Documentary Planning Notes

LINEAR PROGRESSION THROUGH THE DOCO

• AHS shot idea - duration; 5 seconds
• Positive/happy shots of people on social media showing it in a positive light - laughing - selfies - in groups looking at laptops and phones while Narrator says: “Social media has become a popular online communication tool in the last decade with the use of apps that provide instant access to friends and family around the world, keeping teens in the loop with just the touch of a screen. However…”
• Static transition to black 
• Shot of person on phone in really dark room on phone looking very small on screen
• “There are many aspects which can be extremely harmful to the psychological health of youth today”
• AHS shot idea - duration; 5 seconds
• Time lapse of person in bed at night on their phone and laptop, tossing and turning Voice over of narrator saying “Media is destroying teenagers’ lives, with youth spending an average of less than 7 hours a day using media, and the vast majority of them have instant access to a bedroom television, computer, the Internet, a video-game console, and a cell phone.” Strasburger & Jordan & Donnerstein, 2010)
• Narrator speaks to the camera with technology opened to social media on a desk behind her. She says: “Teens in particular are becoming increasingly obsessed with technology and social media; constantly being so invested on keep in touch with people and updating their “statuses” that they get distracted - Hold on one second, I just need to finish off this tweet -” Narrator turns to the right and camera. 
• “This obsession is extremely harmful as it is slowly but surely negatively affecting mental health in youth today; with increasing rates of ADHD, depression and anxiety. But how much social media is too much social media? Should the organisations such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, take responsibility for the impact that they have on the lives of those logged into these sites?”
• Statistics being visually demonstrated through animations (VideoScribe) Narrator says “Researches say that approximately 90 percent of teens worldwide that have access to the internet use social media (Mozes, 2015) whilst this is shocking over 93,296,618,834 emails will be sent today alone,” (10:05am on 28th 3rd 2016) 2,295,827 cellular phones will be sold today” (10:07am on 28th 3rd 2016). And out of the 7.4 billion people in the world, 3,316,470,888 - will use the Internet worldwide” (10:08am on 28th 3rd 2016)“It is shocking to discover that One in 16 young Australians are currently experiencing depression” “ as well as one in six young Australians, currently experiencing an anxiety condition”
• Psychologist Interview 
• Mr Andrews Interview - phone experiment (?)
• Interview School Girls QU: “How many hours a day would you say you spend on social media?” as well as “Have you ever stayed up late watching Netflix, YouTube or going on social media?”

RANDOM VISUAL IDEAS TO INCORPORATE

• Animations - electronic drawings - of statistics
• Time lapse - girl standing in the middle of a busy hallway/public area, on her phone, with people rushing past
• Connor Franta style
• Narrator sitting down at a desk with various forms of technology, all open to different social media sites. The room is slightly dark and the screens of the technology are bright.
• “Draw My Life” style whiteboard drawings LIEN

PSYCHOLOGIST QUESTIONS

• Social media is a major part of the lives of our youth today. How can social media have a negative effect on people’s mental health?
• Do you think social media has a role to play in sleep deprivation?
• How can social media be linked to depression and anxiety within youth today? Do you think there is any relation between depression and anxiety and the constant use of social media and the need teenagers have to constantly keep up to date with what is going on online
• What are the effects of using too much social media? 
• Do you think teens and youth today will be better off without social media at all?
• Do you think the use and the addiction to social media will get worse through the younger generations? 
• Do you think the increased rate of mental health was due to the increased use of social media?

MR ANDREWS QUESTIONS

• What are the issues that students come to you about that are related to social media?/Are there many students that come to you with issues that are dealing with social media?
• Have you seen any increases of mental health issues with students who come to you with issues about social media?
• Do you see a lot of students using social media while you are trying to teach? Does this affect their learning?
• Should all social media sites be blocked completely at school?
• Are you guilty of using too much social media?
• Do you think there is any solution to this growing issue?
• Explain why you ask your students to put their phones at the front of the classroom before class starts. Do you think this experiment has increased their attention in class and productivity with their work?

SCHOOL GIRLS QUESTIONS

• How many hours a day do you think you spend looking at a device screen? 
• How many hours a day would you say you spend on social media?
• What social media app is your favourite and you think you spend most of your time on? Why do you like it so much?
• Have you ever stayed up late watching Netflix, YouTube or going on social media?
• How many hours of sleep would you say you get on average each night?

MAIN POINTS

1. Intro - Social Media and Technology in general
2. Effects on mental health - Anxiety, Depression
3. How media should take responsibility
4. Outro - sum up everything