2. How did my Idea Start?
The idea of breaking a world record has been there since buying my first Guinness Book of
World Records back in 2010. Seeing my picture in a GuinnessWorld Record book has been
been a dream of mine for a while, and I think my hunger to do it is at its peak in this
moment in time.
3. What Factor Changed my Idea
(Secondary Research)
At first I had the idea of just focusing of what it took to break a world
record. However after conducting secondary research and finding
out an Arsenal fan (the team I support) broke the world record for the
longest time playing FIFA (over 48 hours), it gave me the belief that I
could break a world record.
Furthermore looking at the world record page and seeing how many
potential world records I could possibly break, gave me not only the
confidence of finding out what it takes to be a world record holder,
but gave me the inspiration of potentially breaking more records in
the future.
4. How was my Idea Developed?
- In terms of development, my research enabled to be ambitious
and interview the man who holds the most world records (Ashrita
Furman).
- Furthermore the fact that someone broke a world record whilst
playing a game, gave me the supplement of actually believing that
breaking a record is possible.
- Lastly, planning to interview Ashrita Furman has given me the idea
of how this documentary will be planned and what type of content
it will feature.
5. What Factor Changed my Idea
(Primary Research)
In terms of my Primary research my focus group stated that a world
record to do with food would make my task of breaking a world
record easier, due to the fact that I am a food enthusiast.
Furthermore, in terms of conventions and interviews interviewing a
world record holder would be easy, however Ashrita Farman’s name
was brought into the equation and my ambition to interview him
after watching a documentary about him increased severely.
With one of my idea being based onYouTube, I tried to think of a way
to bring the two together.This lead me to think of the idea of
‘vlogging’ my world record attempt along with the preparation for it.
All 5 people within my focus agreed with the suggestion and thought
that no matter what I should pursue this idea.
6. How was my Idea Developed?
Now that I am pursuing this idea, I feel that an eating world record
would be the most suitable due to the feedback I received from my
focus group.
The fact that 3/5 members of my focus group knew who Ashrita
Furman was, shows that interviewing him would be a major success
as he is a well known worldwide ‘superstar’.
Adding the vlogging segment to this documentary would make it
more of a modern documentary, and would also appeal to my target
audience seeing as many 14-17 year olds would either understand the
concept of vlogging or they may even watch vloggers onYouTube
themselves.
7. How did my Pitch change my Idea
In terms of my feedback, the audience stated that the best world
record to break would be an eating world record. I felt this was great
idea as I do love food, along with the fact that I have the capability of
eating food quickly. Since I received my feedback, I decided to do
some research in eating world records. Some of the records that I
can potentially break include, Most Doughnuts eaten in 3 minutes
without licking your lips, Most Olives eaten in a minute, or the most
M&M’s eaten blindfolded in a minute using chopsticks.
8. Final Idea
After the feedback and research I conducted, I’ve come to the decision that my final idea
will be called ‘The Record Breaker’.
Draft of the Documentary:
- Start of with Cutaway footage/archived footage
- Interview with Ashrita
- Vlog footage of my preparation of the world record attempt
- World record attempt
