of them. More and more and more teenagers are being put onto the streets because they simply cant live at home because they don’t feel safe and because of other difficult issues. In my primarily research I looked at articles on the issue but also organisation that help youth in London. If I was to document this issue I would go to these organisations and look what the organisation is doing, maybe interview some of the youth and ask about their background and past that led them to where they are now.

If I was to go further with this idea I would use interviews, interview those who have or are affected, those of organisations to help this issue, opinions of the public to see if they think there is a rise in this issue and to find out why they think there are more teens living on the street, archive footage, statistic to show the rise in homeless youth.

The purpose of the documentary would be for the audience to take action on the issue, but also to raise awareness.

Women trafficking

http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Couple-ran-sex-trafficking-ring-Croydon-net-cafe/story-20008625-detail/story.html

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/07/five-convicted-trafficking-hungarian-women-sexual-exploitation

The article that I looked at reveals that around 50 Hungarian women were forced into prostitution. It was reported that they were set up in hotels, student accommodation and even suburban homes and were sexual exploited.  Seeing that some of the trafficking happened in Croydon, I could investigate perhaps which café maybe, I could ask some people if they are aware of this news and their opinions on it. In addition I would use news reports, archieve footage, opinions, interviews and other possible conventions to really understand and document this issue.

The purpose of the documentary would be for my documentary to bring awareness, i would want the audience to be aware of what is happening so maybe it wouldn't happen to them. And also so that they spread the issue to others that they know. 

http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Police-fear-sex-trafficking-rife-town/story-20453247-detail/story.html

Size

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/feb/23/obesity-problem-increasing

Size has been increasing over the years, and from the looks of things shall continue too. The article that I looked at for my primarily research discusses how drastically the population in London has been diagnosed with obesity. It shows that not only adults are growing in size be so are children, it has been reported that the percentage children aged 2-15 who are obese and overweight has risen. Although there has been a decrease in overweight and obese children from 2004 levels, we can still see that the percentages are higher than in 1995.

Seeing that size seems to be becoming a huge deal, that even it is being broadcasted on the news for the public to do something about. I think this could be a good topic to look at and to document. I could look at those who this is affecting, I could see what the general public think about the topic and whether they think it’s a huge issue to look at or if the size of the population will continue to increase as the years go on. If furthering this idea I would use news reports, opinions and interviews to document this issue.

the action that my documentary would encourage is for people to take action, and perhaps slim down and see what the fast food is doing to their health.  i would want my documentary to encourage those to see that eating healthy, and slimming down will better their health.