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It
Wasn't Like That In My Day
What
was it like to be young 50 years ago? Did children have
rights 50 years ago? And what meaning did the word ‘Respect’
have for young people then and now?
'It Wasn’t
Like That In My Day' is a radio project created by a
group of Humanities students which has been all about
finding out what Respect means to people now and in
the past. Students set out to record the stories and
views of seven older people in the local community.
From the seven interviews which make up the "It
wasn’t like that in my day" project the students
went on to produce the highly professional documentary
"What is respect?"
Eighteen students
across Key Stage 3 worked with Sam Bryant, Senior Producer
from Somethin' Else, project co-ordinator and producer
Fran Plowright and Chris Edwards from Humanities. They
learnt how to research, prepare and brainstorm, as well
as record, interview, download and edit for radio.
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'WHAT
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David Saunders
(or RED as he likes to be called) was born in 1945.
He grew up in Nigeria, when he was seven, he was
sent back to England to go to boarding school and
he hated it. Read
more about David Saunders,
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Joan
Bird was born in Clapham 88 years ago. She is an
only child but did have a younger sister who died
in infancy. She describes her mother as “a kind
lady”. Now you wonder why she doesn’t say that about
her father? Read
more about Joan Bird,
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Hamdy
Shaheen is a 53 year old man, born in Alexandria,
Egypt. He has had a travelling extravaganza all
around Europe and has ended up right here in London.
Read
more about Hamdy Shaheen,
click here .
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Tilly
Kearney
(84) is originally from Riga in Latvia. But her
parents came to live in Bethnal Green and so did
she. Though there was not much affection at home
they were still treated well. Read
more about Tilly Kearney,
click here .
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Sylvia
Doody lives in Hackney, London. She comes from Deptford
in south London. She’s married and has got
six children. Read
more about Sylvia Doody,
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Hannah
Oppenheim was born in Germany in 1924 and at this
time she is 81 years old, she left Germany in 1934
and immigrated to Palestine, which is now called
Israel. Read
more about Hannah Oppenheim,
click here .
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here
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Dolores
Crump
was born in Barbados in 1945 at the end of the war
she lived in Barbados with her grandparents until
she moved to England at 16 years of age. Read
more about Dolores Crump,
click here .
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The Interview:
Students were given
an introduction to the art of radio documentary making
and the different approaches to storytelling from award-winning
radio documentary producer and lecturer Piers Plowright.
The group learnt
how to ask interesting questions, how to excite their
interviewee and get the best stories from them which
helped them decide on a set of common questions to ask
their subjects. After practicing their interview techniques
and the use of recording equipment, the students were
ready to interview their subjects, who were brought
into school for the recording session.
Editing:
Once the interviews
were recorded on mini-disc, the mammoth task of loading
the interviews on to the Audition Computer Editing System
and editing down the material to just ten minutes began.
Working in groups of three, they all had a turn at editing
as well as acting as producer to create individual audio
stories. At the same time, the students were picking
out some of the best clips from the seven interviews
to go forward for the final documentary they were going
to make, “What is respect.?”.
A
day in the studios
To produce 'What
is respect?', eight students spent the day at Somethin'
Else studios. Under direction from Sam Bryant, they
worked in small teams getting involved in all the stages
of production:
- Using SADiE
to edit the interviews in the studio
- Recording their
voices in a professional radio studio and running
the desk
- Using the equipment
to polish up their interviews in a professional studio
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