media a2 documentary pitch

1. My Best Friend, Crystal
By Lydia Shaban

2. My Idea
• I've decided to change my idea for my
production. My production is going to be a 1 part
documentary about drugs in the young
generation and society today. It will be in a
docusoap/talking heads style documentary,
consisting of interviews with young people asking
of their knowledge about different drugs, what
the norm is when it comes to taking drugs in
young peoples lives, and learn the affects drug
taking (at a young age) can have on their lives.

3. Style
• The documentary style I am going to choose
will be talking heads/docusoap. This is
because I will be interviewing people in the
documentary but it will also be a part of a
series based on the current antics in youth
culture.

4. Genre
• My documentary will be of a young
adult/adult genre, aimed at young adults who
either take drugs, are thinking of getting
involved in drug abuse or who are simply
curious of their own kind. My aim is to also
educate the older generation of how the
younger generation perceive drugs in the year
2015, and what is the norm when it comes to
drugs nowadays.

5. Outline of production
• Start: Discovering different drugs and showing
teen’s knowledge on drugs and their names
(nicknames etc), interviews with young adults on
their experiences with drugs and their opinion on
a few factors to do with drugs.
• Middle: Anecdotes from drug users who abused
drugs in their teens (life updates), of how drugs
did or didn’t affect their lives.
• Balancing out the affects of drugs, leaving the
opinion of drug use to the audience to decide on
themselves.

6. Locations/Characters
• Well lighted areas to emphasize the youth of
these teens, also to juxtapose the dark drug
theme.
• Characters will be my friends (+max) who are
the age I’m basing my program on.
• The location of filming can be anywhere from
school (where teens usually are), skate park,
outside ASDA, dark roads/alleyways.

7. Product Research
Cherry Healy: Old Before Our Time
• I watched this documentary for inspiration, as its to do with
drugs and young people, with a young adult target
audience. It is a three part documentary presented by
Cherry Healey. The program was broadcasted on Thursdays
at 8pm, on BBC3. This documentary shows how taking
drugs from a young age can speed up your life, aging your
earlier. For example, a 23 year old man had to have his
bladder removed due to him overdosing on Ketamin. The
Ketamin shrank his bladder, therefore not allowing him to
urinate anymore. We are then informed about how,when
and where drugs are taken. We are also informed on the
effects of other drugs such as cannabis.