I have chosen the Brief Seven, Documentary for my A2 coursework. The reason why I decided to work on this brief is because I have an idea to use this type of video to show my lives in two different countries. Furthermore, I think documentary is the best suitable format for me to present my ideas rather than anything else. A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality. I want to use visual media language to show my interesting life. As I am an international student from China, I often travel between China and England. In my opinion, British culture is kind of similar with Chinese culture, but there are also many differences. They both have a long history and many traditional things left still now.  

I have watched just a few documentaries before. So I have not got enough knowledge about its genres and narrative structure. I will do more research about the documentary industry to develop my ideas. I will also research to find out some successful directors. From what I have learnt before, a documentary doesn't need to have any characters or actors. It is used to show the information and facts with voiceover.

A plan can help me manage my time better. I can follow my plan which will not make me miss out any steps. I learnt this from last year's course work, the Foundation Portfolio. At the beginning, it seemed that I had a lot of time to do my magazine. However, the time went faster than I thought. So at the end, I was a little bit in rush. As English is not my native language, I think I need to manage my time for A2 coursework better than last year, in order to do well in my research and planning portfolio and production sections.