Mini Experimental Film Project 2 - Research

This week we have been set the task of researching in preparation of making another short experimental film the following week. In order to try and make us reflect on the outside world around us and current affairs we have been set the topic of 'Migration' this time. Here is my initial research:

I began very basic by seeing what came up as soon as I typed migration into Google. The first thing that popped up was a definition which said 'Human migration is the movement by people from one place to another with the intentions of settling temporarily or permanently in the new location. The movement is often over long distances and from one country to another, but internal migration is also possible; indeed, this is the dominant form globally.'
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_migration) 
De-constructing this I can see that basically migration is the movement of people from one place to another. I however find it far more interesting that as soon as I search migration the internet has assumed I am talking about human migration. This automatically sparks some very interesting ideas in my head about comparing human migration to bird/animal migration.


I then went on to the Guardian website (http://www.theguardian.com/world/migration) as this was also one of the top searches and I found some interesting articles which are linked to migration according to the Guardian. Here are some storys I read:

1- (http://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2016/jan/20/france-is-bulldozing-the-calais-jungle-but-its-replacement-looks-suspiciously-like-a-jail)
In this story it is talking about the current issues facing over crowding and poor treatment of the refugees in refugee camps. In particular it talks about how Calais has rebuilt a camp for them however it looks very much like a prison so the refugees are very reluctant to stay there. It talks about the quality of treatment there from some of the police as being very bad when they first arrived therefore they want to get to England. I find this insane how these people are so desperate to escape the terrible conditions in there own country only to be faced with something similar in there new destination. I read in particular about one camp in Dunkirk nicknamed 'the border of hell' because no humanitarian standards are met such as no running water, electricity and no medication for the sick. This story was very sad to read and I feel like if I were to make a piece in response to this it would have to be something which explores the emotions these people must be feeling because of there poor treatment. I would call this piece 'the border of hell' to link it back to the refugee camps.

2- (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/20/britain-iraq-refugees-saddam-hussein)
In this story it is again talking about the refugees but this time it is speaking about how Britain needs to take responsibility for its share of refugees from Iraq. We are supposedly not agreeing to cooperate as of yet but what is being argued in this article is that because we 'broke' Iraq and helped cause a lot more problems for them so we are held responsible and now we basically have no right as a country to refuse to help when it is supposedly are doing anyway. I find myself constantly saying supposedly as I write about these articles which is interesting because it kind of reiterates another point which is how the media can really not be trusted to deliver accurate and fair news especially newspapers who only represent certain groups. If anything this story sparks off ideas to me about lack of faith in the media. I could possible make a piece which shows migration but then shows how the media talk about it so abrasively when its actually a really sensitive issue.


I then decided to look more into actual statistics of human migration such as where people wanted to go and why and then I found this really interesting graph on-line (http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/refugee-crisis_making-sense-of-migration--facts-and-figures/41560118) which shows where all the refugees and asylum seekers are in the world however it was produced based on 2014 but I still find it really interesting:

Observing the map in this way instinctively makes me think of travel and the journeys that people must have taken to travel so far to be in these different countries. This has sparked off another idea about focusing on the journeys of people and how hard this must be for them. I don't know how easy it would be to represent travel but I'm thinking if I could get footage of planes that would be really useful.