1st Filming day

Pictures and more pictures:

Jamilla, Victoria and Me

Tobore
Victoria & Jamilla

Jamillia

Roles in the group

Our Roles

When we went to film in Trafagal Sq. and Carnaby Street we all participated in using the camera, Jamilla and I took photos, Tobore was the main director, Victoria filmed her part as the presenter and Jamilla went out to look for interviewees that would be willing to answer our questions; explaining to them what our production was about and if they could share their opinions about it.

Questions to ask the public

Jamilla came up with four questions to ask the public based on the documentary I showed the group about slang:

1.) Is slang a Habbit?
2.) Do you use slang in your everyday speech even in formal situations.? E.g. Innit
3.) Do you think the use of slang is due to technology or the influence of the media?
4.) What is your favorite slang word.

Shotlist- draft

Roles...

This powerpoint shows what everyone in the group is meant to be doing, it will help us organise ourselves.

Camera Operation- Everyone will have a go at it to improve our technical skills.

Where the name came from...

Slanguage

This BBC news article is where the name "Slanguage" came from. I found this in my English lesson when my teacher was giving us information about slang words and I found it really interesting as it relates to our production...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8388545.stm

New Group Task PowerPoint...

This powerpoint that I did was a task given by Ms Connell and me and the group had to divide the tasks. I had to:

* Research more on the Slang topic by looking for articles.

* Plan on what would happen in each episode.

* Plan for what would happen in each minute.

* Research into what the logo and title would look like.

Group Task 2

Slang Presentation

Presentation put together by Me and Jamilla.

Example of a logo

I came up with this example of a logo, just to have an idea of what it could be:

-> I liked it because it's creative as it contains an image of a camera (relevant image to the production), and also it has the initials of everyone in the group (Jamilla, Mariana, Tobore and Victoria).

Videos from research powerpoint....

Research

Does slang reflect badly on school pupils?

From the BBC website, a news on slang used by students. Click here! To watch the 01.26 mins of the video. This was a research that I did, to give me and my group ideas for our own production.

Timed Sequence

SlanGuage

1-2 mins= Channel intro.
Title's intro.
Brief history on slang.
Presenter will introduce viewers to our aim.
(preview of show, with clip highlights)

2-4 mins= Our views.
Interviews (some of the slang translations).
Statistics of our research (creative).
Other views (For and Against).

4-6 mins= Conclusion addressing question.
"Next on SlanGuage".
Credits (with our names, logo and made up website).


More information:
-> The documentary will be to inform teenagers about their use of language.
-> Interviews with parents, teachers and teenagers (our target audience).
-> Aim= Who and what influences slang/ text message speak? Are you being influenced?

First meeting

Today we were put into groups: Jamilla (purple), Me (pink), Tobore (green)and Victoria (orange).
We have decided to take Victoria's idea further: Slang, because it was the most strong one out of the group. Then we developed the idea by discussing the aim and purpose of our documentary.
What we have done=
* developed idea (slang documentary by Victoria) further.
* came up with a timed sequence.
* came up with a name for the documentary= SlanGuage
* came up with a name for production= JMTV DOCUMENTARY

-> JMTV= Jamilla Mariana Tobore Victoria