Filming in Liverpool

Today me and Michaela went to Liverpool to film our Vox Pop answers. The Vox Pop questions we choose are 'Who has your ideal body type?', 'What are your ideal features of a person?', 'Are plus size people beautiful?' and 'Would you ever consider plastic surgery?'. To film our Vox pops we went round various locations in Liverpool - including Liverpool ONE and the Metquarter. While out filming me and Michaela noticed that the channel 4 show 'Embarrasing bodies' were getting ready to film so we asked the production manager if it would be possible to arrange an interview with one of the doctors. Helen the prodution manager said it would be ok so we arranged a time to come back and film. While waiting we went to both John Lewis and Debenhams to see if it would be possible to film make-up counters. Both John Lewis and Debenhams said we would have to phone the managers. When we came back we interviewed Christian Jessen.

Nail Salon

Today I and Michaela went to film a nail technician but because of commitments I could not make the interview so Michaela filmed that alone and I made it to help film cutaways.

Planning

This a storyboard that my group drew for our opening title sequence for our documentary, it lasts for 20 seconds.

These are the single frames my group drew for the interviews that we will conduct in the first five minutes of our documentary; Jane who had a gastric band inserted, a doctor, a nail technician, a hairdresser, a gym obsessive, a male who is obsessed with fake tan and a drag queen.

These are the interview questions we wrote for each of our interviewees, some questions below we did not use in our first five minutes but were in the inital plan. The reason we have not used some of these questions is that they would only have closed answers.

Questions for the nail technician

Tell me about your job.
How long have you been a nail technician for?
What made you want to be a nail technician?
Do you think your appearance is important in this line of work?
On average how many people do you give beauty treatments to a day?
What’s the most popular beauty treatment?
Do you have boys come in and get beauty treatments as well as girls?
Why do you think people come and get beauty treatments?

Questions for the sunbed shop worker

How long have you worked here for?
Throughout the years in working here do you think the use of sunbeds has risen or fallen?
Do both men and women come in to use the sunbeds on a regular basis?
Do you think that the number of males who come into the shop has risen or fallen since you first started working here?
How many minutes does the average person go on the sunbed for?
Do you think the people who come in to use the sunbeds look like their appearance is a big factor in their life?
What does the crazy fit machine do? Do a lot of different ages use it?
The people you have seen use them on a regular basis; do they look any different from when they first started using them?

Questions for Jane who had the gastric band fitted

Why is it that you wanted a gastric band fitted?
How long did it take you to decide to get a gastric band?
Did you feel pressurised by society to change your body image?
Do you think that since having the band fitted you are seen in a different way by other people? If so in what way?
Would you recommend this procedure to others?

Questions for the Doctor

Would you recommend this procedure?
What does this procedure entail?
Are there any risks with this procedure?
On average how many people ask for a gastric band each year?
Apart from a gastric band what other methods would you recommend to lose weight?

Questions for the hairdresser

How long have you been a hairdresser for?
What made you want to become a hairdresser?
Do you think appearance is important in your line of work?
On average how many people come in for a haircut a day?
Since the credit crunch have people been coming to the hairdressers less frequently?

Questions for the male obsessed with fake tan

Would you say that your appearance is important to you? If so why?
How long does it usually take you to get ready before a night out?
What is your usual routine to get ready?
Why do you get a spray tan?
How often do you get a spray tan?
Why do you prefer a spray tan to a sun bed or sun shower?
Do you think there is a negative stigma attached with a male getting a spray tan? If so why do you think this?

Questions for the drag queen

Tell me about your job, what does it entail?
What or who introduced you to this line of work?
When was the first time you dressed up like a woman and why?
Do you feel more confident whilst dressed up than you do when you are in male clothes?
What is your favourite woman's outfit to wear?
On a regular night how long does it usually take you to get ready?
Do you wear make up every day?
Where do you buy your make up products from?
Do you get male or female make up?
Are you in a relationship?
Does your partner mind that you dress up or do they not have a problem with it?
Would you say there is a negative stigma attached with being a drag queen? If so why do you think this is?

These are the questions which were in the orignal running order but since we re drafted it they no longer feature in the first five minutes.

Questions for the make up artist

Tell me about your job.
How long have you been a make up artist for?
What made you want to be a make up artist?
Do you think your appearance is important in this line of work?
On average how many people do you give makeovers to a day?
Do you have boys come in and get makeovers as well as girls?
Why do you think people come and get makeovers?

Questions for a Gym person (male & female)

How often do you go the gym?
What exercises do you do when you go the gym?
Do you take any exercise supplements?
Why do you feel the need to go the gym?
Do you have an ideal shape/figure that you want to achieve from coming here?

These are the five vox pops questions which we will film for our documentary to see which one we like the best.

Which celebrity has your ideal body shape? - this will be filmed by New Look in Liverpool One

Do you think plus size women are still beautiful? - this will be filmed by the fountains in Liverpool

Would you get plastic surgery? What would you get done? - this will be filmed by the Metquarter

Would you say the person in this picture (Pete Burns) is beautiful? - this will be filmed by Primark

What would be your ideal features to make an ideal person? - this will be filmed by Topshop

Running Order

This is my groups running order of our full documentary, the section highlighted in light blue is our first five minutes which we will be producing. The documentary is exactly 24 minutes as it will be broadcasted on channel four.

Janes Interview

Today me and Michaela went to Poulton to film Jane. A woman who had recently had a gastric band operation. The interview went well and Jane’s answers were full and very detailed however we had to film it several times due to interruptions and framing issues but we fixed them and the interview went well. Jane has also agreed to give us before and after photographs which we could possible use in our documentary.

Drag Queen

Today I was given the number of a drag queen from my uncle Steven. I have tried to contact him to see if it would be possible to interview him and have had no luck so far. I will try later in the week.

Secondary Research

This is a screenshot of the tesco diets website

This is the website for MYA which is a cosmetic surgery clinic that do enhancement surgeries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvZ2sWFegk4

this video is an episode of supersize vs superskinny which is a show based on extreme eating habits

www.markfast.net/home

This is the website for fashion designer Mark Fast who has used a variety of different sized model to show his collections

http://www. embarrassing-illnesses.com/

this is the website for the channel 4 show 'Embarassing Bodies' were the public go and see doctors about any aliments they have

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/wellbeing/8067558/Lose-weight-and-improve-your-health-and-fitness.html

this is an article from the telegraph website which is about losing weight and improving health

This is another example of a TV programme we would use as it is about confidence in your body which is what our documentary is about; body image.
This is a link to see clips from this programme:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/how-to-look-good-naked/video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1fG3w0Tp1U