This document discusses the potential topics of a documentary series. It begins by outlining some of the pros and cons of involving children in beauty pageants based on a survey of 30 people aged 16-18. Next, it provides examples of what typically occurs at child beauty pageants. It then discusses inspiration drawn from the television show "My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding." Details are given about the target audience, channel, and timeslot. Finally, it notes the documentary would include interviews of parents. Overall, the document explores different elements to consider for a documentary about child beauty pageants.

2. Should little
kids be
involved in
beauty
pageants?
Health and
Should social care
smoking
be
banned?
Educational/
school,
health etc..
Crime
Religion
Is a lottery a
good idea?

3. Marriage
Should it be
legal? Same sex
relationships
Where is it
legal
Why is it
legal

4.  Should kids be involved in beauty
pageants?
 Are their parents
pressuring them into
doing something they
don’t want?
 Are they growing up
too fast?
 Would their self esteem
be damaged?
 Is their mental health
also being damaged?
 Is entering little kids
morally right?

5.  This documentary is observatory and would observe how the
parents of these children react to this and what the children think
of it.
 What would my audience learn?
 Whether or not the child is being affected by this
 Whether the children are being brainwashed by their parents
 How the children are reacting to this and whether they have a
say

6.  Does spending too
much time on video
games cause someone
to have behaviour
problems?
 Does it cause them to
become anti-social?
 Do violent acts in these
video games cause the
player to try copy them?
 Do aggressive thoughts
start to come to their
minds?
 How do their parents
feel about this?
 Do their parents provide
the money for it?

7.  This is a observatory
documentary as it explores
whether kids are becoming
too violent while playing these
games
What would people learn from
this?
• If parents would watch this
they would learn whether or
not their child is being
affected by this
• The audience would also learn
how the child is changing and
how much the media in these
video games has brain
washed the children
• Why are these video games
appealing to the young
children?

8.  Should this be allowed?
 Should they have they right
to marry in a church?
 Should it be banned?
 Should they be allowed to
adopt or have children?
 As divorce rates are high
should the court be
allowed to grant the
chance for them to risk the
divorce rate to get even
higher?

9. This is a informative/observatory
documentary
What would my audience learn
about this?
1. How the society has changed
over time and whether or not
they feel more accepted in
todays society
2. If they have been able to marry
in a church and whether it was
hard?

10. I asked 20 people an these were the
results that I got:
What is your favourite topic out of the three?
14
12
10
8
What is your favourite topic out of the
6 three?
4
2
0
Beauty pageant Violent video games Same sex marriage

11. • The idea of beauty pageants first
struck up in America
• Originally it was for 11-18 year olds
however it was then
overpopulated so then it
changed from 1 month-18 years
of age.
• A child would have no more than
one minute and a half on stage
and would typically spend up to 4
hours getting ready backstage.
• Children are judged on their
individuality, capability and
confidence.

12. • A child beauty pageants These talent shows
includes children up until the include children
age of 18.
dressing up in:
SWIMWEAR CASUAL WEAR EVENING WEAR
PARTY
WEAR
OUTFIT OF
THEME WEAR CHOICE

14.  I went around the study room and asked
30 people aged 16-18 what they thought
about beauty pageants for children and
these were the results:

15. Pros & cons
Pros Cons
Beauty pageants teach kids to be Parents enter children for their own
their best insecurities
The majority of beauty pageants They teach that self worth is only in
may be fun for the children and physical beauty.
show them new experiences
For some children it may boost their For most children their self esteem
self esteem might be lowered
They teach kids to follow rules and They may enlarge a child's ego to a
to be fair bad level
Beauty pageants are for both sexes They encourage girls to grow up too
so no one is left out fast
They teach good life lessons It worsens paedophilia
There should be better alternatives to
build a child's self esteem

16. • This is an American TV
documentary about kids who
enter for beauty pageants.
• The documentary goes
through each beauty
pageant contestant and
how their families prepare for
it
• It was aired on a American
channel called D-MAX
• This TV show also shows the
top 10 controversial parents
• The show is on almost
everyday at 6pm and lasts
for an hour. The target
audience may be teens and
younger children as they
would have come back from
school and would be
probably watching TV at that
time

18.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Gq6xV
0jeg
 As in this video one of the mothers said that she
is making her child do this for her to raise
money for her college.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvw
p&v=j8NR32mxZJY&NR=1
 However in this programme it seems that the
parents are entering their children because of
their own insecurities

19. • My inspiration was my big fat
gypsy wedding which was
shown on channel 4.
• It inspired me because of the
conventions used.
• Such as: the voice-over, the
interviews with the parents
and also the bride
themselves.
• The pros and cons such as the
problems faced being a
gypsy.
• Also from what the children
wear, it is the same as what
you would see children from
a beauty pageant would
wear.

20. • The target audience would
be 16+ as the documentary
would be shown at 8pm.
• It would appeal to that age
group because the adults
would be interested in what
other adults put their
children into
• Also teenagers would find
this genre particularly
interested as programmes
such as my big fat gypsy
wedding were very
successful for that age
group.

21. • I would put it on channel 4
because channel 4 mostly
broadcasts similar subjects.
• E.g. my big fat gypsy wedding
Seven dwarves: the wedding
• Channel 4 also broadcasts
documentaries which are aimed at a
teenage audience.

22.  This documentary would be shown at
8pm. As they would have come back
from school and did their assignments
and the parents would have come back
from work and they want to relax.

23.  There would be interviews of the parents