Primary Research

Interviews

Person who has had a gastric band

Nail technician

Sun bed technician

Hair Dresser

Pregnant woman

Make-up counter person

Gym

Doctor

Vox pop – Who has your ideal body shape?

Filming locations

Hair dressers

Salon

Liverpool One

Shops – Debenhams/New Look/H&M/Dorothy Perkins/River Island/Topman/G Star Raw/Evans/Republic

Make-up counter – Debenhams

Doctors

Gym-Total Fitness

Office Building

Mac Donald’s

Tesco

Photos for our montages

We have decided to use these images for archive footage we will film. We will film those using pans and zooms to create and keep flow through the documentary.

Janes Photos

Formal Proposal

Topic

Body Image/Appearance

Type of documentary

Mixed

Style of documentary

Informal

Channel

Channel 4

Scheduling

Tuesday, 8pm

Target Audience

Young Adults – 18 - 24

Primary research

Questionnaires, interviews, locations for filming and props/make up items.

Secondary research

Magazines, Newspapers, internet research, relevant TV programmes, still photographs, music, and official statistics.

Narrative structure

Open, single strand and non-linear

Outline of content

- Vox Pop – which celebrity has your ideal body shape? – Liverpool town centre

- Interview with a nutritionist over weight and healthy eating

- Interview with a plastic surgeon on the procedures young people are getting

- Interview with a sunbed worker to see the types of people who come in

- Interview with a beautician to see what people want done and why and if it makes them feel better on their way out

- Interview with someone who has had a gastric band and why she felt the need to change her appearance dramatically

- Interview with: Pete Burns, Beth Ditto, Christina Hendricks, and Cheryl Cole as to how it feels to be in the public eye and why they’ve changed their appearance

- Interview a young person on how they view beauty and body appearance today and then contrast it with an old person on how beauty used to be defined

- People putting make up on or having it done in a department store

- Extracts from TV programmes: “Gok Wan: How to look good naked”, “Supersize vs. Superskinny”, “10 years younger”, “You are what you eat”.

- Film a boyband getting ready for a concert and contrast it with a girlband e.g. The Saturdays and JLS

- Film the different types of celebrity diet plans e.g. the baby food diet, or the apple diet or people trying them

- History of women’s body types how it has changed in time and place

- Film people going in and out of shops

- Montage shop names

- Film a cosmetic aisle in Boots or Superdrug

- Film a make up counter in MAC

- Magazine articles on celebrity diets fluctuating such as Natalie Cassidy

- Extracts from fashion week to see the size of the models, any plus size models?

- Contrast a male and female pin up calendar to compare the stereotypes of an “ideal” body image

- Discuss why there are only ever women on page 3, does it pressurise girls to look a certain way?

Resource requirements

Tripod, digital video camera, microphone, computer with Adobe Premier and Photoshop

Questionnaire Results

Questionnaire results

Looking at this graph we can see that there is nearly an equal balance of males and females, however as there are a few more females the findings may be a bit biased.

Looking at these results it is evident that the results will be biased towards the age group 15-18 year olds as the majority of people we have surveyed are that age.

Looking at this graph we can see that there is a vast difference in those who never go the gym to those who go daily thus suggesting that the people who answered are questionnaires are not committed gym goers. However when comparing those who do and do not go the gym it is an equal split whereby 16 go the gym and 13 do not and 1 person sometimes goes.

Looking at this graph we can see that the majority of people rank their appearance highly which suggests that appearance is an important factor in today’s society.

Looking at this graph we can see that the vast majority of those who answered our questionnaires do not diet regularly which may suggest that although they rank their appearance highly they like their food more.

Looking at this graph we can see that celebrities who go on ridiculous diets do not influence a lot of people as only one person said they have ever been on one.

Looking at this graph we can see that the popular answer was 5-10 minutes with 10-20 minutes a close contender which suggests that although they care about their appearance they are not obsessed with it.

Looking at this graph we can see that a lot of people only spend under £10 a month on cosmetics this is probably because the cosmetics are cheap yet last a long time so it is not necessary to spend over £10 a month.

Looking at this graph we can see that people all have different ideas of an ideal body shape however the celebrities that were named the most were Beyonce and Cheryl Cole which is interesting as they both have very different body shapes.

Looking at this graph we can see that both Topman and River Island are the most popular shops however they are both relatively expensive which suggests that when it comes to clothing those who answered our questionnaires are prepared to spend a little more.

Looking at this graph we can see that the most popular magazine is NME which is a music magazine thus suggesting that those who watch our documentary will want good music in the background.

Looking at this graph we can see that the most popular colour choice is blue so this will feature throughout our documentary.

Looking at this graph we can see that the most popular choice of music is indie but with rock and pop close seconds so we can choice which genre will best suit our tone for the documentary.

Looking at this graph we can see that the most popular TV channel is channel 4 and our audience watch it daily so this is our chosen channel for our documentary as it will suit nearly all of our audience.

Questionnaire

1. Are you male or female? (Please tick)

Male □ Female □

2. How old are you? (Please tick)

15-18 □ 19-24 □ 24-31 □ 32 and over □

3. Do you go the gym? If so how often?

Yes □ No □ Maybe □

Daily □ Weekly □ Monthly □ Never □

4. How important is your appearance to you on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the highest, 1 being the lowest)

5. Do you diet regularly?

Yes □ No □

6. Have you ever been on a celebrity diet plan, if so which one?

7. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?

5-10 minutes □ 10-20 minutes □ 20-30 minutes □ over 30 minutes □

8. How much do you spend a month on beauty products?

Under £10 □ £10 □ £15 □ £20 □ £30 □ over £30 □

9. Which celebrity has your ideal body type?

10 What is your favourite clothing shop?

11. What magazines do you read?

12.What is your favourite colour?

