Ramsgate Location Shoot
November 10, 2009
Saturday 7th November 2009
Points to continue with my research.
Items that need to be researched after both location photography shoots.
Research based
- Organise a focus group have set questions about different items about local urban decay such as locations, causes, movement and future.
- Activate a online survey on the blog and ask surfers opinions on urban decay.
- Research locally about public planning for building new construction ‘West wood Cross” and deconstruction ‘Margate Sea Front”.
- Gather photographs of the local from 50 years ago such as plans and other buildings that have disappeared.
Practical Research Methods
- Set a experiment with several items of materials and assess how long it will take to decay. (1-2 weeks test time)
- Have a camera set up for a time lapse experiment how item decay in the open elements natural vs man made.
Go Margate Go
October 14, 2009
A video my friend uploaded 2 years ago on You Tube. The video is first 1 minute of a promotional film made in 1970 about my home town of Margate. How things change.
2 million visitors in 1970, the town is economically run donw now and has one of the highest rates of unemployment, teenage pregnancy and drug abuse in the country.
