2. Idea 1 – Body Image
Strengths Weaknesses
- Sensitive subject so people are able to
relate to it
- Relevant to today because it affects
younger generation
- Well thought out ideas in terms of
presentation
- Relatable to the target audience
because of the people that are in the
documentary
- Conducted good research so you have
something to link/look back to for help
when filming
- Contacted a Body Image campaign and
knows how she's going to include them
in the documentary (interviews)
- Has the questions that are going to be
asked already
- Although it's been said that it
appeals to everyone younger audience
may only be interested in the
documentary
- Has it been covered too much in the
past
- Predictable idea
- Too much going on visually with the
idea of twos stories; might be
confusing to the audience
- What makes it different to the other
Body Image documentaries?
- May look to similar to other
documentaries that are out there with
the same topic
This documentary will be investigating the reason people have such low body and confidence and why
they think they feel the way. I’ll explore the possible reason why people think there body has to look a
certain way in order to show people that regardless of your body shape you're beautiful.
3. Opportunities Threats
- Main Interview with Ellie Barnes
- Main Interview with someone from a
Body Image Campaign
- GPS or Advertisers
- Could go to a lingerie shop for e.g..
Victoria Secret and interview a
worker/manager on how they feel about
body image and their ‘self conscious’
customers
- Could interview men as well as women
about body image and they may expect
their ideal boyfriend/girlfriend's body
should look like
- Incorporate the idea of ‘Social Media’
and ‘Bullying’ with this idea and how
they play a role on its affects on people
-People may be too scared to talk
about their insecurities on the camera
- How will it be visually interesting?
-How will it protect vulnerable people
that are interviewed?
- Being that this documentary has
been done before what different
approach are you going to do?
- The documentary may divert to
much from the actual topic due to the
storyline within it
-What will you do if the person
becomes too scared or insecure to
address certain issues about their
body?
4. Idea 2 – Bullying
Strengths Weaknesses
- Great Variety of names chosen for
the title of the documentary
- Good secondary research
- Good reference to music; non-
diegetic sound
- Serious issue being addressed that
isn’t usually spoken about
- Also showing the elp that is
available to those being bullied
- Promotes anti-bullying (underlying
issue)
- How will you make this idea
original?
- too broad of an idea?
- Everybody has already been
educated on bullying/telling
people things they already know
- Man interview isn’t interesting
enough/ may be heard to get the
interview
- Not enough research done to be
applied to the actual
documentary
This idea is going to focus on the different types of bullying and why people bully others. It’ll explore
students stories and how it’s affected them and also offer help to those who have been bullied. This
documentary will promote anti-bullying.
5. Opportunities Threats
- Use if creative filming in
reconstruction playing with focus
and effects
- Maybe focus on the bully and why
they do it? New angle which’ll make
it different to everyone else’s out
there
- To travel around to other schools to
find out their policies and rules
about bullying
- Learn students stories about
bullying which makes the
documentary more interesting and
personal
- Shine a light on bullying (create
awareness)
- Help bullying campaigns that may
not be known have some attention
- Bullying is a wide topic so it may
be hard to cover all its aspects
and make sure it stays within the
5-15 minute timeframe without
getting boring
- People scared to come forward
and share their stories
- Unreliability in students telling
their stories because sometimes
they may be too shy to the
camera
- Getting permission for the kids
to be in the video
6. Idea 3 – Misrepresentation of Muslims
Strengths Weaknesses
- Social experiment brings an
interesting twist
- Excellent Idea; word association -
great idea
- Great focus group responses
- Focusing on something that no one
speaks out about
- Easy to film because of the area that
she lives in. She lives in an area that
is predominantly muslim so sh’ll be
able to get people in the
documentary
- Sensitive topic
- Not specific with who she’s going
to film/ if it would be possible
- Not done enough research
(sounds rushed and not thought
out)
- Not enough content about the
actual topic
This documentary is going to be talking about the misrepresentation of muslims in today’s society and
why people treat them this way. I’ll be exploring society's attitudes and if it contributes to the way on
which they are treated
7. Opportunities Threats
- Social Experiment has a lot of
potential
- Have physical evidence to show
people attitudes towards muslims
- Talk about issue that aren’t usually
addressed
- Interview with someone that is
apart of the ‘ Muslims against
Extremism’’ will play a crucial role
in the documentary because I’ll be
able to get both perspectives
- Need to mind how it's presented
so it doesn’t come off as
disrespectful
- The social experiment might go
wrong
- The social experiment may take
away from the seriousness of the
actual topic
8. Idea 4 – Social Media
‘think before you click’
Strengths Weaknesses
- Very current issue
- Highlighting one specific aspect of
social media instead of all of the
content
- Very well thought out in terms of
presentation
- Affects the majority of people
because everyone is linked to a
social media account
- Has an underlying message which is
to think before you click
- How will it be visually
appealing?
- Is there enough content?
- Do you have a social media
expert?
- Not an interesting enough topic
This documentary is about social media and the whole idea of thinking before clicking (sending
messages in and out). It’ll give statistics about the number of people that make the common mistake of
posting a picture or making a comment on social media without realising its consequences
9. Opportunities Threats
- Interview with the social media
expert
- Share stories of those who have
made the mistake
- Confidentiallity of the people
- Finding a social media expert to
be in my documentary
