Tuesday 29 April 2014

Documentary Research


The Murder at Gorse hall

I have read a Wikipedia article about my subject, and I am using it as my first form of secondary research. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_George_Harry_Storrs

The wikipedia articule informes me by using facts and historical evidence. It also gives me a list of petensiol susbects.

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Who committed the crime ?

As the two trials resulted in two acquittals, no-one knows for sure. However, there are quite a few suspects :
  • James Worrell worked with knives and guns, but had no reason to murder his master.
  • Some people felt that James Storrs and/or Maggie Storrs hired a hitman. While James had no real motive, Maggie probably did know about Maria's baby.
  • Cornelius had no alibi, but again, had no real reason.
  • Mark Wilde had a compelling case against him, even though his mother had given an alibi for him. He suffered from mood swings, possibly caused by syphilis. Although he and George were enemies, Julian Fellowes feels he wouldn't have done it.
A year after the murder, Mrs Storrs had Gorse Hall torn down."
  

     

I have discovred a online video of an educational tour about the Gorse Hall mysetry. I am using this as my first form of Primary Research.
This video has been posted onto youtube. I have posted a link and a screenshot below this text.
Gorse Hall Unsolved Murder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC_HQwFfoAU





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I have found a local website specialising in the history of gorse hall. The following images are screen shots of the website. This is my second form of secondary research.
This is another historical website. It is simulair to the local site expect that this was a national site, so it only featured one page of information.   
I have contacted the website using their email service.
This is a screenshot from the website. This message appears when you click onto their 'contact us' link to their email address.
I have created a Polljunkie account and I have uploaded my questionnaire onto the polljunkie website.
I have added a link to the results underneath this text.



I have uploaded a link to my pulljunkie questionnaire on the social networking site Google+.(Above)
I have also uploaded a link to my pulljunkie onto the social media site, Twitter. (Below)

I have created a Prezi online, this presentation is used to tally the results of my questionnaire. I have pasted the link is below this text.

http://prezi.com/-yf5_nrweg5t/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

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One week before filming, I had written a script for my documentary which includes an introduction and a reconstruction sequence.

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