Sources of info
http://www.bbc.co.uk/calc/sn/index.shtmlHas some amazing footage of pigeons taking off in slo-mo, swans, geese, little cute birds, and possible general fillers like sunsets and things...
Things to do!
Items in bold have been completed... :s
* Get "The Birds" footage copied to edit (?)
* Animation - to do 22/02/06 (All)
* Music - put suggestions on website (All)
* Title - suggestions by 20/02/06 (All)
* Questions for Laurence Tiley - by 15/02/06 (All)
* CD design - ideas by 27/02/06 (All)
* Put Jo Revill and Victoria footage on Mac (All?)
* Questions for members of the public - 20/02/06(All)
* Interviews of public in town centre (All)
* Thank you letter to Laurence Tiley - by 20/02/06(?)
Interviewees....
Names in italics have already been contacted...
Names in bold and italics have been arranged - yay!
ScientistsJohn Oxford - QMW
Dr Brigitte Nerlich - Nottingham
brigitte.nerlich@REMOVEnottingham.ac.ukDr Laurence Tiley - Cambridge
lst21@REMOVEcam.ac.uk (15/02/06)
Prof Neil Ferguson - Imperial
neil.ferguson@REMOVEimperial.ac.ukProf Peter Openshaw - Imperial
p.openshaw@REMOVEimperial.ac.uk (03/03/06)
Dr Michelle West - Sussex
M.J.West@REMOVEsussex.ac.ukDr Shereen El Sheki Sense About Science Contacted through The Economist website
MediaJames Sturcke - Guardian
james.sturcke@REMOVEguardian.co.ukJo Revill - Health Editor (Observer), author "Everything You Need To Know About Bird Flu..."
revill@REMOVEguardian.co.uk (08/02/06)
Sarah Boseley - Health Editor (Guardian)
sarah.boseley@REMOVEguardian.co.ukHealthDr Anglea Iversen - HPA
angela.iversen@REMOVEbhcpct.nhs.uk (Not available)
Dr Peter English - HPA
Peter.English@REMOVEshpu.nhs.ukDr Margot Nicholls - HPA
Margot.Nicholls@REMOVEshpu.nhs.ukPeter Coles - Chief Executive BSUH NHS Trust
John James - Chief Executive B&H PCT
GovernmentRt Hon Dr John Reid MP (Secretary of State for Health) - Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NS
Sally Markwell - Winchester City Council, Department of Public Health
sally.markwell@REMOVEgmail.comOther
Second week
Today we met up for a few hours to discuss what to do next, and between us we came up with some really interesting ideas. Susie's thoughts on the beginning, opening with scenes from Alfred Hitchcock's
The Birds were great, and got us talking about lots of other ideas, maybe having various newspaper headlines along with it, and saying something like "In 1965, the biggest threat to the world was birds. In 2006, that threat has returned, but in a more deadly way." Well, you get the idea. There was also the idea to finish with white text on a black background, maybe with some music playing, saying things like "since the start of making this film, xxx people have died as a result of the H5N1 virus," and maybe "xxx people have died as a result of yyy." Also, Peter's suggestion that we maybe could look at the media aspect of this topic, such as how as certain newspaper (to remain
unnamed!) has influenced the publics perception of the events around bird 'flu.
Ooh, and we also looked at titles, such as "Playing chicken with disease" - cool, huh? :)
Notes:Solid science followed by panic/media aspect - is it scaremongering?
Incubation period
Agh, what else?!? So much happened! We said we should examine scientific literature to use as evidence about what is factually correct, something certain papers don't do!
We also want to get thinking about some graphics that we may want to use, and are looking out for diagrams that could be adapted into some kind of Flash animation type thing, involving DNA/virus cells. Maybe there would be something on a news piece or documentary. Also, microscope images of viruses could make a good bit of footage.
Footage we want to film: - Airport
- Migrating birds
- Flocking birds
- Pigeons
- Chickens
- Farm
Footage we want to pinch: - 1918 'flu
- Pictures of virus
- The Birds
I'm still waiting for the Department of Health to release the new
pandemic 'flu contingency plans, to examine the changes over the past 7 months; apparently this is due to happen on. According to the
BBC, this is happening on Wednesday.
In the upcoming week, we are all going to look at different newspapers for the various perspectives on the same issues.
Susie - The Guardian and The Sun
Anna - The Telegraph and The Daily Mail
Lorina - The Independent and The Mirror
Carol - The Times and The Express
We also need to get the readership numbers for the most widely read papers/source of news in the UK.
We also decided that this week we would each do some research on a particular area to discuss as a group next week.
Susie - Biology
Anna - Timeline and blog information
Lorina - Psychology of panic
Carol - DNA, possible use of graphics
We want to in the beginning MSU sessions get some practice at handling the camera, and possibly record some interviews with each other to get some sense of using different angles, lighting and sound... type... things.
Right, think that's about it from this weeks meetings, though can't be quite sure because my memory is like Swiss cheese.
Oh yeah, here's the graphic from the BBC News website showing the migratory routes of various birds.
The beginning...
So, we've decided on a title. Bird 'flu. Exciting stuff. Gotta say, slightly wary that this is a little
too topical
, in the sense that things may change a little too rapidly, and that by the time we have all the filmed footage we need, the situation may have already changed dramatically. Hmm, who knows...
I think the first and most important thing we need to do is work out our timeline, when we want different things done by, and STICK TO IT! We are also this week working out the titles, of all the different things that we want included in the video. This week there seems to be a lot of information on the news, especially today as there is
news that H5N1 has been found in birds in Turkey (nice pun?), as well as
another interesting BBC article. I managed yesterday to catch a piece on Channel 4 News, with a panel of experts (maybe we could nab a few names), and spoke to Jon's mum about some ideas of directions to go in. I also downloaded the Department of Health guidance document on the contingency plans in the event of pandemic 'flu, which was published in March, which you can find
here in pdf form. There should be an updated version of this coming out in the next week or so.
Next week we will hopefully be starting our media training in how to use all the specialist equipment we will need in filming. By our meeting on Tuesday, I would like to come up with the titles and sequence I come up with, and also make notes on one of the past years projects, in terms of filming style and documentary techniques.
