1. Idea 2: How does the Media represent Carnival
Strengths Weaknesses
The strengths of my idea two is that this Carnival only happens once a year so it would hard
documentary is only one of its kind and to film the masqueraders and carnival in action.
exciting but would be an interesting short It would be hard to film in Carnival house because it
programme because it hasn’t been done is used regularly for events so I might not get to film
before, I think it would be good because it there
would be about cultural awareness and the Getting hold of achieve footage
media. Hard to find ‘officials’ who criticise carnival
Fits into today society, lots of people will
watch it because thousands of people go to
carnival on a yearly basis.
Appeals to my target audience because
some of them are affected by the negative
violence that is shown across the media.
I know the chair of the Notting hill Carnival
to it would be good to interview her
Opportunities Threat
I could interview with the head of carnival I might not get all the people that I want to
because I am in contact with her interview so then I am going to have to alternative
I could also interview Boris Johnson that are still interesting enough for my audience
because he was in contact with my mas It might be boring for people that are not interested
band for 2011 and I might be able to get in in carnival
contact with him. If something when wrong with the framing or
I might be able to change the view of lighting I would have to get the people to re- do it
carnival in the media eye because it is view and they might not have the time to do this
negatively.
I could talk to the Town Council about the
matter and their opinions
I could see if I could use the Carnival Village
to film parts of my documentary