The document outlines the structure for a documentary series covering topics under the transgender umbrella, including an episode structure focusing on transsexualism with sections on defining terms, exploring opinions on nature vs nurture, examining transphobia and discrimination through interviews and case studies.

1. Assignment #12 Part II
Debbie marques
Luara pires
Kauana labaldi
Maria younes

2. STRUCTURE FOR WHOLE SERIES
Episode Introduction Beginning Middle End
(first 2 mins) (subtopic 1) (subtopic 2) (Subtopic 3)
• Transgender • Talk briefly about the Show that when people believe its • Is Europe an Ignorant, Tolerant or
1: umbrella Transgender umbrella. nature they accept easier, than when Accepted continent?
Transsexuals • Transsexuals. • Explain what Transsexuals they believe its nurture. • Interviews with the public where they
• Footage from are. Introduce the Trans phobia topic think Europe allocates, and where they
case study. • Have interview with the • Interview with an expert for a allocate themselves.
• A small bit of public, to know if they definition. • Case study of Transsexual saying if they
the Trans phobia know what is transsexuals. • Questioning the public if they have been discriminated, and how they
topic. • Interview with expert, to know what it is. might of overcome it.
• Show we are have a real definition. • Summarise both opinions , with a • Religious views :
relating with the • Case study : table to show the percentage of Interview a Pastor.
public. Person explaining how it they people that know about this. Start to compare Europe with other places
• Briefly discuss feel about it. Case study: represented in the media.
the Ignorant How they deal with their With a Transsexual if they feel society • Show footage from the media, violent
tolerant identify Is trans phobic. deaths from the news. (south America)
accepted topic. Clip from lady boys • Show laws in the UK. • Laws in different countries.
• Show footage of • A debate on nature vs. • With public interview show how • Different Religious views.
other countries. nurture. Britain is tolerant. • Respond back to the question, by
• Show Some scientific • Interview with the public if they summarising with results from interview
explanations, on feel they are trans phobic. and research.
chromosomes, along with • And why they think they are Trans • Show what will happen in the next
some NHS and other phobic, what don’t they like. episode.
medical leaflets.
• Interview with sociologist.
Case study:
Whether they believe they
were born like that, or they
were socialised into that.
• Public interview, on their
opinion about nature vs.
nurture.
• Pie chart summarising what
the percentage of people

3. STRUCTURE FOR WHOLE SERIES
Episode Introduction Beginning Middle End
(first 2 mins) (subtopic 1) (subtopic 2) (Subtopic 3)
2: • Meaning of intersex • Show topic on transgender • Give examples of intersex • Show how society
• How society perceives it umbrella people e.g. Marilyn perceives intersex people
Intersex • Expert interviews with • Briefly explain the meaning of Monroe • Do surveys to find out if :
sociologists and doctors intersex people • Case studies with people people know what it is
• Public interviews • What causes someone to be who are intersex Ever heard about it
 Know the meaning of born intersex  Know more about their What they think about it
intersex people • Show statistics to show how feelings. If it should be included in
 Do they agree it should in common it is in society  How it all happened the trans gender umbrella
included in trans gender • What are the treatments for it  If in their opinion it • Have expert interviews
umbrella  Surgery should be included in the with sociologist to get a
 Who should choose the • Get public interviews about transgender umbrella more in depth picture
sex (doctor, child, whether they should choose  What age did they have about how society sees
parents) their sex or go for the sex it is the surgery intersex people and if it
• Show images of Marilyn more developed  Was it them that chose has changed.
Monroe. • Get expert interviews with the sex or was it the • Mention the laws in the
• Statistics of how it is doctor to : doctor (do they agree) UK
more common to know the risks of the • How it has changed
surgery
What the best age is to have a
surgery

