Monday 27 February 2012

Group Idea - Riots Documentary (Updated)

In an earlier blog post I created a Prezi about our group's initial idea of creating a documentary on the riots. Obviously we went with this idea and are in the process of producing this project but there have been a few changes to our idea since that post, so I will document those here.

To start with, we said that we would try and get CCTV footage but realised while filming that this was very unlikely as this is such a sensitive subject and there is still an enquiry into the riots going on at the moment so instead we have access to archive footage of the riots, which is the next best thing.

Secondly, we said we would get the views of the police, residents and local business owners. We have all of these apart from the local residents as this again is a sensitive subject and the individuals we selected did not want to talk about it on camera.

So far we have interviewed Nicola Whisker who was a paramedic during the riots, who was cross-trained to be a police officer/paramedic during the riots due to a lack of officers. Secondly we interviewed the owner of 'Everyday Pets' and various other shop owners on Tottenham High Road and finally we interviewed the Chief Superintendent of the Met Police, Adrian Roberts. (Pictured: Right)

Hopefully next Thursday we are due to visit New Scotland Yard to meet and interview Chief Inspector Graham Dean who was the first figure of importance on the scene at Tottenham High Road. After organising a date only to find out he was not available I have suggested this date to him and am now waiting for him to confirm his availability.

Once this has been filmed we will have the majority of elements for our documentary, the only thing we will need to do is:


  • Film some pieces to the camera using either a member of the group or someone who is comfortable in front of the camera.

  • Editing the project together

  • Record some voiceovers for footage using either a member of the group or a suitably voiced individual

  • Choose whether or not to include some music in the documentary

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