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A documentary on the effects of the media on young people. I will interview
young people on their experiences with feeling pressured by the media. I will
interview young people to hear about their experiences with the media giving
them twisted views to beauty. My documentary will cover whether this is an issue
that affects young people and how. I plan to film an experience with the strict
expectations of modelling agencies and that young people then project onto
themselves. I aim to raise awareness of how these ideas are ridiculous but also
give another side to the story to evaluate whether the media is in the wrong or
are they just putting out what the public want to see.
It will be unique because I will look at it from different angles, e.g. from the
photographers view, people in the industry, models and the public. This will give
my audience an overview of the issues so they can decide who is causing it. The
aim is to expose how unrealistic the media is so that it reaches young people and
they understand that they shouldnt try to conform to these expectations. It is
aimed at young people who are affected by similar issues.
Vibe productions should publish my idea because it is an actual issue that is
occurring all over the world today. I feel by creating this document it could
actually help people overcome issues of low self-esteem or challenge the social
perception of beauty.
Ideas
After submitting a survey to my peers asking them which idea would work best
as a documentary. My initial ideas included; going to university (Bristol) and
interview a student on student life, night life, and money, going out,
accommodation, studies and experiences. Another idea was to interview Jen (girl
who lives with my family) on what it is like to move from France with a random
English family, my third idea was a documentary about the war and interview my
grandma on her experiences in the war and my final idea which was to interview
young people on pressures to fit in with the medias perception of physical
appearances- interview photographers on unhealthy ideas they give out on how
to look.
The results were quite close but 60% of my respondents said they prefer the idea
of going to university and interviewing students. When I asked my peers which
idea they would find most interesting to watch, 40% said idea 1 (university) and
equally 40% said they would find idea 4 most interesting (body image and the
effects of the modelling industry on young people). This made it difficult because
I had to decide myself between the two with the same votes. Once considering
that idea 1 was most popular in my first question, I had to contact the people I
would use in my documentary on University life. After speaking to my sister I
found that the university idea wouldnt be too easy to film because she doesnt
have enough availability in the next few weeks. Therefore I have decided that
the documentary on the medias influences on young people would work quite
well because I know lots of people who are available to be interviewed and I
think I can do the idea quite well because I have contacts within the modelling
that I can speak to and film from my personal experience with it. It also helps
that I already had permission from some friends to interview them.
Mood board
Target Audience
I created a survey to discuss who the target audience of my
documentary on the influence of the media was. I summarised what
my project was on, then asked questions about who the target
audience was. I found that people thought my documentary was aimed
at both females and males but predominantly females. They thought
the ages that would watch it would be from 16 to 25. They also
decided the social class would be group E because they are students
and likely to be unemployed.
The ages would be 16-25 because most people who are these ages
use social media like Instagram so would be surrounded by images of
people perceived as beautiful who they might desire to look like.
I have targeted my production to these ages by interviewing young
people about it to give an insight to what these ages think about the
subject so similar aged audiences can relate to it.
I did research into similar programs to mine to see whether their productions
targeted a similar audience to establish whether my target audience was right.
For example the film Picture Me has a general audience but the age focus is
roughly 12-25. Picture Me focuses on the dark side of the modeling industry that
young girls need to understand such as issues like anorexia and bulimia that is a
problem young girls face.
Market Competitors
I have carried out research into the market and decided that there is a space for
my documentary on Channel 4 because there have been many programmes on
the topic of body image in the past that have been very successful, but nothing
of recent. These programmes include the film Picture Me in 2009 which received
quite high ratings was aired in cinemas, however, this was in cinemas rather
than television, so there might be a gap in the market for a television
programme on a similar issue.
Body Image is a competitor to my documentary because it is also a documentary
on a very similar topic. This documentary looks into the different shapes and
sizes of bodies and people's attitudes to them.
This programme was aired on BBC and was aired on a Thursday at 9pm because
this is when young adults would watch programmes. I think the audience for a
programme on students would be young people. Teenagers seem to consume a
lot of media whether it is online, in magazines, films, shops or films.
The documentary Body Image in 2008 had quite a lot of views and was quite
popular on television, despite being criticised for being exaggerated. My
documentary will be more realistic on peoples experiences with the issue so Im
not worried about being criticised on television. Due to this having bad reviews, I
think there is space in the market for something similar but better than this one.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007h3ql/episodes/guide
Specialists
The specialists I will interview are Leah Hibbert; a woman, who has worked in the
modelling industry for years, starting out as a model herself, then becoming a
scout for the agency Elite and eventually creating her own business as a model
scout and mother agent. This means that she finds models, scouts them and
gets them work, looking after them until they are ready to sign to the right
agency.
