I am currently in England attending a wedding and visiting my family so have missed both classes this week. I have been in contact with my group members and have discussed some general types of topics we will explore in assignment 3. The broad aim we wish to take is to approach this assignment through chapters, creating videos that cover several topics. This will be presented on a platform like verse or a media factory blog where the audience will be able to follow stories chronologically through time or explore at their own leisure, creating an interactive experience.

The purpose of creating this is to inform the public on its importance in Melbourne history and hopefully produce something that is useful for the museum at the same time. We feel it is critical to create this because through our research we have found there is a lack of knowledge surrounding its origins, the disaster and future stability. Through our research we found Donna Jackson’s audio documentary that discusses the cover up of issues surrounding the collapse, we wish to get in contact with Donna for her perspective but wish to create something that it more informative about the bridge as a whole, without pushing any type of agenda. We discussed as a group what topics would be most important in discussing and decided on the following:

  1. Bridge Overview
  2. Life before the bridge
  3. Collapse/Aftermath
  4. Completion
  5. Bridge today

These topics will work as the titles of the production’s created but will serve as a starting point and we may find that elements through our research might take the limelight if we are able to secure great interviews or content.  Another avenue we are eager to explore is the possibility of interviewing/getting in contact with the author of  ‘The Bridge’,  Enza Gandolfo, who has undertaken significant research into the collapse and may be able to enlighten us on different elements of the collapse.