ideas for a documentary

1. Ideas
4 INITIAL

2. This documentary will be about if being cruel to people makes you cool. I will
be investigating if it is true. This idea came from when I saw that people in
the masses are always singling someone out and being cruel to them.
My primary target audience is males and females between the ages of 12-18.
This is because they will still be in education and school and is most likely
going to be interested in this topic. I will use cool hip hop music, and my
costume will be informal (hoody) also the mise en scene will be in schools or
around school.
My secondary target audience is males and females between the ages of 12-18
because almost everyone would have experienced ether being cruel or being
harassed by the people being cruel.
CRUEL TO BE COOL

3. My mode of address will be informal to connect with the audience and so I
can be on a more personal level. The music will be relaxed to make the
viewers comfortable and feel as if I am talking directly to them. My costume
will be casual.
There will be a presenter. It will be an observational and investigative
documentary as I will be observing and investigating the topic. It will also be a
biographical documentary as I will be following 3 students and there
experiences.
CRUEL TO BE COOL

4. Conventions:
Voxpop- what makes someone cool?
-what makes someone cruel?
-I will give them scenarios and ask them which is the cool one.
Participate- 3 students
Music- relaxed music. Instrumentals.
Filming the school for cutaways.
Archive footage of people being cruel to look cool.(YouTube)
An interview of an expert from the anti-bullying agency.
Location- in school/ on streets
CRUEL TO BE COOL

5. My purpose for making this is to show what young people views are on being
cool and how it is linked to being cruel to people. It is to raise awareness of
the problems with peoples views. It will be on E4 around 5-8pm because
that’s when my target audience are most likely to get back from school. The
reason I have chosen E4 because there target audience is the same as mine,
12-18 year olds.
I will promote this using below the line advertising such as social media. I can
use Facebook twitter etc. I have chosen social media because it reaches a wide
audience also because it is very relevant to the topic (trolling)
It will around 3-5 minutes long.
CRUEL TO BE COOL

6. Secondary research:
What Culture suggest that movies/TV influence the behavior of
children.
Pacer Kids suggest that people are mean to people to look cool because
they are paranoid about not being part of there group of friends.
CRUEL TO BE COOL
YouTube clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3rqtxSCV-E

7. Primary Research:
Question on Yahoo
CRUEL TO BE COOL

8. CRUEL TO BE COOL
Questionnaire
From my questionnaire the feedback I got was that many people think that you don't need to be
cruel to be cool however many people chose the gang as the cool people and the student is not. The
description of someone cool was that there rebels. And someone not cool is nerds/geeks.

9. This documentary will be about feminism and if it is fair. This idea came from a
YouTube clip I saw of a man who defends himself from a women on a train and
got charged. This is an original idea because most feminist documentary's are
about the struggles of women but this one is about the struggles of man.
My primary target audience is males and females from the age range of 16-20
because they would have grown up with feminism. They will also be attracted by
the this as everyone talks about feminism. The style of of my documentary will be
formal and neat so it looks professional because professional people will like to
see my documentary because it is a serious subject and people costumes should
reflect that.
My secondary target audience are females from the age of 20-25 as most females
believe in feminism and I will be questioning it.
IS FEMINISM FAIR

10. My mode of address will be at formal at some parts and informal when I want
to connect with the audience. When I am trying to be formal there will be no
music so all the focus is on the information.
There will be a presenter and voice overs to narrate what is happening. This
documentary will be an investigative documentary.
IS FEMINISM FAIR

11. Conventions:
Voxpop- what is feminism?
-Do you think it is fair?
-what is a feminazi? (corrupt feminist)
Presenter-Me also will narrate what is happening through the use of
voiceovers.
Music-instrumentals. Type of music will be dictated by the mood.
Archive footage- feminism not being fair. (viral YouTube clips)
Maybe an interview. Contacted feminist group- London feminist network.
They are the largest feminist group in London.
A local teacher and NUT rep who is concerned with feminist politics.
IS FEMINISM FAIR

12. My purpose for making this is to find out if feminism is fair or dose it just
benefit females and give them more rights over males. Its to raise awareness
about the struggles of man due to feminism. It will be on BBC1 or ITV4 or
Channel 4 because these channels deal with controversial topics. Also I will I
it on YouTube and Vice for people to see it and vice deals with controversial
topics in the UK. I will promote this trough below the line advertisements. So
I will use social media to promotesuch as twitter and Facebook.
It will be around 3-5 minutes long.
IS FEMINISM FAIR

13. Secondary research:
Conservativewomen suggest that men should stand up to feminism.
Mirror Online view on train fight.
IS FEMINISM FAIR
YouTube clip of Train fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTIAuj3pHgk&safe=active
YouTube Clip- Lauren Southern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNErQFmOwq0
YouTube clip- social experiment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtVHnZX8E50

14. Primary research:
IS FEMINISM FAIR
Questionnaire
My feedback was that many people knew what a feminist and no one knew what a feminazi is, also
everyone thought it was fair. Many people thought that feminist only effects women however some
said men. Everyone said that there is no male feminist.