Channel 4, 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P
Personal Requirements
Travel
Kerri Roberts:
Jennifer Loumont:
Total:
65.20
Amber Cann:
Brogan Bell:
Abby Smith:
Izzy London:
Holly Ellis:
Leah Hibbert:
Food Expenses
I will provide my cast and crew with a Sainsburys meal deal so they can choose
what they want and it is cheap.
Meal deal (3x 8) =
24
Accommodation
I dont have an accommodation budget because my cast and crew will go home
at the end of the day so I wont need to accommodate them.
Props budget
I am not using any props so wont need a budget for props.
Location
House- cost of hire:
80 x 5 =
80 per day
400
(5/hour)
(5/ hour)
665
(5/hour)
(5/hour)
(5/hour)
N/A
(240/ day)
(200/ day)
(200/day)
Budget
Equipment
Camera (Sony HXR-NX5E) from Vibe
ProductionsTripod (Manfrotto Fluid Tripod)
http://www.hireacamera.com/engb/products/HAC00-00241-fluid-tripod/
Dolly (Konova Konova Skater with
Benro Ball Head)
http://www.hireacamera.com/engb/products/HAC00-00518-konovaskater-with-benro-ball-head/
Light (Generic 1x1 LED Panel Light kit)
http://www.hireacamera.com/engb/products/HAC00-00364-1x1-ledpanel-light-kit---1-piece/
71/ Day
8/day
8/ day
30/day
4/day
665
605
400
65.20
24
1,759.2
Monda
y
1st
Producti
on
planning
Planning
2nd
Producti
on
planning
Planning
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thurs
day
Frid
ay
Plann
ing
Lunc
h
Saturday
Sunday
Peri
od
Monda
y
Tuesday
3rd
Production
planning
4th
Production
planning
Peri
od
Monda
y
1st
Pitch
plan at
Henley
college
2nd
Creating
proposal
at
Henley
college
Tuesday
Wednesday
Planning
Thurs
day
Frid
ay
Saturday
Sunday
Planni
ng
Planni
ng
Wednesday
Thursd
ay
Friday
Pitch
rehears
al at
Henley
college
Saturd
ay
Sunday
Pitch
rehearsal
in
Wargrave
Lunc
h
3rd
Proposal work
(college)
4th
Proposal work
(college)
Work on proposal
(Wargrave)
Work on pitch
(Wargrave)
Work on
pitch
(college)
Work on
pitch
(college)
Work on
proposal
and pitch
(Wargrav
e)
Peri
od
1st
Monda
y
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thurs
day
Frid
ay
Go to London to
meet with model
agency or
photographer
Saturday
Sunday
Interview Izzy
on her views
on
representatio
n of the
media. How it
might have
affected her.
(Wargrave)
Interview
Jennifer on
her views on
representation
of the media.
How it might
have affected
her.
(Wargrave)
Peri
od
Monda
y
2nd
Tuesday
Wednesday
Interview
Holly Ellis on
her feelings
towards the
media
pressuring
young people
(college)
Go to London to
meet with model
agency or
photographer
Frid
ay
Saturday
Sunday
Interview
Brogan on her
views on
representatio
n of the
media. How it
might have
affected her.
Go to London to
meet with model
agency or
photographer
Lunc
h
Film dramatic
scenes of
shop windows,
etc.
(Reading)
Go to London to
meet with model
agency or
photographer
3rd
Thurs
day
Go to London to
film media
representation
(billboards, shop
windows,
magazines, etc.
th
Peri
od
Monda
y
1st
Editing
(college)
2nd
Editing
(college)
Tuesday
Wednesd
ay
Thursday
Friday
Editing
(college)
Lunc
h
3rd
Editing
(college)
Editing
(college)
4th
Editing
(college)
Editing
(college)
Saturd
ay
Sunday
Resources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vys2oEMcyA
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1459052/
http://theillusionists.org/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007h3ql/episodes/guide
http://www.peopleperhour.com/freelance/freelance+actors
http://thcvibeproductions.weebly.com/hiring-equipment.html
http://www.hireacamera.com/en-gb/products/HAC00-00306-glidecam-4000-pro/
http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/HOT/WGV/today/1145/dep/to
day/1345/dep
http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/WGV/London/today/1330/de
p/today/1530/dep
http://www.regus.co.uk/meeting-rooms/united-kingdom/wargrave?
q=Wargrave,United-Kingdom