4. STRUCTURE FOR WHOLE SERIES
Episode introduction Beginning Middle End
3. • Introduce cross dressing and why • Show it on • Talk about drag queens • Summarise cross
people do It transgender umbrella and drag kings dressing
Cross- • Explain on the whole what cross • Explain what cross • Show different • talk about why some
dressing dressing is dressing is performances from people may cross-
• Talk about the different types of • Introduce the them dress to hide their
cross dressing different types of • Interview some about own identity
• Make people understand that cross dressing. why they do it and • Why some people
there are some issues within • Drag queens, drag whether its for may want to do it to
society about cross dressers. kings, insecurity entertainment be flamboyant and
• Briefly talk about the history and reasons etc… purposes some want to do it to
how some people do not • Give a brief history • Ask them what typical hide away
understand that woman may about it songs they may sing • Interview different
have done it to get a more • Talk about how • Show different drag-queens and
dominant job. woman used to do it locations of where they drag-kings and see
• Talk about how there are some to be more dominant may perform. (gay bars, whether they are
issues about it being under the • Get a physcologist cabarets) actually insecure.
umbrella as some people may do interview and ask • Why they exaggerate • Raise some issues
it only for entertainment them why people their make up and what about when people
purposes only may feel insecure and they want the public to cross dress and how
do it. see. their families may
feel about it
• How different
religions see it.
(Christianity, Judaism,
Islam)

5. STRUCTURE FOR WHOLE SERIES
Episode Introduction Beginning Middle End
4. • Introduce • Introduce androgynies • Have a case study • Talk about some facts
androgynies and and poly gender Andrej Pijab about androgynies
Androgyny and poly gender and give people • Talk about how he • About how having an
Poly-gender a brief description of • Talk about how people looks like both androgynous
who they are do no feel comfortable genders appearance does not
people • Raise some issues with their own sex • People do not feel necessarily make a
about it and about • Talk about the comfortable thinking person poly gender.
how people may problems they may of themselves as • How even LGBT
accept it and how confront within either male or female. community people
others may not society and how they • How they believe their tend to assume that a
• Talk about how face it gender identity is in third gender does not
some people may • Talk about how people the middle of both. exist.
not even need to do have no interest at all • They call themselves: • Show some case
the surgery in changing their androgyny, polygene, studies that we have
• How they think that physical body gender queer or third- done ourselves
there is a third • Some people may not gender • Talk about
gender have surgery but • How they believe transgender views
• How the LGBT change their there is a third gender. within different
community do not hormones (pills) countries how in some
agree with the third • Transgender people countries it is legal
gender theory are targets of and how in others it is
• Introduce briefly discrimination immoral and illegal
about the different (economy)
country views • Show graphs

6. Choice of episode
The episode we will focus on is ………
• Episode 1
We chose this episode because it involves :
• The introduction to Transsexualism
• Debate on trans phobia
• Case studies with transsexuals
• Most research on this side of the transgender
umbrella
• Open subject

7. STRUCTURE FOR WHOLE SERIES
Episode Introduction Beginning Middle End
(first 2 mins) (subtopic 1) (subtopic 2) (Subtopic 3)
• Transgender • Talk briefly about the Show that when people believe its • Is Europe an Ignorant, Tolerant or
1: umbrella Transgender umbrella. nature they accept easier, than when Accepted continent?
Transsexuals • Transsexuals. • Explain what Transsexuals they believe its nurture. • Interviews with the public where they
• Footage from are. Introduce the Trans phobia topic think Europe allocates, and where they
case study. • Have interview with the • Interview with an expert for a allocate themselves.
• A small bit of public, to know if they definition. • Case study of Transsexual saying if they
the Trans phobia know what is transsexuals. • Questioning the public if they have been discriminated, and how they
topic. • Interview with expert, to know what it is. might of overcome it.
• Show we are have a real definition. • Summarise both opinions , with a • Religious views :
relating with the • Case study : table to show the percentage of Interview a Pastor.
public. Person explaining how it they people that know about this. Start to compare Europe with other places
• Briefly discuss feel about it. Case study: represented in the media.
the Ignorant How they deal with their With a Transsexual if they feel society • Show footage from the media, violent
tolerant identify Is trans phobic. deaths from the news. (south America)
accepted topic. Clip from lady boys • Show laws in the UK. • Laws in different countries.
• Show footage of • A debate on nature vs. • With public interview show how • Different Religious views.
other countries. nurture. Britain is tolerant. • Respond back to the question, by
• Show Some scientific • Interview with the public if they summarising with results from interview
explanations, on feel they are trans phobic. and research.
chromosomes, along with • And why they think they are Trans • Show what will happen in the next
some NHS and other phobic, what don’t they like. episode.
medical leaflets.
• Interview with sociologist.
Case study:
Whether they believe they
were born like that, or they
were socialised into that.
• Public interview, on their
opinion about nature vs.
nurture.
• Pie chart summarising what
the percentage of people