13. What is your favourite genre of music?

14. What is your favourite TV channel and how often do you watch it?

TV Scheduling

The schedule for each day can be broken down into clear segments. How would you categorise these segments?

Breakfast

Daytime

Children

Family

Adult

Who are the target audience for these segments?

Breakfast – Children/Workers

Midday – Homemakers/Unemployment

Afternoon – Children/Family

Evening – Family

Post Watershed – Adults/Teens

What would you say are the most popular genres on television?

Soaps

Drama

News

Reality shows

Sports

Who is the target audience of each terrestrial channel?

BBC One – Aimed at everyone caters for the whole population and is a direct competitor for ITV 1

BBC Two – Intellectual adults –is aimed at the educated - a minority audience

Channel 4 – Teens/Young adults – competitor with BBC for the educated (dispatches)

Channel Five – Same as BBC One/ITV 1 is a mass catered channel

Roughly what percentage of each channels schedule is taken up with repeats? Why do you think this is?

Repeats are used during the day to fill up the schedule because it’s cheap

Which channel has more imported programmes in their schedules? Why do you think this might be?

Channel 4/5 have the most imported programmes in their schedule – they haven’t got as much money as BBC/ITV and it is cheaper to buy a programme (CSI:NY/Will and Grace) than to make a programme

What do you understand by the term ‘the watershed’ and where does this occur in the schedules?

Watershed is at 9 o’clock – shed the child audience. There is often some adult content between 9/10

Documentary Analysis 5

Title of programme: Small teen, Big world BBC One

Type of documentary

Mixed documentary

Themes

Body image – growing up differently and how you are treated

Growing up

Moving away

Narrative Structure

Non-Linear

Single Stranded

Closed

Camera work

Interviews – Mid CU/CU – framed to either left or right – eye line 3^rd of the way down – conventional framing

P.O.V shot – walking to house

Establishing shots – Wales/London/New York

Low/High Angle used

Pan – New York

Montage shots of New York

Handheld camera at some interviews – shows it was not planned

Mise-en-scene

House

Long shot of girls with shoes in foreground and them in back out of focus

Sound

Voiceover – young female – the girl who the programme is about – calm –emotional – Standard English

Band at convention

Music (R’n’B- Jay Z/Bruno Mars/Ellie Goulding)

Editing

Cut

Fast Motion – Times Square (Whip pan) and tracking

Long isolated shot of girl on bench everything/ everyone else is blurred except her

Flashback is used – clip is slightly darker

3 girls in spa - images jump cut and move places

Images fade into another – CU of face to candles

Archive Material

Home videos

Family photos – camera movements used – zoom/pan

Graphics

White font on a black background – small teen, Big world – title sequence

Subtitle – White with black outline

Serif Fonts

Here is a small clip that illustrates some of these points

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEqHiVvL6PI

Documentary Analysis 4

Title of programme: Help I caught it abroad 2 on IV1

Type of documentary

Mixed documentary

Themes

Medicine

Tropical Diseases

Hospitals

Narrative Structure

Closed

Non Linear

Multi Stranded – about various people

Camera work

Interviews – Mid CU/CU/Mid 2 shot – framed to either left or right – eyes 3^rd of the way down – conventional framing

Extreme CU – eyes/mouth/hand

High/Low angle used – building and people

Establishing shots – Liverpool skyline

Creative shots used - Tracking/Pan

P.O.V Shot

Mise-en-scene

Hospital

Living Room

Sound

Voiceover – Male – Calm/Standard English

Heartbeat machine used

Interview used as a voiceover – women

Orchestral

Dramatic

Editing

Cut

Images dissolve on top of another – disease in dish dissolved over extreme CU of eyes

Archive Material

Images – holiday photos/images of professors – camera movement used

Stock footage used – parks/trees

Actuality footage – disease on a dish

Graphics

Opening title sequence – looks like it’s looking down a microscope

No graphics used for the interviews – but names are said on voiceover

Here is the programme which illustrates this

http://player.stv.tv/programmes/help-i-caught-it-abroad/2010-09-13-2100/?yes

Documentary Analysis 3

Title of programme: That thing BBC Two

Type of documentary

Mixed documentary

Themes

Tomb Raider

Phenomenon of Lara Croft

Representation of women

Power of the media – Influencing people’s thoughts and beliefs

Narrative Structure

Closed

Non Linear

Single Stranded

Camera work

Interviews – Mid CU/CU – framed to the left or right – eye line 3^rd of the way down the screen – conventional set up for the interviews

Tilted frames

Whip pan (Computer screen/keyboard)

Tracking shot

Extreme CU – Barbie sequence

Mise-en-scene

Front Projection

Chromakey – Out of focus when a moving image was used as not to distract from the interview

Sound

Narrator – Male in 20’s – he is the age of the person who would play the games

Gun fire and music from the game

Voice of Lara Croft

Madonna music – one of the interviewers spoke about Madonna – music started before Madonna was mentioned.

Editing

Fast motion – In cyber cafe

Chromakey used

Cut – most common edit

Archive Material

Tomb raider films/games

Newspapers

Magazines

Ava Nova

Nike Advert

Websites

Angeline Jolie Interview

Graphics

Man in computer screen – done in edit – maker of the game put in a game

White writing either to the left or right – every graphic has ‘that thing’ written and the persons job within it - eg (Angelina Jolie acts that thing)

Sans serif – no capitals

I decided to add this image as the programme was all about the phenomenon of Lara Croft and the representation of women.