Documentary unit: Research for project

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Tanya Goodin (founder of one of the UK's first digital detox companies) carried out a survey of more than 500 young people aged 13 to 18. Of those, 29% said they spent more than eight hours a day online while 36% admitted they regularly fell asleep with their phone or laptop in bed. Two-thirds (67%) said they went to their phone when they were bored and nearly 60% revealed they used their phone as a crutch in an uncomfortable social situation. (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/01/digital-detox-teenagers-pioneering-camp)

UK children spend 6 1/2 hours a day on screens - 39% of UK children say they sometimes communicate with their parents by text, email and social media whilst

communicate with their parents by text, email and social media whilst being at home at the same time

It was at this point that our idea changed

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Documentary unit: Interview questions

Kirsty interview Jackie interview

Documentary unit: Jackie interview

So we could get an outside view on fake fear, we were able to secure an interview with an actual adrenaline junkie, only thing was, she's 73! She was amazing to interview, and her answers were so descriptive, which gave us some area to play around with during the edit. We needed to rearrange the house to better suit an interview, and when we realised that we would have to do that, we were glad that we were filming in one of our own homes instead of Jackie's house, or in a public area, as we then had control over the whole environment. Jackie was a pleasure to interview, as she was very relaxed and had a great sense of humour to match.

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