Rohini - 'Dot Com' Review
‘Dot Com’ Review
Directors: Rohini Bali, Sonia Kapoor, Kunal, Nikki Sahota.
It now seems that almost everyone has a ‘Myspace’ ‘Hi 5’ or ‘Bebo’'. ‘This interactive invasion has caused a worldwide phenomenon almost overnight causing an unhealthy obsession with the new media. Gone are the days of socialising in the play ground as our lives revolve around the ever growing internet.
‘Dot Com’ is a fast paced and engaging documentary that innovatively explores this recent fascination with social networking sites such as ‘Myspace’, whilst presenting some of the negative implications brought about by their abusive use.
‘Dot Com’ opens with an impressive, slickly edited montage that immediately arrests its audience. Innovative documentary techniques are used to present the harshness and extreme reality of the dangers involved with the internet such as child abuse and pedophilia. Government organization ‘CEOP’ (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) features in this informative documentary providing invaluable safety tips and information for young people online.
Interesting facts:
- We did not have permission to film in Ealing, so had to film undercover. We had to cut filming short as we got caught but managed to get away with a few minutes of footage.
- The short, opening montage was one of the shortest features of our documentary but took the longest to edit by far!
- Filming was a little scary with one ‘scary Mary’ woman grabbing my arm!
Directors: Rohini Bali, Sonia Kapoor, Kunal, Nikki Sahota.
It now seems that almost everyone has a ‘Myspace’ ‘Hi 5’ or ‘Bebo’'. ‘This interactive invasion has caused a worldwide phenomenon almost overnight causing an unhealthy obsession with the new media. Gone are the days of socialising in the play ground as our lives revolve around the ever growing internet.
‘Dot Com’ is a fast paced and engaging documentary that innovatively explores this recent fascination with social networking sites such as ‘Myspace’, whilst presenting some of the negative implications brought about by their abusive use.
‘Dot Com’ opens with an impressive, slickly edited montage that immediately arrests its audience. Innovative documentary techniques are used to present the harshness and extreme reality of the dangers involved with the internet such as child abuse and pedophilia. Government organization ‘CEOP’ (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) features in this informative documentary providing invaluable safety tips and information for young people online.
Interesting facts:
- We did not have permission to film in Ealing, so had to film undercover. We had to cut filming short as we got caught but managed to get away with a few minutes of footage.
- The short, opening montage was one of the shortest features of our documentary but took the longest to edit by far!
- Filming was a little scary with one ‘scary Mary’ woman grabbing my arm!
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