The Living Heroin | Social Media Documentary

Documentary on the effect that social media is having on young people. The reason I made this documentary is to raise awareness and also knowledge in minds of young people on the effects that what they do everyday has on them. This is the second documentary I have ever made and it took around 3 and a half month of planning, research, production, analysis and more to do.

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Credits
Director - Rory Jacobs
Producer - Rory Jacobs
Narrator - Rory Jacobs
Editor - Rory Jacobs
Writer - Rory Jacobs
Portrait camera operator - Leo Paul, Ollie Ewin's
Audio recording - Rory Jacobs
Audio editor - Rory Jacobs
Cinematographer - Rory Jacobs
Photographer - Rory Jacobs

Sources of footage
-Inside the big business of being a social media influencer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SOFSjlU0fM
- 'Influencers' blamed for the rise of clean-eating disorders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZErSHor3860
Bar Graph
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgnlQ9VIXxE
Detrimental Social Media Algorithms | GMB
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIoVl0HoXdQ
Channel 10 - Social media link to increasing eating disorders in kids
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfwjhOudRXU
'My BMI wasn't low enough to get help' - BBC News
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnLEaQKUZAE
What’s behind the sudden rise in suicide rates?
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDRDgwnzb7I

Sources of audio
Documentary Piano - AShamaluevMusic (Dramatic and Emotional Cinematic Background Music)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THGcbgYZSmE
Magnetic - Documentary Background Music
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YL-DVgSSGc
Documentary Dark Background - e-soundtrax
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn44UUoU3_Y
Emotional and Uplifting - Cinematic Background Music for Videos
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJgFnAB8suc
Awakening - [Short Cinematic Soundtracks] - 30 seconds Epic Uplifting Music

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN6wWphtRpk

Sources of research
1. Ian Sample, IS (2019) Bedtime social media use may be harming UK teenagers, study says. Online: Ian Kings Place, London, Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/feb/22/bedtime-social-media-use-may-be-harming-uk-teenagers-study-says [ (Accessed at 3rd of january 2021)
2. Sarah Young, SY. (2019) SOCIAL MEDIA BEING USED BY GROWING NUMBER OF CHILDREN UNDER 11 DESPITE AGE LIMITS Ian Kings Place, London, Guardian. Available at
3. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/children-social-media-use-age-limit-facebook-instagram-profiles-a8756096.html(accessed at 27 january 2021)
4. Kerith Lemon A Social Life – Short film 12 Apr 2016. Available at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXdVPLj_pIk (Accessed at 15th of january 2021)
5. Tristan harris netflix the social dilemma 26 January 2020 (Accessed at 26th of january 2021)
6. Caroline Miller Does Social Media Use Cause Depression? (accessed 3rd February) https://childmind.org/article/is-social-media-use-causing-depression/
7. McCarthy,C. (2019). Anxiety in Teens is Rising: What's Going On? (Online) healthy children.org. Available at https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/emotional-problems/Pages/Anxiety-Disorders.aspx (Accessed - 8th february 2022)
8. Lizzie May (2021) What impact do social media influencers have on children? (Online) SW Londoner Available at https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/life/22022021-what-impact-do-social-media-influencers-have-on-children (Accessed -20th February)
9. (2021) TikTok overtakes Google as most used internet site (Online) RNZ Available at https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/458656/tiktok-overtakes- (Accessed -24th February)
10. Diksha Madhok (2021) The Chinese version of TikTok is limiting kids to 40 minutes a day (Online) CNN Available at https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/20/tech/china-tiktok-douyin-usage-limit-intl-hnk/index.html (Accessed 25th February)
11. Ian Haynes Significant Increase in Social Media Usage Under Covid-19: Here’s What That Means For Businesses (Online) Available at https://www.insil.com.au/post/significant-increase-in-social-media-usage-under-covid-19-heres-what-that-means-for-businesses/ (Accessed 26th February)
12. Jaron Lanier interview on how social media ruins your life (Online) YouTube Available at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc_Jq42Og7Q
13 A Social Life | Award Winning Short Film | Social Media Depression (Online) YouTube available at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXdVPLj_pIk
14. The Great Hack | Official Trailer | Netflix (Online) YouTube available at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX8GxLP1FHo
15. These Kids Are Skipping College to Be TikTok Famous (Online) YouTube available at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_432I88eVQ