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1. Script:
(starts off with opening split screen time-lapse of girls doing makeup)
Voiceover: Did you know the average age a girl starts to wear
makeup is 11 years old? The pressures of beauty in society today are
growing on a daily basis. Today, we explore if this change is really
affecting people as much as the media are saying so.
(presenter walking down hallway)
On screen narrator: On average, a woman spends £100,000 on
cosmetics in their lifetime, but why? Is it because they want to hide
behind a mask, is it to change their appearance or is it down to the
pressures of beauty in society?
(Shots of all different makeup shops in Solihull)
Voiceover: We don’t realise the growing amount of beauty shops
around us. If they are everywhere, how do we expect young people to
not feel pressure on themselves to look a certain way?
Voiceover: We spoke to a makeup artist about her experience when it
comes to herself and clients feeling pressured about the way they
look.
(interview with makeup artist)
(presenter footage outside of the sixth form)
On screen presenter: We came to Solihull Sixth Form to ask the
students how they feel about the pressures of beauty on men and
women in today’s society.
Voiceover: (vox pops with no audio) We started off by asking what
makes beautiful, and the results were surprising.

2. (vox pops of peoples answers)
(slow mo and blur students walking into canteen with statistics over
the top)
Voiceover: (describing the statistics) All the statistics are completely
contradictory to what we found out when we came into Solihull sixth
form.
Voiceover: (clip of Julie on her computer) We spoke to Julie Maitland
a student development officer at the sixth form to get her few on the
pressures of beauty in society today.
(interview with Julie)
On screen presenter: (images popping up on the screen) We are
constantly surrounded by shops, advertisements and images which
can compel you to want to look a certain way.
Voiceover: but is the pressure only on girls?
(insert vox pops of girls and boys)
Voiceover: the main culprit for the belief that all girls
are pressured these days? Social media.
(show clips of scrolling through Instagram and YouTube, giving more
statistics)
Voiceover: we spoke to someone who was bullied for not looking a
certain way. Her identity has been hidden for personal reasons.
(show anonymous clip)

3. Voiceover: So, it can be argued that the rise of makeup has placed a
huge pressure on girls or eve boys in today’s society, but coming to
Solihull sixth form proved that the pressures maybe aren’t as big as
people make out.
On screen presenter+voiceover: next on the pressures of beauty we
go into Solihull town centre to discover the extremes some people go
to in order to actually permanently change their appearance.
(non audio clips of vox pops in Solihull)