Main story outline: Studying the social life of students. With nightclubs open everyday during the week, having the cheapest drinks around and putting on events for nightclubs - is there to worry that student's social life may have an influence on their education?
So what exactly is this story about?
We all know that there is a night out everyday during the week, not forgetting about weekends. Of course students like to go out and enjoy themselves, make the most of their university experience, however could all of these everyday clubbing experiences have an effect on the student's education and maybe even damage the reasons why they've come to university in the first place?
From 'Monday Madness' to 'Frat Fridays', cheap entry, drinks and special student themed events, we've decided to explore and understand what it's like to be a student - learning about 'student' nights and if its been taken a bit too far that it might effect the success of why students go to university in the first place (for their degree!)
Who will we be interviewing?
One of the main sources for this story will be of course learning about these student nights ourselves. So we've planned to go to our local clubs to see what it is which makes student want to go. For example, if we can, we want to try and get interviews for main promoters for our local clubs such as
Mojos, Wonderland, Source Bar, etc. Our questions will revolve around how successful these student nights are, the events which they create for these nights, and if possible go and film a night out ourselves to show what its really like. The purpose of this is mainly so that the audience can relate to it and compare it to their own lifestyles.
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| University for Creative Arts (Rochester). This is the university I attend to, where my group and I could get interviews from lecturers/leaders and students themselves. |
This is why we're also planning on trying to interview lecturers or course leaders themselves. Asking questions regarding student absence which could be because they're hungover, and then leading on to something more personal and important like if they have seen any cases where students aren't motivated with their work, or even miss deadlines.
As well as this, we want to interview what is most important for the audience - the students themselves. Asking them if they feel clubbing has limited their chance of learning, if they've missed any lectures because they've gone out, etc. However this too has to be balanced meaning we would need answers saying that students can easily balance their education with their social life, etc.
What is the purpose of this story?
This story will be made purposely for entertainment values for our audience. However, it will also allow the students to relate to themselves - creating personal interpretation and allowing them to compare their social life with the people we find on our stories. Not forgetting allowing them to compare the nightclubs and nightlife from the area we will be investigating to their local area.Where will this be filmed?
As well as local clubs, we could also plan to film on a student night in more busier area - such as Canterbury. We could get direct interviews of students as they are on a night out to gain their honest opinions (as they are likely to have had a few drinks if they're going out!). The purpose of this is to gain actuality footage which will help make our story seem stronger as we will basically have footage on what the story is about.
As we plan to film lecturers as well, it is likely that we will be filming at a university (more than likely our one due to its accessibility).
How can the story be structured?
An idea I just had could possibly be using an anecdote. We could follow a student or a group as they plan to have a student night out, giving us that extra depth in footage. This could include interviews talking about a club itself and even the prices of the drinks, as well as filming them before they go out - seeing if they drink before or not. This could work quite well if the students even had a lecture the day after: we could ask to film them the day after to see if they made their lecture or not, then asking questions such as 'was it worth going out' or 'did going out effect your motivation for the lecture' etc.
This anecdote could be the key part of the story. However we will also be including interviews of other students and course leaders, as well as trying to get an interview with someone who works at a club. Following on, this interview could be done when we go to film the student going to a club.
Are there any problems which might get in the way?
The problem with following a student(s) is of course finding a student or a group whom are willing to be filmed whilst they prepare to go out, as well as obvious permission and consent from whom we are filming. Additionally, it isn't very likely that we would be able to film students actually at the club as we would need consent from everyone around the club, as well as asking the club for permission to film on site. Nonetheless we will continue to find someone who may be willing to go on camera and organise a night to film, seeing if we can get permission.
Conclusion
All in all, if we are able to gain permission firstly from the clubs and find a group of students willing to be filmed, then this story could be quite effective. It would allow the student audience (and any audience in general) to compare their lifestyle and dilemma of university of the stories which we are planning to film. In a way, this could even be informative as it could send a message to the students to focus more on their education instead of socialising - HOWEVER this is not our intentions, we are simply reporting a story and not taking any sides!
I will be uploading blogs regarding this story such as permission for filming, locations, story developments, etc. Keep your eyes peeled!
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