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Regional Identity: Client Research

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Outline: In this blog I will clearly explain the brief provided to us and throughly explain my understanding of my client and the product that I must create.  thoroughly research into Sunderland Culture​, understanding of structure, history, funding, audiences, existing and popular products etc​ ​  Consult a variety of resource sources  Introduction: We have been tasked with creating a product revolving around the concept of 'Regional Identity', either in the format of a poster, documentary, or short film. Our client is 'Sunderland Culture', a creative-based organization located in Sunderland. As to further inform my research going forward, I am to research the client: their expectations, policies, and beliefs.  As to further inform my research, I visited the Sunderland Culture website. I thought this would be a good outlet to source my information to inform my client research. Quoted from the Sunderland Culture website,   From the ' Sunderland Culture' websi

Regional Identity: Initial Ideas

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Introduction:  I have been given the brief for our first, post-induction, project for our second year of BTEC Creative Media Practice. It is entitled "Regional Identity'. Our client for the production is 'Sunderland Culture', from this I can denote that the core theme for my documentary should be based around the regional identity of Sunderland and its surrounding region, the North East.  As to better understand what regional identity is,  I began to seek out online resources to further my understanding of the term regional identity. In researching this topic, I tried to read from a variety of different sources as to make sure I am given a variety of perspectives. I sourced a definition from ' ScienceDirect'  - a website that provides "heuristic and machine-learning approaches to extract relevant information from our extensive collection of content."   'ScienceDirect' defines regional identity as: "Regional identity is a kind of spatial

Regional Identity: Interpretation of Brief

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As part of the B2 Unit, a brief has been assigned that will outline the parameters in which our project will be based. Briefing is common practice in industry, a method of conveying to a creative team the wants and needs of the client as to better inform the production team going forward.  I can denote many key factors from this excerpt from the given brief. Firstly, the client is listed as 'Sunderland Culture' , with this in mind, I can research 'Sunderland Culture' : it's ethos, beliefs, policies, and expectations. Understanding and utilising all of these things will better inform my product. Having a reflective look at already existing products that have been made by 'Sunderland Culture' will help me better understand how to format and present my product from a filmmaking or technical sense. From the "Context" section, we are given context of the subject matter and mode of delivery in which our project will be presented. We are told that our p