Primary Audience: Questionnaire

Name:

Age:

Gender:

Do you live within Tameside ?

Yes / No

Have you heard of gorse hall in Stalybrige ?   

Yes / No

If so, Have you heard about the murder of George Harry Storrs ?

Yes/ No

Do you know anything about the case of  George Harry Storrys, If so what do you know ?

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Are you aware of other history at Gorse Hall ?

Yes / No

If so, What else do  you know ?

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Prezi: Gorse Hall Documentary

http://prezi.com/nvykco63mmhm/the-gorse-hall-murder-research/

Creative Media Research: Secondary research (My Documentary)

Primary research is a form of analyzing which consists of various methods. The forms secondary research I will be studying for my documentary will be 'B.A.R.B', Youtube clips, and Wikapedia . I will explain the advantages and disadvantages in this essay.

• B.A.R.B
• Youtube clips
• Wikapedia

One form of secondary research is B.A.R.B is the organisation that compiles audience measurement

and television ratings within Britain. An advantage of B.A.R.B is that the mesurment of the numbers are acurrate. One of the disadvantages is that because it’s all based on figures, it’s not always up to date. It’s usually in constant need of updating because numbers change.

Another form of secondary research are 'Youtube' clips. Youtube is a video-sharing website owned by Google which users comenly use for video blogging. An advantage of this is that everyone can upload a video onto this website, so you are likley to find what you are looking for. A disadvantage of this is that many videos are inappropriate for children and are not educational. Youtube also incoprates adverts on their video's.Adverts that you have to watch for at least 5 seconds. This can be frustration from a researchers point of view.

Wikipedia is another form of secondary research. Wikipedia is an internet encyclopedia which holds thirty million artiucles in two-hundred and eighty-seven languages. An advantage of Wikipedia is that it is easy and quick to find information. A disadvantage of Wikipedia is that the information is not always reliable, and it can be written by people with little or no knowlage of the subject that you are reseaching. I will use the basic facts listed on wikipedia, but for more detialed explaintions I will look for speicalist or academic websites and look for historical sources in books about gorse hall or Tameside history.

Creative Media Production: Primary Research (My Documentary)

Primary research is a form of analyzing which consists of various methods. The forms primary research I will be studying for my documentary will be the audience, voice-overs and archive footage. I will explain the advantages and disadvantages in this essay.

• The Audience
• Voice-overs
• Archive Footage
• Interviews

The Audience can be used as a form of primary research. A Television researcher would study a certain audience to understand what their response was to a program. They do this by creating focus groups or airing pilots onto a network. An advantage of an audience is that you can see the response before you air a program. This means that the researcher can make changes to improve to program. A disadvantage of an audience is that the show's subject may only cater for a certain's persons interest. This could mean the programs strengths could be ignored.

A voice over is used in many television programs. A program would uses voice overs to explain information over video footage without being part of a narrative. An advantage of a voice over would be that it may be spoken by someone who appears elsewhere in the program. And this can also create a dramatic effect for the show. A disadvantage of this would be that without seeing the presenter, the audience may be confused and may not know who is talking.

Archive footage is a form of primary research which involves seeking out and extracting evidence from it's original source. An advantage of this would be that it saves filmmakers from shooting new material. A disadvantage of this would be that they are a number of companies that own the copyrights to this footage and they can charge the filmmakers for using it.   

An interview is a form of primary research which is used in several forms of media, including newspapers, radio, television and film. An advantage of an interview can give the researcher a chance to use open questions and ask the interviewee to expand and elaborate on their answers. A disadvantage of an interview could be that the interviewee can give unnecessary or irrelevant information.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I have discovered several other shows that follow a similar format to what I want to create. 

• Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder.
• Crimewatch
• Most Evil
• Born To Kill

Creative Media Production: Documentary Research

The Murder at Gorse hall

I have read a Wikipedia article about my subject, and I am using it as my first form of secondary research. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_George_Harry_Storrs

The wikipedia articule informes me by using facts and historical evidence. It also gives me a list of petensiol susbects.

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Who committed the crime ?[edit]

As the two trials resulted in two acquittals, no-one knows for sure. However, there are quite a few suspects :

• James Worrell worked with knives and guns, but had no reason to murder his master.
• Some people felt that James Storrs and/or Maggie Storrs hired a hitman. While James had no real motive, Maggie probably did know about Maria's baby.
• Cornelius had no alibi, but again, had no real reason.
• Mark Wilde had a compelling case against him, even though his mother had given an alibi for him. He suffered from mood swings, possibly caused by syphilis. Although he and George were enemies, Julian Fellowes feels he wouldn't have done it.

A year after the murder, Mrs Storrs had Gorse Hall torn down."

