Proposal

For my documentary, I am going to determine how college kids use Facebook to keep in touch with friends back at home or at different colleges. By now I believe that all college kids have made some new friends in their two months in college, but no matter who they are, I know they haven’t forgotten their olds friends. I am probably going to find out that many students are up to date with their friend’s lives because they use Facebook as a way to procrastinate on homework or to relax in their down time. And for those who don’t use Facebook to keep in touch with their friends, they probably use twitter or one of the many other social media websites online. I think there might even be a small percentage that actually sends letters through the mail, who knows.

The audience for my documentary is college kids who use Facebook, but maybe I can use some professors or graduate students in my survey. I guess anyone could be the audience of my documentary as long as they use Facebook to keep in touch with friends away in different places. The purpose of my documentary is to find out how people use Facebook to cope with being away from their loved ones for extended periods of time.

I plan to get some shots basically anywhere people use their laptops with an internet access. So I will probably get some in the game room of Haggin, the student center, outside of classrooms, and especially at the library. I believe that nine times out of ten the people I interview will already be on Facebook so finding people to shoot shouldn’t be too hard.

I also want to find out how college kids react when their friends post themselves doing something crazy. I think it will spur the student to go and get involved with something on their own campus. Or maybe they will see their friend’s activity and have to scold them on their behavior. I have got a couple of those friends. Also, there are a lot of different pages on Facebook to like so maybe some students have friends who changed during their short time at college already. Since many college students are on Facebook, I think my documentary will be able to relate to my audience and hopefully be able to open their eyes to how much they really use Facebook to keep up with old friends while making new ones at college.