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Digital Disruption Documentary Trailer

The Digital Disruption project has raised a number of questions about the positive and negative aspects of media influence and the need for better media education. We’ve begun drafting ideas for a full length documentary or TV series in which young people set out to answer those questions. Here’s our teaser trailer:

Workshop 07: Film Three Brainstorm

Today we brainstormed Film 03 with some of the group at the MCP. The Vampire Conspiracy a few times, mapped out where various Propaganda techniques are used and brainstormed some interesting ways to highlight them to our audience in Film 03. Here’s a little bit of video we took in the session

At the end we agreed that in preparation for the next workshop, Lindsay from Bold Creative will write the idea’s up into a basic script so the group can work them up in more detail.

Film Two: Test Screening

This week the guys pulled in small groups of young people from the streets around the MCP and we showed them the first cut of made-up conspiracy film: The Vampire Conspiracy. We wanted to get some initial feedback from young people to see if the film worked and made a clear and convincing case. After each screening we interviewed audience members outside (Check the video below).

FEEDBACK

The responses we got were generally really positive but we definitely noticed that there was a tendency for some young people to start switching off a few minutes into the film. Also, exit interviews suggested that while may people were convinced by our ‘evidence’, they didn’t fully understand all the content. We will be taking some of this information into account in shaping a final film that will undoubtably be shorter, faster and have more information towards the beginning. We’re also thinking about recording the narration with a young person from the group.

Film Two: First Look

We’re in the middle of putting together our second film at the moment (The Vampire Conspiracy). We’re making it out of stuff we find online and using basic software to show how easy it is to create a convincing propaganda. The only thing we’re shooting ourselves are a few interviews for the film. Here’s a rough cut that we’re going to show to young people around the estate. We’ll shape it based on their feedback.

Film One: This is Propaganda

Here’s the first draft of or first finished clip! We’re gonna to start tagging it onto films we find online that we think the audience should stop and think about. it’s just a wake up call really. We’ve got a sound person working on the sound effects still but here’s a first look.

Digital Disruption Guardian Article and Video

We got a visit from The Guardian a little while ago and were pretty happy with the article they wrote about the project. Check it out here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/29/young-muslims-fighting-extremist-propaganda

Film One: Shoot

Just after the Christmas break we all got together to shoot out first proper film. Having finished editing the audio recorded with Yunus at Arnold Circus we came up with a plan for creating an eye catching video/animation that introduces our audience to the idea that they need to get educated about the media and propaganda.

We shot the video around the Mile End estate, at Mile End skatepark and around the local graffiti wall, editing it into this basic background sequence (see below).

The next job is to take this sequence and have some fun scribbling and animating over the top of it, to make our finished film. The key message will be that propaganda is out there and that young people in Mile End need to get educated to protect themselves.

Project Update: Writing and Recording lyrics with Yunus

We met up with Yunus at a studio in Shoreditch to workshop lyrics for our Music Video. Yunus had produced a draft spoken word piece that we developed a little and then recorded -as a way of seeing if it was working. Later we went out to a local park and recorded the full version in preparation for a full shoot. At this point we’re aiming to combine Yunus’ live performance  with animation in order to amplify the key messages and bring the words to life.

The piece is pretty raw and, at times, frank and controversial.

Project Update: Meeting with Yunis

We met today with Yunis to discuss developing the lyrics for our music video. We want the film to carry a simple message, kind of like a sign post that introduces young people to the concept of media influence and the importance of getting educated about online propaganda. We decided on the following key messages: People are trying to influence you/There is Propaganda out there/How do you know you’re not being duped?/You need to get educated/You need to know how to get all the information/You need to learn to ask the right questions/You need to be your own person/There are consequences to being conned/Don’t be anybody’s chump.

    

Yunis has agreed to write some draft lyrics and will be recruiting a friend to produce the track itself. We’ll keep you posted