Monday, 20 March 2017

COMMISSIONS UNIT: (Pre Production) Contacting People / Casting

For our documentary, we decided we would need a variety of people to interview.

We needed experts - people who would explain whether young drivers are more dangerous than older drivers and why young drivers pay so much for their insurance then back this up with knowledge from their industry or with other facts and statistics.

Potential experts:
- someone from the AA
- a police officer
- driving instructor
- driving examiner
- someone from an insurance company

We also need to interview people who are affected by the cost of driving.
- learner drivers
- someone who has recently passed their test and is facing the problem of affording insurance
- someone who can't afford to drive - what other methods do they use?
- someone who has passed their test but doesn't have a car
- a young driver who can afford to drive - how? Is it parent's money? Do they have a job?

We also wanted to compare the differences between driving 20 / 30 years ago and driving today. More expensive? Cheaper?

We also wanted to put our presenter / Alex through the challenge of going without his car - how will he get around? Is it possible? Or is driving a necessity?

As a group we split up our roles and got in contact with different people. We all contacted our driving instructors to see if they would have time to spare to be in our documentary. 

Sonia's driving instructor responded saying that she would be willing to be in the documentary. 
Jason's driving instructor also responded saying that she would also be willing.

This gave us 2 options for driving instructors.

As an insurance broker, my mum also agreed to be in the documentary. This gave us an expert to discuss the insurance premiums for young drivers. 

Alex's dad Jim also agreed to be in the documentary to talk about the differences in driving. 

Alex is also happy to be our presenter

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