Task 2
Purpose of research:
Key facts
about topic-
By researching the topic that the
documentary will be about, it allows us to gather more knowledge and
understanding which will be able to aid us with the interviews as we would be
able to make them the best that we could.
Potential
Issues-
When talking about benefits, it
is a personal matter towards who we would be interviewing so they may not want
to answer the questions we have, so we would have to think carefully to what we
will ask and any back up questions as a substitute. When producing the questions,
we will keep this in mine and we will make sure that the interviewees are
comfortable with the questions; we can double check with them before we start
recording and then progress from there.
Potential
Areas of Interest-
The main area which we would want
to be focusing on it the process of receiving benefits, the television shows which
show the topic in a negative light, and the experience of the interviewees.
Areas of
Interest or Concern Surrounding Topic-
The main area of concern is that
the area we are researching is that it is based on personal information which
people may not want to speak about.
Preparatory research:
As of knowing
what we wanted to do out documentary on, which was benefits, it did not take us
long to think of the two interviews that we were going to do. These interviews
which we were going to do that would end up being in the documentary would be
on benefits still and one person who has been on benefits if we could. We would
also want input from the Job Centre which we were not sure how that would go at
the time.
The issues with
that we would have had with the Job Centre is that since all of the other
benefits programmes have been aired, we thought that they would be reluctant to
be on camera; so we had that in the back of our minds that they would not. As
of the programmes they do not like to show that they are the Job Centre as of
all the negative press which is around it.
That above is
the reason we wanted to show benefits in that different light as the rest of
them are always bias, as you would see if you watch one.
When
researching for the interviews which we ended up doing with Coline and Chloe,
we based Chloe’s interview on the information which we could gather off the government
website which is;
This link
showed us all the different types of benefit which are available for the public
to receive. It also has hyperlink options to answers to questions which they
would probably get asked frequently.
We chose to do
the interviews with the chosen interviewees to show the ‘real’ side with
opinions and data that they may know. With the people, we have thought of to do
the interviews, we understand that they may not want to answer some of the
questions as the answers they may give, they would not want someone to make a
pre-assumption about them; a stereotype upon them. This will show how these
programmes do affect the people who are genuine in the system.
Our main point
that we wanted to get across is that the minority that these programmes are
showing at a majority is not what it is shown to be. We wanted to show the real
majority of those on benefits who are looking for work, where even some have
been told that they are too overqualified to get that position and the level
that they are at, no one is recruiting.
Methods of research:
Primary-
The primary research would be the interviews that we would be
conducting. This is because the interviewees because they have not been
featured in any way to state their opinions on the benefit programmes that
feature the people in the negative light, and they have not been asked about
benefits which they have received before.
Secondary-
There was two ways we got information about benefits, television
programmes and news articles which we have found online.
Television-
When looking at television shows, this is also the link that we agreed
from to use it as a form of archive footage in the documentary.
This is Benefit Street, where they show the street full of people who
are currently receiving benefits. We watched these to get a feel of what these
programmes normally consist of and how they are edited. By watching these it
helped us to conduct our interviews as we gathered more of an understanding on
what questions we can possibly ask to get the best answers that we can.
News Article-
When looking at news articles online about benefits, they are mainly
negative. On the BBC there’s an article about someone who you would not expect
to be in the headline; is.
When seeing all of these negative posts online, it shows the harsh
reality of it all, and it shows a struggle to find articles which showed people
on the benefit system in a good light.
One preparation we had for Coline's interview was the following questions which were asked at the Job Centre below.
One preparation we had for Coline's interview was the following questions which were asked at the Job Centre below.
Job Centre Questionnaire
Please
answer in depth as you can
1.
What's your name and job title?
2.
How many years have you work for the job centre?
3.
How many people are enrolled at this job centre?
4.
In your opinion, how has the benefits cuts affected the job
centre and surrounding areas?
5.
What's is the most common benefit people claim and why
would that be?
6.
In the time you have worked for the job centre has the
enrolment rate improved or declined?
7.
How has the benefit system changed for example universal
credit etc.
8.
Have you seen or heard of any shows to do with benefits
like benefit Britain etc. (If so,state what one/s you have, if not go onto next
question)
9.
What do you think about how it is portrayed? Is it close to
the truth or is it a small minority?
10. How long does it take
on average for someone to get a job and pass through the job centre?
11. How well do you think
the system works?
12. If you could change
anything about it/the system what would it be?
13.
What do you think would happen if the job centre and
benefit system was taken away?
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