The Subject I have chosen to research for this assignment is going to be about Cosplay. This will be a Documentary and the format of this (the way it is styled/filmed as) will be similar to the following link but will have different questions. I will conduct this Documentary by attending a Cosplay Event that only comes around every two years; This Event is called Doki Doki.
Doki Doki will take place at the Sugden Sports Center, 114 Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HL on Saturday 9 November 2013, 9am till 7pm that day.
Google Map of the Sugden Sports Center (Birds eye view).
Another Google Map of the Sugden Sports Center (The front of the building).
Doki Doki celebrates both traditional and modern Japanese Culture and has a variety of things that includes the Japanese Culture such as Foods, Mythology and among all of the other subjects that the Doki Doki event covers, Cosplay. The Cosplay community has progressed throughout the years due to lots of reasons but the love and passion for Japan being one of the most important reasons. Doki Doki had its first event on Sunday 13 November 2011, it attracted 1,600 visitors from different parts of the United Kingdom. This years Doki Doki event (Saturday 9 November 213) will be the second time it has been hosted. The picture below is the official Doki Doki logo/banner.
I will interview the people attending Doki Doki and some people that aren't attending Doki Doki so that it isn't a biased interview (e.g. interviewing people that don't go to the event, people in the Town Center or near the building, to explain what Cosplay is and see their point of view on it). I will do this by asking individual attendee's separately or in a group if they wish. However, if the interviewee/attendee doesn't want an interview then I will accept their choice and move on to another person to interview. The age group (The age of the person I'm asking) doesn't have to be specific because their are many people that attend this event that are below the age of 9 and above the age of 30. If the Interviewee doesn't mind, I will still ask their age.
I have searched the internet to see if I could find some archive material (evidence that it has been hosted before), and to my surprise I have found many videos on YouTube; Some on discussions on Japan as a country, some as random acts (e.g. a video of people either Role-playing their character or just messing about in their Cosplay), some of Bekii Cruel dancing, and some of the Cosplay Competition. As an attendee for last years event, I can safely say that Doki Doki is one of my favorite community events. There are many events such as MCM (Movie Comic Media) Comic Con, Kitacon, and many more. The link is evidence of Doki Doki's event last year; it has been filmed on a mobile phone by a few Cosplayer's that had attended the event in 2011. Doki Doki event in 2011
