06/03/2007 – Progression of the blog

Since submitting my proposal for my major project and having several dicussions with tutors and others, my major project has now developed and has refined into something very specific. I will still be utilising the function of the blog to add to my general research as and when new sources arise, as I feel it is important to continue realising how this very new environment is changing and developing.

I will also be creating a new or several new categories specifically for the major project, as this now needs focused research, case studies, and development of it’s own. With regards to the change in focus, I shall now be committing to the following path of artefacts and respective research;

• Investigating the worlds first online based soap opera, ‘Chalkhill Lives’, through documentary. This will then be uploaded to the Internet where Chalkhill is shown, to compliment and enlighten it’s audience, as well as build up a foundation of creating web based content. This will provide me however with a good knowledge and deep insite into the way it functions, it’s reasons for being based on the Internet, and it’s characters and story lines in preparation for my own project.
• Using Myspace as an existing platform I shall then endeavour to create character profiles for some of the major characters in Chalkhill. The pages created would include such things as interests, blogs, videos, and extra ‘mini episodes’ which will act as a way of enriching the audiences experience of Chalkhill Lives. This will also create an interactive and almost exclusive audience partition between those who do and do not use the Internet.
• Through good management I shall then add to these pages on a regular basis through blogs and vlogs, and observe to see how people react whether through viewing the page, adding the characters as friends, leaving messages and so forth. This will allow me to determine over the period of a month or two, whether or not such a device as the potential to raise the profile of and enrich an already existing Internet based programme.
• Finally in evaluation of the entire process I shall then make a proposed reccommendation to anyone who is thinking about moving into this new space, how to best utilise what I have studied and I may then propose my own online series of programmes.

This is the initial plan of how I will now take the next step into resolving my major projects resolution.