A huge challenge for us has been whittling down footage for our weekly edit since the content has been so captivating. It’s in this way that our series has been a success. Stories portray culture, time, place and experiences in a way that data just can’t. However, our main goal for now has been to formulate their videos into a topical piece of storytelling to release each week. After the lockdown we plan to delve further and create themed edits. Capturing insights on video gives you an abundance of information. The footage we gather from the diarists alone shows clear trends and disparities across their experiences week to week. But nonetheless, our edits of their content tell important real-time stories of how the lockdown and outbreak are affecting them. The “data” (the diarists’ footage) is qualitative and anecdotal. We started just one week before the UK went into lockdown. By melding their stories into a weekly narrative-led edit we’ve conveyed gripping insights, parallels and contrasts through this life-changing epoch.Įach participant began recording aspects of their lives which is an ethnographic approach to vox pops video diaries. The video diary series has seen an encouraging response, possibly the result of a strong sense of connection between our viewers and our diarists. Over recent weeks we have edited and released weekly videos curated from footage filmed by six millennials through the COVID-19 lockdown. Following the stories of millennials throughout the coronavirus crisis with self-filmed video
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