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Formal proposal for documentary
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- 2. • Title: LightenUp • Topic: Smoking • Type: Mixed documentary including interviews, narration and archive material. • Style: Our documentary topic is Smoking which is quite a serious health risk so our documentary will be quite formal. • Channel and scheduling: We have chosen Channel Four for our documentary to appear on • Target Audience: 16+ • Narrative Structure: It will be single stranded with an open ended finish, it will also be linear.
- 3. Research Primary: Possible interviews: Morrisons cigarettesalesperson, health professional, someone who is against smoking, e-cig sales representative and a celebrity. Cut aways: People smoking, smoking outside pubs, cigarette displays, people buying cigarettes, hospital scenes and perhaps a hospital scene. Secondary: Old film clips Celebrities smoking Kids smoking TV programmes (all YouTube) Music Google Music Videos News Articles
- 4. Outline of content •Begin with the history of smoking • Old smoking adverts and smoking's media representation • Interviews: -Smokers,-Someone adverse to smoking,-Health Professional,-E-cig rep,- Morrisons cigarette salesperson. • Why people smoke • Health risks • Statistics on smoke • How to quit • Methods on quitting
- 5. Archive Material: • Youtubeclips (old films, celebrities smoking, young people smoking) • Music videos • Smoking adverts • TV clips Music: • Oasis- Cigarettes and alcohol Actuality footage: • Cigarettes in the shop • Cigarettes being made/branded • Cigarette distribution
- 6. Resource Requirements • SLRCamera • Computer • Adobe premier, audition and photoshop • HD Video Camera and memory card. • Voice recorder • Microphone • Lights • Recording studio • Tripod