Documentary - Ideas

After our introduction to the project, Helen asked us to each come up with an idea to pitch to her and the group. During lectures, she showed us different ways to find stories that could be interesting including looking at the news sections which have articles documenting recent issues. I looked on a few websites to get some ideas. Amongst those I looked at the WWF website because they focus largely on animals which is something that came to mind when we were given the brief. After looking at several articles, I found that I was most interested in an article titled 'Changing the way we live'. Globally, people are using 25% more natural resources than the planet can replace. In the UK, we're consuming three times our fair share of the planets natural resources. I was particularly drawn to this article because it suggested many ways in which we are already helping to reduce levels of waste as well as suggesting new methods. The categories included food which suggests that we should reconsider what foods we are eating. Other suggestions included zero carbon housing, more sustainable transport and striking a balance between necessary global development needs and vital conservation of species, habitats and natural resources. I thought that this would be something interesting to look into as there are lots of approaches and angles to look at. However, as it is a broad topic, it means that it wouldn't be easy to target to a specific location for this idea and would require extra research to find people in the area to talk to who are undergoing this scheme.

When we had a group discussion with Helen, we talked about our ideas. Laura's idea involved endangered vultures which are housed at Doddington Place Gardens in Sittingbourne and Ellen had looked into the care and welfare of the deer at Knole Park in Sevenoaks. We talked about the practicality of each idea and decided that Laura's idea would be easily accessible as Laura already knew who ran the Hawking Centre who were keen to be involved in the project. She had also found out that the location had already been featured in a children's TV show 'Wild World' where the birds had been featured.