THE BBC ACADEMY RESEARCH SKILLS

In week 2 on the FutureLearn Digital Storytelling course I was introduced to the BBC Academy; I have found similarities in the researching process that professional researchers complete compared to my own researching process in my film trailer project. 

Below is a link to an MP3 podcast on the BBC Academy (similar to an AudioBoom - HERE is a blog post I have written about AudioBoom and my findings) featured on week 2s course on researchers; covering the role and the job of the researcher mentioning that their job is never done and staying persistent in expanding your stories research. Researching includes the characters role, the characters past and future influencing the costume and props they will be using - these are all areas I am covering during my research of my film trailers storyline and characters. 

The MP3 features 3 researchers Jaime Taylor a freelance documentary maker and assistant producer, Mark Edger a science and history researcher and Charlotte Denton a researcher on entertainment and factual programmes. They discuss the best resources they have used, best ways to organise their 'mammoth amounts of information' they have researched and found as well as the variety of different planning required to work on factual television series and fast turnaround shows such as 'mini documentaries' everyday on The One Show for example. 

HERE is a link to the MP3 podcast on the BBC Academy. 

I have shared this website and article, linked above, on my Twitter page.

Getting involved in the discursive element of the course really interests me as I can share my views and answers to questions with people across the globe completing the same course as me; therefore they probably share the same interests as me. This is incredibly useful as through discussion new ideas can be made.

I am documenting my FutureLearn film course on my Twitter feed on the right hand side of my blog roll --> or HERE is a link to my Twitter page. I update my feed with information relating to the course every time I complete a step or week of my course. Once I have completed my course I will be able to buy a certificate of completion; I have previously completed a FutureLearn film course last year and bought a certificate of completion as well.

I also subscribed to my course, FutureLearn Digital Storytelling: Filmmaking for the Web, YouTube page so I can follow the process of the course.