Sunday, 29 April 2012
Final Idea
Our final idea was a Channel 4 documentary based in Hove Park School called 'Teaching Teens' which we would air at 8.30pm and would last an hour. In the clip we follow student Bradley Coe who is a troubled student that struggles with confidence as his family are living on the breadline. The teachers try to do everything they can to help Bradley however unfortunatly some are fed up with his constant misbehavior, bad punctuality and incorrect uniform and have negative outbursts.
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Questionnaire
We set up a questionnaire to help us get feedback on our documentary and what it would feature.
1. Gender
Male
Female
2. How old are you?
younger than 10
10-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
50+
1. Gender
Male
Female
2. How old are you?
younger than 10
10-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
50+
2. What is your favorite type of documentary?
Mockumentary
Observational
Reality
Educational
Fly on the wall
Other
3. Do you watch documentaries often?
Yes- Lots
Yes- Sometimes
Yes- Rarely
No- Never
4.What channel would you normally associate with documentaries that you like?
BBC
ITV
Channel 4
Sky
Other
5.What is you favorite ever TV documentary?
.........................
6. What is your favorite TV documentary currently being shown? (N/A if none)
........................
7. What do you look for in a documentary that you would watch?
.........................
8. Would you be interested in a fly on the wall documentary based in a secondary school?
Yes
No
9. What channel would you expect to see this documentary on?
BBC
ITV
Channel 4
Sky
Other
Evaluation
From the questionnaire, we concluded that our target audience are most interested in Fly on the wall and Reality type documentaries, usually shown on Channel 4. We used this information and decided that it would be appropriate to show the documentary we have produced on Channel 4. The type of documentary we decided to produce is fly on the wall but because we found our target audience also like reality documentaries we also tried to incorporate this into what we produced. Many participants said they enjoyed watching 'Educating Essex' so we thought it would be a good idea to produce a similar documentary to this because it seems that it is something that interests our target audience.
Evaluation
From the questionnaire, we concluded that our target audience are most interested in Fly on the wall and Reality type documentaries, usually shown on Channel 4. We used this information and decided that it would be appropriate to show the documentary we have produced on Channel 4. The type of documentary we decided to produce is fly on the wall but because we found our target audience also like reality documentaries we also tried to incorporate this into what we produced. Many participants said they enjoyed watching 'Educating Essex' so we thought it would be a good idea to produce a similar documentary to this because it seems that it is something that interests our target audience.
Initial Ideas
Our first idea as a group was to do an educational series based on drugs and alcohol in relation to addiction. We would have based our clip on cocaine which would have included factual evidence, archive footage and and scenes of night life for a cocaine user. When thinking about what kind of channel this would be suitable for we chose BBC3 as it is an educational documentary that would be broadcast around 9pm. We decided this was too typical and had been done to many times before and therefore may be boring. We then thought about doing a reality 'fly on the wall' documentary which in our clip would feature a 21 year old male living in Brighton who worked as a night club promoter. It would be in the style of other reality documentaries such as ITV's 'The Only Way Is Essex' and Channel 4's 'Made in Chelsea' but this proved difficult to film and also very common.
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