Proposal One

MEDI236 Documentary – Proposal 1 – Samuel Webb

   For this module I propose to provide an account of the Selsey Tornado of January 1998. Selsey is my hometown and as such this subject is of great personal interest to me.

  

My intention is to procure as many photographs as possible taken during and after the tornado, detailing the carnage left after the disaster; an estimated ten million pounds of damage was caused to around a thousand buildings and I wish to draw attention to the strain that was placed on the community at this time. I also wish to carry out a number of interviews with people who witnessed and were affected by the event. I feel this will produce a relevant and interesting piece of work.

  

   Selsey has also been troubled constantly with problems concerning its sea-defences. Government funding has recently been reduced and the town is in danger of flooding.

   I appreciate that this subject area may not make for the most captivating piece in terms of exhibition; people will likely not be interested in the problems of a town they’ve never heard of. However I do not feel that enough documentation of the event exists for historical purposes, if future generations take an interest in the disaster, current accounts would likely prove woefully inadequate. It is my hope to produce a more human account than what little does exist.