8. Structure for 5
minute episode

9. 2 min introduction
(series)
15 secs:
- Introduce the umbrella.
- Have a graphical editting circuling the Transsexual topic.
- Giving a brief explantions about it.
15 secs:
-Have a graphical editting circuling the intersex topic
- Giving a brief explantions about it.
- Show some footage of interivews with voice over about the content of the documentary.
15 secs:
- Have a graphical editting circuling the cross dressing.
- Giving a brief explantions about it.
- Show footage from the media, with Drag queens
- Show peoples reaction with interviews, (bad reactions)
15 secs:
- Have a graphical editting circuling the Androgyny and Poly gender topic.
- Giving a brief explantions about it.
- Show a footage of the model Andrej Pijab on the catwalk with voice over continuing to expalain.
15 secs:
-Do a montage editting of all the interview with all the people we have intto small boxes, so that loads fit into one screen, with voice Talking about
the dxebates within our Documentay, and explaining what kind of people we -------interview to benefit our documentary.
-nature vs nurture.
-Is our society transphobic.
-If intersex should be included in the umbrella.
15 secs:
-Explain the difference between sexuality and Indentity.
Interview with sociologists and doctors to inentify.
A footage from a case study of Transgendered person saying how they feel.
15 secs:
show footage of cross- dressers changing through time ( a table to show the evolution) with voice over explaiing how things has changes.
Along with pictures to support.
15 secs:
Talk about the religion and laws in different countries
How people are discriminated
A footage from a case study saying how this documentary will promote equality.

10. 1 min introduction
(episode)
15 secs:
Transgender umbrella explaining about the transsexuals.
Footage from case study of a transsexual saying how they feel.
.
15 secs:
A small bit of the explanation of Trans phobia topic.
Show we are relating with the public
15 secs:
Briefly discuss the Ignorant tolerant accepted topic.
15 secs:
Show footage of other countries ways religions and laws.

11. 2 min
(to focus on first subtopic of episode)
15 secs:
Introduce the Trans phobia topic
• Interview with an expert for a definition.
• Questioning the public if they know what it is.
• Show laws in the UK.
• With public interview show how Britain is tolerant.
• Interview with the public if they feel they are trans phobic.
• And why they think they are Trans phobic, what don’t they like.
15 secs:
Summarise both opinions , with a table to show the percentage of people that know about this.
Case study:
With a Transsexual if they feel society Is trans phobic.
15 secs:
• Show laws in the UK.
• With public interview show how Britain is tolerant.
• Interview with the public if they feel they are trans phobic.
• And why they think they are Trans phobic, what don’t they like.
15 secs:
Start to compare Europe with other places represented in the media.
• Show footage from the media, violent deaths from the news. (south America)
15 secs:
• Laws in different countries.
• Different Religious views.
• Table explanations
15 secs:
• Respond back to the question, by summarising with results from interview and research.
15 secs:
Is Europe an Ignorant, Tolerant or Accepted continent?
Interviews with the public where they think Europe allocates, and where they allocate themselves.
15 secs:
Case study of Transsexual saying if they have been discriminated, and how they might of overcome it

12. Last 10-20 seconds
(preview to next episode)
• Second topic on the Transgender umbrella.
• Intersex
• With voice over explain what will happen in the next episode and support with images and footage of
interview.
• - intersex people in society.
• Interview with the public and experts.
• The whole image on the background will be mute so that the voice over can be clear.

