Digital News Production Unit- "Stunt Ideas"

For our package (The U2 story), our group "ARMA" has been trying to come up with some possible "stunts" we could perform during our package to prove some of the points we have raised. During an ideas lab between myself, Andy and Andrei we were discussing the idea that the U2 album may have been downloaded to Andrei's iPad without his consent. Andrei insisted that this must be impossible, as he didn't recall downloading anything, and his iPad hadn't been updated in a long time.
Lo and behold however, as Andrei checked his iTunes library, he found that he had indeed been distributed U2's "Songs of Innocence" album.

As small a detail as this may be, it did give us an idea for a possible stunt we could perform as part of our package news story though. Andrei suggested that we actually stop people in the street and ask them to check their iTunes library for this new U2 album, and record their genuine reactions when they discover that they do indeed have it.

Of course, this would make for some great footage, but there are some things we would have to consider before we do this. The areas in which we reside Chatham and Maidstone respectively are not particularly great in terms of recordability, and so the chances of us finding somebody that would okay appearing on camera, and also having an apple device with the album on would be quite rare.

Andrei however suggested that a place called "Tottenham Court Road" in London would be a much more suitable recording location due to it's relation to technology and just the general pleasant layout of the area. Since it is based in London too, there are always film crews hanging around, and so the chances of us blending in and being able to collect the footage we need and leaving without any trouble is very possible.

A section of Tottenham Court Road.