Vox pop is an interview with members of the general public. Vox populi is a Latin phrase that literally means voice of the people.On Monday 17th November the class met in Manchester and were split into groups in order to perform a number of Vox Pop’s. My group consisted of Jeni Harney, Joe Gregory, and Oliver Garcia.
Our group idea was to take picture and sound-record each person's answer during the questioning. We decided that it might be interesting to question people on the Christmas market street in their stalls surrounded by the items that they are selling. Between us we decided upon a question that was to do with family that would also provoke an interesting reaction by the person answering it. The question was:
“A report in The Times newspaper this morning has stated that the Royal Bank of Scotland is going to exclude from asking clients for their mother’s maiden name as part of their security questions due to the fact that modern day families may have 2 fathers. How do you feel about this?”
To provide our presentation with more impact we used sound-recorded each person’s answer as a backing track for each photo in the presentation.
The results were interesting as many people chose to speak about their own opinions on same sex parenting rather than the removal of a specific security question from banking protocols.
Below are the 10 photographs that we chose from the many people we interviewed.
“..First girlfriend’s first pets first name….”
"…It’s just a security question, it’s not the end of the world…"
“…Moving with societies modern ways…”
“…It’s man and wife, I think this is the right way…”
"…Really doesn’t affect me in any way…"
"…They should use the Father’s maiden name then…Really, really disgusted, they use that for security reasons…"
"…Two Dad’s or two Mother’s, that should cover you…"
"…I thought you were going to ask a question about the stall…"
"…I don’t personally agree that two men should bring up a baby…"
"…It’s just a bit like PC gone crazy, isn’t it?…
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