13. Script

14. Script

15. Script

16. SCRIPT

18. Storyboard

19. Episode introduction Beginning Middle End
3 • Introduce cross dressing and • Show it on • Talk about drag • Summarise cross
why people do It transgender queens and drag dressing
• Explain on the whole what umbrella kings • talk about why
cross dressing is • Explain what cross • Show different some people may
• Talk about the different types dressing is performances from cross-dress to hide
of cross dressing • Introduce the them their own identity
• Make people understand that different types of • Interview some about • Why some people
there are some issues within cross dressing. why they do it and may want to do it to
society about cross dressers. • Drag queens, drag whether its for be flamboyant and
• Briefly talk about the history kings, insecurity entertainment some want to do it
and how some people do not reasons etc… purposes to hide away
understand that woman may • Give a brief history • Ask them what • Interview different
have done it to get a more about it typical songs they drag-queens and
dominant job. • Talk about how may sing drag-kings and see
• Talk about how there are woman used to do • Show different whether they are
some issues about it being it to be more locations of where actually insecure.
under the umbrella as some dominant they may perform. • Raise some issues
people may do it only for • Get a physcologist (gay bars, cabarets) about when people
entertainment purposes only interview and ask • Why they exaggerate cross dress and how
them why people their make up and their families may
may feel insecure what they want the feel about it
and do it. public to see. • How different
religions see it.
(Christianity,
Judaism, Islam)

20. SCRIPT

28. STORY BOARD

31. Shot list
Scene Shot Location Description
Establishing shot Soho Presented walking
towards the camera
Close up Class room Graph on a computer
Close up Class room Graph on a computer
Close up Class room Graph on a computer
Mid shot Soho square Sitting down
Mid shot Soho square Presenter standing up
next to a statue
Mid shot Soho square garden Standing up next to
the entrance

32. scene shot Shot discription.
Close up on the screen. In this scene there will be
close up on the screen, to
show the images.
Mid shot The footage of interviews
showed in the introduction.
Long shot Of the model Andrej Pijab
walking down the catwalk.
Close up shot Of when each footage of
interview come up.
Close up shot On chart.
Close up shot Of table showing different
laws.
Mid shot Interview of discrimination.

33. Shot list
Time Scene Shot Location notes
51 Long shot Soho square Presenter Introducing
the topic of
Transsexualism
52 Mid shot Soho square Presenter walking
towards the camera
while talking
53 Mid shot Living room Case study of
transsexual women
54 Long shot Oxford circus Presenter in oxford
circus talking about
trans phobia
55 Mid shot Oxford circus Presenter walking
towards the camera
carrying on with topic
on trans phobia
56 Mid shot Office / room Sociologist interview
explaining what is trans
phobia and if our
society is trans phobic.
57 Mid shot Oxford circus Show if people are trans
phobic or not and
reasons why.

34. Shot list
Time Scene Shot Location notes
58 Mid shot Soho square Presenter talking about
society being tolerant,
ignorant or accepted
59 Mid shot Office/ room Sociologist giving their
opinion whether society
is tolerant, accepted or
ignorant and how it has
changed
60 Long shot Soho square Presenter giving
explanations of laws
and religions
61 Mid shot Soho square Presenter walking
towards the camera
continuing with this
explanation
62 Mid shot China town Presenter in china town
introducing public
interviews from
different ethnic
backgrounds
63 Mid shot China town Public interviews on
people’s opinion about
Britain being so tolerant
and open minded.

35. Shot list
Long shot of presenter walking
towards the camera
Show the table of the percentage of
people with a voice over
Show another shot of the laws
Go back to mid shot of presenter
Long shot of presenter walking
towards public
Mid shot of presenter and
interviewee
Close up of interviewee talking
Mid shot of presenter and
interviewee
Mid shot of presenter summarising
what the interviewee said

36. Shot
L ong shot of presenter talking
about Europe
Archival footage of the violent
deaths in the news with voice
over
Go back to mid shot of presenter
talking
Long shot of presenter talking
about laws in different countries
Close up of the presenter talking
about the different religious
views
Shot of the table analysis and a
voice over
Back to mid shot of
presenter talking
Shot of table and the
statistics back from the
interview