CMP Project 2

After the second tutorial we have a better idea of what locations we can use in out second project. Location 1: Heathrow Airport: Based on our idea we believe Heathrow airport is a good choice as it will allow us to show new arrivals and what their experiences are. Location 2: Tube Station: The tube station will also allow us to show how new arrivals feel and show their first experience in a foreign land.  

CMP Project 2 – Voiceover/Narration For our moving image piece, we are going to include a voiceover consisting of our parents and grandparents talking about their journeys of immigration to the UK. To do this, we will casually interview our relatives, letting them freely tell their story. Firstly, we will ask them simply to: ‘Tell your story of coming to the UK’. After this, we will ask more specific questions, such as: -        ‘How did you feel when you arrived?’ -        ‘How did you feel leaving home?’ -        ‘What was the journey like?’ Deciding on these questions, we didn’t want to focus too heavily on the logistical manners of our relatives’ stories, but on how the process affected them on a more personal level, how leaving and arriving different places made them feel, in a deeper manner. Some additional questions about first lodging and cultural ...

CMP Project 2 – Tutorial 2 Idea Development During our second tutorial with Raine, our group developed and concentrated our idea into a more focussed project, circling in on the themes and technicalities of how to convey them. We decided that the idea of our parents’ and relatives’ immigration stories of coming to the UK were the strongest aspect of our overall project. This is down to it being something that is both deeply personal and something we can all relate to. From this we devolved the idea of creating a narration/voiceover for the moving image piece. In this we would ask our parents and grandparents to recall their experience and process of both leaving their original homes and arriving to a new country for a new beginning. Immigration in second half of 20 th Century Britain: -        50s + 60s: Caribbean + Commonwealth countries -        70s – Pakistani + Bangladesh...