Research Into Similar Products: The Bridge

                                                  

'The Bridge' is a documentary about the result of a year of filming the Golden Gate Bridge in 2004, which within in has captured a number of suicides as well as some filming off interviews with the families  and close friends of those identified. The inspiration was acquired from an article titled 'Jumpers', written by Tad Friend, which appeared in The New Yorker magazine in 2003.

This documentary is an interesting one as it raises the question of what should be shown in the media and more specifically television. 'The Bridge' focuses on the subject of suicide which is a very controversial subject to be shown on television and so has raised the question of whether these people's suicides should have been shown on tv. Would these people who have taken their own lives really want their last moments to be shown on television?


Another text that raises similar questions is 'Don't Call Me Crazy' that was shown on Channel 4.

                                               

This is a programme about youth with mental illness. Again, the question of if this sort of thing is suitable to be shown on tv and whether it is right to show these subjects.

In my music video I will need to bare in mind the sorts of things that are suitable to show in my music video, if they will cause offence to the audience or cause controversy.