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The title seemed far too vague again and Ann and I had a foundation for my title as "Day in the life of a farmer" to which my dad had developed to "A day in the life of a farmer's son". Nevertheless it still is a work in progress. Though I was wondering if I could incorporate the title as a question e.g. "How do farmers in the Philippines survive when they live way below the poverty threshold?" "To better understand the hardship of a farmer in poverty, I've decided to live like a farmer in poverty".

Ann also had mentioned questions I would ask the locals on how they survive with just being farmers for example "what are your aspirations for your kids? Would you want them to go to school, would you want them to live out of poverty and escape the trials you yourself had to endure? If you had to work harder than you are now to let your child(ren) go to school, would you? If you had enough money what would your aspiration for yourself be? How much do you earn, at best, per month? How would you go about spending what minimum income you have for your family? At what age did you learn the skills you need to be a farmer? What happens if you don't have enough income in the month?" etc..

I hope to interview my dad, as he himself was living a life of poverty until he was in his mid to late twenties so that information would prove most valuable as primary research.

I've began a plan for the duration of the EPQ in tom's planner and it was set out as a Gantt chart, but since it was quite new to me it was quite difficult to use. My main focus today would probably be to fill in that plan as much as possible as well as fill in the PPR which is required of me. 

Additionally, I've began watching  video tutorials on how to edit films from a GoPro camera using iMovie for Ipad: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odZPLxd8-go",  "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APQhVuQXiuM" and "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZcfLjecyCc". The way iMovie works is quite simple but editing two weeks of video into a twenty minute clip may be harder than it looks. I also hope to gain some knowledge on how to film from a friend who takes media and film studies so I would like to hope he can give me some tips and tricks on filming with a GoPro.

For my documentary idea to portray my life as a farmer's son, I need to develop a screenplay as a foundation of what I will be filming in the farm from: harvesting crops to chopping wood to fetching water and to even preparing what meals are available. I've started to research on how documentaries and films are made and a few websites seem to have a lot in common; a screenplay or script. This is to show all the possible filmable scenes I will or might encounter during my time at the farm.