  

    

I have discovred a online video of an educational tour about the Gorse Hall mysetry. I am using this as my first form of Primary Research.
This video has been posted onto youtube. I have posted a link and a screenshot below this text.
Gorse Hall Unsolved Murder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC_HQwFfoAU

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I have found a local website specialising in the history of gorse hall. The following images are screen shots of the website. This is my second form of secondary research.

This is another historical website. It is simulair to the local site expect that this was a national site, so it only featured one page of information.   

I have contacted the website using their email service.

This is a screenshot from the website. This message appears when you click onto their 'contact us' link to their email address.

I have created a Polljunkie account and I have uploaded my questionnaire onto the polljunkie website.

I have added a link to the results underneath this text.

http://www.polljunkie.com/poll/zgxatw/primary-researchquestionnaire/view

I have uploaded a link to my pulljunkie questionnaire on the social networking site Google+.(Above)

I have also uploaded a link to my pulljunkie onto the social media site, Twitter. (Below)

I have created a Prezi online, this presentation is used to tally the results of my questionnaire. I have pasted the link is below this text.

http://prezi.com/-yf5_nrweg5t/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Panorama: Episode Analysis

Panorama is a expository documentary. A documentary such as panorama includes voice overs, explanations, music, facts and opinions.

Before the title card shows up on-screen there is a moving montage of close up shots and a informative voice-over. This is intended to grab the audiences attention. This is also know as "the hook".

During the main feature they are presenters describing the situations and conflicts in Syria. When danger is discovered the shots become out of focus and music increases it's tone rapidly. When the more dramatic scenes take place the music is softer, but becomes louder and over rights the rest of the audio.

In this expository documentary they are several issues that are covered such as, War, Lifestyle, heath care and politics. This documentary also covers elements of a journey documentary because the presenter discuss her opinions of the war since she has been in Syria.

The presenter uses an emotional one-to-one approach to get the important message across to the audience from her own perspective. This is used as part of a fly-on-the-wall method because the viewer is seeing the presenters experiences for themselves.

Despite this being a expository documentary, all the information told about the Syrian War is one-sided; the side being the general public. The governments decisions are not explained and their reasons remain untold.

This documentary does not use many interviews, but when included the interviewer uses a semi-structured format, this is so the interviewee explains there life and experiences in the Syrian war.

All these are parts of quantitative and qualitative research and help turn this into a deep insight of life in war, and is what makes panorama a successful expository documentary.

Comparison Of The Audience

The Audience: BBC's Panorama, has a target audeince of people aged 30-70, but is targeted for both genders, the classes targeted are skilled working class up to upper middle class, I have calculated this by using the 'National Readership Survey's social grade scale. The target audience would also be people who had grow up in a simuler culture, This makes the program relateable.  This program may also be targeted for modern historians, health care workers, and politicians.

B.A.R.B: is an organisation that calculates audience measurement and television ratings within Britian. The viewings for 'BBC's Parnorma: Syrian Crisis' speical were 5.14 million and was rated 16 out of the weeks top 30 most viewed shows. This was a great sucusses for the BBC, considering having a smaller target audeince than other programs and achiving four times as many views as rival programs such as Channel 4's Dispatches, which achived 0.98 million views and ITV's exposure with only a disappointing 0.68 views.

Critical Reception:  The critical reception for this epsiode of panorama was generaly posative, the Telegragh gave the episode 4/5 stars and commented 'A a disturbing, but powerful edition of Panorama . While the reception was mainly positive the guardian criticised it, saying ' she finds out that Syria is a secretive, dangerous place. Now I'm no expert but I think we knew quite a lot of that already. Still, it's not a bad time to be reminded.'

Qualitative

Qualitative- research can be used in a primary and secondary forms. Qualitative research uses more detailed methods of analysing people opinions. They are several methods of qualitative research such as observations, filed notes, reflective journals and structured interviews, all of which, I will explain the advantages and disadvantages of these methods.

• Observation
• Filed notes
• Reflective journals
• Structured interviews

One method of qualitative research is observation. A researcher would use observation to speculate an event from a first person perspective. An advantage of a observation would be that the researcher is getting their own viewpoint on a event, so it is easier for them to judge it themselves.  A disadvantage of this could be that their vision or memory could be obscured.

Another method of qualitative research is filed notes, A researcher would use filed notes as a reminder of the information they have observed. An advantage of a filed note would be that the researcher has the information ready for future reference. A disadvantage of this would be that some of the information may not have been written down by the researcher.

Furthermore another form of qualitative research are structured interviews. A researcher would use a structured interview to understand a persons opinion on a subject. An advantage of this would be that you can archive a straight forward answer from the interviewee. A disadvantage of this would be that the interviewee could avoid the question and give out unnecessary information.

In conclusion quantitative research means the information is more opinionated and observed from a first person account.