Research and Sound Design

My name is Ben Collins and my role in the production crew is research and sound design. I will be tasked with making sure we record good quality sound and managing the non-diegetic sounds that will be added. I will also be undertaking research into documentary and our chosen topic. I will be looking at how other documentary filmmakers utilise sound in their films and will formulate ideas about how we could use sound in our documentary.

Initial Ideas

'The Mass Commute'

Almost a million people commute into London on a daily basis. There have been countless wildlife documentaries made about mass migration of animals from one spot to another but how is that any different to mankind’s everyday travel to work? My idea is to capture this movement in a poetic/observational style documentary.
The documentary would explore the events of the commute from the morning coffee at the train station to calling a taxi to work. I would prefer not to have a narrator or presenter instead using visuals and sound to inform the audience, my reasoning for this is I want the audience to observe the content and come to their own conclusion rather than be told about it. 

'Bouncers'

Every Friday and Saturday night across the country our towns and cities transform into adult playgrounds. The mix of large crowds and alcohol inevitably make the need for security measures and this is where the bouncers come in. 
I would like to make a documentary exploring the job of the bouncers and the problems they face trying to provide customer service.