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    The proposed documentary aims to show how growing technology use has reduced face-to-face interaction, with people preferring to communicate through social media. It will include scenes of public areas with people absorbed in their devices, as well as interviews on changing communication patterns. The target audience is teenagers, with the goal of raising awareness of overreliance on technology displacing real social interaction. The 10-minute film will be directed by Kenneth Ma and Ananya Mohan, with scenes shot in public transit, malls, parks and streets through December.

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    The proposed documentary aims to show how growing technology use has reduced face-to-face interaction, with people preferring to communicate through social media. It will include scenes of public areas with people absorbed in their devices, as well as interviews on changing communication patterns. The target audience is teenagers, with the goal of raising awareness of overreliance on technology displacing real social interaction. The 10-minute film will be directed by Kenneth Ma and Ananya Mohan, with scenes shot in public transit, malls, parks and streets through December.

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    TGJ4M

    Mini-Documentary Project Proposal Outline


    Project
    Title:
    The Concept
    Provide a brief
    summary of the
    theme and
    purpose of the
    video.

    Kenneth Ma and Ananya Mohan


    The documentary will show how in this generation of todays society,
    people tend to spend more time creating and enhancing their online
    presence on social media platforms, rather than working on face-to-face
    interaction. For instance, people prefer texting over face-to-face
    interaction, or even calling over the phone.
    The purpose of this video is to show that through the means of growing
    technology, face-to-face interaction is dying. Ones image and
    communication through social media is given more importance to, rather
    than verbal interaction.
    Our target audience is teenagers and the upcoming generation as they
    are the most users of technology and social media. Through this video,
    we hope for our target audience to gain awareness and spend more time
    socially, talking face-to-face.

    Scene description
    Briefly describe
    the action for
    each scene.

    Proposal

    Here is a list of possible scenes:


    1. MTR: Shots of people on their phones, browsing social
    media apps
    2. Shopping mall: Shots of people on their phones, browsing
    social media apps
    3. An Interview with Ms. deCastro
    4. 3 images
    5. 2 videos about growing use of technology online/ overuse
    of technology
    6. Kids playing in the playground without the use of
    technology- to show that there is still hope

    The average Facebook user has around 338 friends. On the contrary, on average, people really have up to 5
    close friends that they claim to have some sort of face-to-face interaction with. Communicating is no longer
    left for the mouth and vocal chords to do, but rather, it is done by the fingertips.
    Clearly, digital growth has changed the way people interact. People tend to spend more time creating and
    enhancing their online presence on social media platforms rather than interacting with people in real life.
    People prefer texting to talking and even phone-calling. Although social media platforms do come with their
    benefits, they are killing face-to-face communication between humans.
    This documentary will be a means of communication to show the world, specially the upcoming generation
    of teenagers on how accustomed we have become to our digital lives rather than our real lives. The purpose
    of this video is to show that through the means of growing technology, face-to-face interaction is dying.
    Ones image and communication through social media is given more importance to, rather than verbal
    interaction.
    The documentary will comprise of clips and shots from public places where people are shown to be
    consumed on their phone screens. Along with this, it will contain eye-opening statistics on the changing face
    of communication and its harms, as well interviews from professionals.
    Our approach on this would be mostly observational. The scenes and shots used would be mainly of people
    on their devices. This will include a wide variety of shots such as close-ups on peoples faces and devices,
    long shots of crowds walking in time lapse, etc.
    The narration would be mainly comprised of off-camera voice-overs, rather than on-camera narration
    because this way, along with the voice, information footage can be shown and utilized rather than the face
    of the narrator.
    In terms of music style, we will be using purely instrumental and serious music which would be effective as
    there will be focus on the images rather than on the words of the songs.
    For video effects, a few black and white shots are considered to be incorporated as they help create a
    serious atmosphere. As for transition effects, our thought is to keep it simple by using cutting angles.
    The length of the documentary will be approximately ten minutes long.
    Our target audience is teenagers and the upcoming generation as they are the most users of technology and
    social media. Through this video, we hope for our target audience to gain awareness and spend more time
    socially, talking face-to-face. We want people to realize that although technology is helping connecting
    people through social media, people are slowly losing that emotional connection.
    This project will be directed by Kenneth Ma and Ananya Mohan.

    Scene Description
    Here is a list of possible scenes:
    1. MTR: Various shots of people on their phones, browsing social media apps

    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.
    6.

    Shopping mall: Shots of people on their phones, browsing social media apps
    An Interview with Ms. deCastro
    3 images
    2 videos about growing use of technology online/ overuse of technology
    Kids playing in the playground without the use of technology- to show that there is still hope

    Schedule
    Date

    Work

    December 3

    Proposal, Interview Questions, Consent Form

    December 4

    Interview with Ms. deCastro, MTR Shots 1-5

    December 5

    Treatment

    December 6

    Playground shots, Storyboard

    December 7, Monday

    Find videos/ informational footage online

    December 9

    Find images online

    December 10, Tuesday

    Shopping mall, people on phones shots

    December 11, Wednesday

    Ask people questions about their social media


    friends (Street Interviews)

    December 12, Thursday

    Write narration

    December 13, Friday

    Write narration

    December 14, Saturday

    Record narration

    December 15, Sunday

    Editing videos

    December 16, Monday

    Editing videos, putting things together

    December 17, Tuesday

    Editing video (sound & music), rendering video

    Interview Questions from Participants | Ms. deCastro


    1. How has communication changed in front of your eyes through these years (compared to how
    it was in your childhood vs. now)?
    2. How is social media sabotaging real communication?
    3. If we keep using technology to communicate at this rate, how would the next generation be
    like?
    4. How have your relationships and interaction with people suffered because of technology and
    social media?

    Street/ People Interview (5-7 people)


    1. How many friends do you have on Facebook?
    2. Out of all, how many of them do you actually know and interact with?
    3. How many close friends do you have?

    4 Key Questions

    Before you start planning the details of your film, your group needs to answer four key questions.
    1. What do you want people to know?
    The purpose of this video is to show that through the means of growing technology, face-to-face interaction
    is dying. Ones image and communication through social media is given more importance to rather than
    verbal interaction.
    2. What do you want people to feel?
    We want people to feel worried and eye-opened. We want to make people aware on how technology is
    killing communication and interaction, a very vital aspect to socializing.
    3. What do you want people to think?
    We want the people to realize how technology is influencing communication and interaction- it is killing it.
    We want people to think that technology can be scary since it has several drawbacks to it. Hence, it
    shouldnt be used excessively.We also want people to realize that although technology is connecting people
    from across the world, people are slowly using that emotional connection.
    4. What do you want people to do?
    We want people use social media and technology wisely when using it as a means of communication. We do
    not want people to abuse it or use it excessively. It should only be used to a certain extent, otherwise, it
    would go on to kill face-to-face interaction (a vital part of socializing), which would lead to several
    drawbacks related to the functioning of the brain.

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