Topic Decision!

Hannah and I have been constantly brainstorming, and have finally come to a decision on our topic. The topic we ended up agreeing on is… Social media addiction! 

We believe that this is a very relevant issue that we can bring to life in our documentary. Being part of a generation that has grown up with social media usage, we have seen this addiction firsthand, allowing us to know what we should mainly focus on. We have planned some of our potential interviews, and think that we can interview three different groups of people: parents, teenagers, and teachers who have to withstand the students with their addictions. By interviewing parents, it will show how prominent the issue is, and how many people are going through it. With teachers we will be able to show how the addiction carries on in many different scenarios, not just at home. And finally, we’ll show the addicted person’s P.O.V and opinions. 

I found a documentary released in 2019 that talks about the dangers of social media. I haven’t been able to watch the whole documentary, but I saw the key art and got a sense of what this documentary goes for.  

So as you can see, this key art focuses on black and white colors, with the danger of social media being the main theme. Because we are doing social media addiction, we can get some inspiration from this documentary by looking at their color shading. We can get ideas for possible editing techniques that will maximize the effectiveness of our documentary. 

I'm going to be doing some more research on social media addiction, so stay tuned to to the next post as it will be specifically about social media addiction and the effects that come with it.