15. Primary research
I also conducted a focus group with 2 male students and 2 females students
Key findings-
Males have more rights than females so females need more protection,
Feminism is fair,
Feminazi do not exist.
IS FEMINISM FAIR

16. This documentary will be exploring the topic of “does rap promote violence” this
is an original idea because “does rap promote violence” is an age old question.
Mine is different as I will be showing the other side of rap which is against
violence. I was inspired to make this because I listen to rap music however I do
not do acts of violence so it confuses me when people say it has connects directly
to people doing violence.
My primary target audience is males from the age of 16-25, because they would
have listen to modern day rap. I will attract them by using rap music. Informal
costume. Mise en scene will be on the streets.
My secondary target audience is males and females of the age of 20-27 who don’t
know about this culture and why rappers talk about violence because they have
never been exposed to their reality.
RAP=VIOLENCE??

17. My mode of address will be informal so I can really communicate with the
audience. Also people who listen to rap (teenagers) would not be attracted to a
formal documentary.
There will be a presenter however I will also do voice overs so that all the
focus is on the information.
It will be an investigative documentary as I am investingating what people
think.
RAP=VIOLENCE?

18. Conventions:
Voxpop- does rap equal violence?
Who is the target audience for rap?
Participate- people who listen to rap.
- People who don’t listen to rap
Music- rap music instrumentals.
Film streets for cutaways
Music videos and violent scene for archive footage.
RAP=VIOLENCE?

19. My purpose for making this is that I want to find out if rap really does
promote violence or is it just a myth and a scape goat for people bad behavior.
It is to raise question whether rap does promote violence and if people do
acts of violence due to rap.
I will be around 3-5 minutes long.
RAP=VIOLENCE?

20. Secondary research:
BBC suggest that that rappers influence people to do violence
YouTube video defends rap.
RAP=VIOLENCE?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd4cl3yv_u4

21. Primary research:
RAP=VIOLENCE?
Questionnaire
Feedback: 4/6 people said rap does promote violence however everyone said it does increase chance
of doing violence. 5/6 people said people shouldn't listen to rap. 3 common words they used to
describe rap was guns,drugs,sex.

22. This documentary will be about the views on terrorism from the general
public and how this is linked to Muslims. Also the views on the latest terrorist
threats. I was inspired to make by all the news about Muslim terrorist. This is
original because there are a lot of documentaries on this however mine has a
different angle as I will show how it is not linked together. It is a real cliché
idea but mine is different as I will be going on the conspiracy route as well.
My primary target audience is males and females from the age of 16-20 who
are Muslims. This is because my documentary will be about Muslims.
My secondary target audience is males and females from the ages of 16-20
who don’t know about Muslims but does know about the terrorism in the
world.
MUSLIM TERRORISM

23. My mode of address will be informal so I can be on a personal level and that
the information really hits home.
There will be no presenter, only voiceovers to narrate what is happening.
This will be an observational documentary as I will be observing the views of
the general public.
MUSLIM TERRORISM

24. Conventions:
Voxpops- what is terrorism.
-who are terrorist
-what do Muslims believe in.
Music- instrumentals- music will dictate mood.
Archive footage- of terrorist
-of Muslims praying in Mosques
Film mosque/streets for cutaway footage.
Interview with a Muslim scholar.
MUSLIM TERRORISM

25. My purpose for making this is is to educate people on the actual views of
Muslims. It is to raise awareness of the Muslim struggle of being linked to
terrorism every day.
It will be 3-5 minutes long.
MUSLIM TERRORISM

26. Secondary Research:
Independent showing Muslims rebelling against terrorism
MUSLIM TERRORISM
YouTube Clip –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC10-_BU5_U

27. Primary Research:
MUSLIM TERRORISM
Questionnaire
Feedback : everyone said that terrorist have different religions. Majority are Muslims. 4/5 said we
should fight against terrorism also, 2/5 said we should go to war. 1/5 people said that there is
terrorism in the UK.