This document outlines a formal proposal for a documentary about rising university tuition fees. It will question whether university is worth it for college leavers and interview professionals and conduct vox pops to get different perspectives on the issue. Primary research will include a pilot study, vox pops, and interviews. Secondary research will use trusted publications and statistics. The resources needed are a camera, microphone, editing software, recording studio, and design software.

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Formal Proposal
Degree or Not Degree

2. 2
Degree or Not Degree
•Our topic will be the rising
university tuition fees.
•Our target audience will be those
looking to go to university or
parents of students, etc.
•The formality level of the
documentary will be relatively
formal.

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Content
• We will be looking into whether university is worth it for
college leavers. The title, Degree or Not Degree, implies
this. We will have this question answered by the end of the
documentary.
• We will interview a mixture of professionals – careers
advisors, teachers, academic coaches, etc.
• We will be conducting our vox pops in Solihull town centre
with a wide range of passers by.
• We hope to get opinions from people from all walks of life.
• We will use stock footage of student protests and David
Cameron, the Prime Minister, defending the decision to
increase tuition fees.

4. 4
Research
Primary
•We will carry out a pilot study, asking 20 people to fill out questionnaires
about their knowledge of university tuition fees.
•The vox pops will give an insight into the views of the general public.
•Our professional interviews with people such as teachers, academic
coaches and careers advisors should give us informative opinions from
people who work in related areas.
•We plan on also recorded our own research video, asking a group of
students for their opinions on what they expect to see in documentaries.
Secondary
•We will use trusted sources such as large publications like The
Guardian, BBC News and The Times to source the information used in
our documentary.
•We will also use figures from UCAS and The Office For Fair Access to
add some precise detail to the voiceover, which provide reliable, factual
information.

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Resources
• A camera, microphone, headphones and tripod will be
required to film our documentary.
• We will need access to an iMac with Final Cut to edit our
documentary, as well as GarageBand to create the music
for the documentary and radio trailer, as well as compiling
the radio trailer.
• A recording studio will be useful to record our voiceover for
documentary and radio trailer.
• We will need a Windows PC with Adobe PhotoShop and
InDesign to create our double page spread.
• A digital stills camera will be needed to take photos for our
double page spread.

6. 5
Resources
• A camera, microphone, headphones and tripod will be
required to film our documentary.
• We will need access to an iMac with Final Cut to edit our
documentary, as well as GarageBand to create the music
for the documentary and radio trailer, as well as compiling
the radio trailer.
• A recording studio will be useful to record our voiceover for
documentary and radio trailer.
• We will need a Windows PC with Adobe PhotoShop and
InDesign to create our double page spread.
• A digital stills camera will be needed to take photos for our
double page spread.