Mapping PowerPoint

1. Mapping Development of My
Idea
Aaron Jamaal

2. Start to My Idea
• My idea was drafted and introduced when I had
encountered an individual who is considered to
be an SEN student. From here, I heard discussions
from teachers talking about the learning
difficulties SEN students have and it further
interested my view on this topic. From this point,
I wanted to explore this subject in further detail.
Connecting sport to SEN students wasn’t part of
the initial plan however; this element allowed me
to make changes and develop my idea.

4. Factors to changing my Idea?
• I realised that it would be very challenging for me to obtain
the views of students with SEN conditions with consent of
both themselves and their parents. Looking further into my
documentary, I found that the school I was looking into was
mostly going to show me the opportunities students are
given to them which helps the studies of students both
with and without SEN needs. This seemed like the better
option to take as the documentary could be more accurate
and pleasant for my audience preventing a sense of
controversy to occur. This then would be in line with the
adjusted title “Students and Sports” as i would no longer be
isolating and targeting a specific field. This will then allow
my documentary to appeal to students as a whole rather
than solely students with learning difficulty.

5. Factors to changing my Idea?
• As my documentary was going to have a more general exploration about why
these students need moral support, I later had a further encounter with a group of
students part of LSC where they expressed and argued about how they are not
being able to play/exercise their sport. I gained a sense of empathy when I realised
that I myself am not able to utilize the schools facilities as much as I’d like to. From
here, I found a more narrow aspect to investigate allowing me to focus my idea on
how sport affects the lives f these students.
• Another factor after crafting my complete Idea, I delivered a pitch exploring the
idea I have chosen t explore. I gained feedback from my audience offering pros
and cons to the documentary. Whilst the pros were outweighing the cons, I found
the fact of being quite exploitive to these students will be ‘morally’ wrong to do.
This is where I further decided to ensure I will focus the idea on them and sport
rather than associating it with more academic learning.
• With this, looking further into research, I discovered and acknowledge that
carryout our the activity of sports can actually help boost the self-Esteem of young
individuals, the fact that sports or physical activity can help the friction between
life and studying helped me realise that sports is a good feature to look into since
its beneficial to everyone of all ages.

6. Stage 2

7. How was the Idea developed.
• I developed my idea since pitching the idea. To develop my
idea, I thought changing the title of the documentary will
help re-brand it to be more appealing to the audience. The
title of the documentary is now ‘Sports and SEN students:
The importance of supporting us all’. I believe this title is
more related to the topic since I have narrowed the
subject. This title relates better with the topic and is now
more appealing to the audience.
• With this, the development of the documentary is the
narrowing attempt I have taken to my documentary. I have
now taken a specified aspect to investigate which can now
be more easily identified by my audience. This
development to the documentary will allow my target
audience to be simplified as it is now a niche audience.

8. What Factors Shaped My Idea
• The secondary research I conducted helped shaped my idea. During my research, I found a
series of artists who would be considered as SEN individuals who had accomplished a lot.
This allowed me to connect the idea of SEN students and sports together.
• In addition, during research, came across a number of organisations who are keen to offering
sports to those with disabilities. Organisations who take sport seriously allowed me to
become aware that my topic is actually a matter of concern. Noticing that there are
organisations that are attempting to make a change in students life allowed me to adapt my
idea into channelling the aspect of sport and why it plays a role in these students life.
Collectively the research proved that sports was important to everyone (all ages, gender, race
and disability); this only made it seem that much more important for those students with SEN
conditions.
• Looking further into my area, I discovered that children/students were actually more
intrigued in the topic more than parents. Through my findings, I discovered parents only
necessarily wanted insight in this feature if they had a child who were under these
conditions. Although there was a small scale of parental audiences, the majority of the
response showed the mass amount of parents didn’t care much about the area of how sport
benefits their son/daughter. Due to this I’ve shaped my target audience to be more focused
around those who are interested in my topic which is students as they are directly affected
with the limitations of playing sport. Secondly, my secondary audience is now schools as they
can gain further view from children who may be students of the school itself. This then gives
me a bonus tertiary audience of parents who want to know how this topic is run to help
those in need.

9. Additions to shaping the idea
• Many people see beneficial upsides to educational if students are
participating in physical activities. They believe sporting activities
help getting the child in the college of their choice and help
structure a sense of discipline allowing them to remain more
focused on their studies. Hearing people believe sports is beneficial
allowed me to narrow my documentary further as it should be
exploring a a positive topic.
• Whilst sport is commonly utilized by male audiences, research
conducted shown that physical activity can also be beneficial to
females who actually take a interest in the sports industry. The idea
that teen pregnancy can be reduced through the activity of sporting
activity allowed me to acknowledge that females can actually
benefit from sports and a documentary around the aspect of
sports. I believe giving girls an insight into the field may further
support the deterrence in limiting teen pregnancy.