The document provides a treatment for a factual production project about the negative and dark side of social media in sports. The topic was chosen because English soccer players faced racial abuse on social media after losing the Euro 2020 final on penalties. The purpose of the project is to show how even successful athletes can be seriously affected by online abuse, which can impact their mental health and potentially force them to take breaks from the game or retire early. Interviews will be conducted with a semi-pro or amateur athlete. Images taken by the creator at NFL London games will be used. The fanzine format was selected as it allows the creator to apply their photography specialism.

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WorkingTitle
Factual ProductionTreatment
Summary of topic The topic I have pickedinthe negative anddark
side of social mediainsport.
Whythis topic/subject I pickedthistopicbecause duringthe European
ChampionshipsthisyearEnglandlostthe final
on penaltiestoItalyandafter3 Englandplayers
missed,theywere all raciallyabusedandthis
gave me the reasonstopick thistopic.Social
mediaisa wonderful thingwhenitisused
correctlybut I wantedtoshow the bad side of it
and how thiscan impact the mental healthof
playersandmaybe force themintoretirement
or take extensivetime awayfromthe game.
What is the purpose ofthis project, or what is
the pointof it?[youcan phrase thisas a pointto
getacross, a central argument,etc]
The purpose of thisprojectis to make the point
that evenif you’re arich and famoussuperstar
people satbehindphonesandscreenscanstill
seriously affectyouandmental healthbecomes
a big factorand it beginstoslowlytake control
of the playeruntil theyare tothe pointof
needingabreak.
Thisis alsoto make sure everyone can see that
eventhoughtheymaybelievesocial mediais
thishappysafe place there are still people who
will take aresultand sitbehindascreenand
abuse,make commentsandsoon about players
theyreallyshouldbe supportingafteradefeat
or a badgame to encourage themtopickup and
go againnot take themto the pointof wanting
to delete social media,take time awayfromthe
game or evenretire early.

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Intendedaudience and how are you designing
your project to appeal to that audience –
reference stylisticchoicesand intentionshere
My intendedaudience issportsfanswhocan
see or readabout what happensdue tosocial
mediabutI alsowant to appeal tothose who
use social mediabutbelievethisabuse isn’t
trulyreal and isdone by bots.
Intendedcontributors [whowill youinterview,
talkto, etc]
I am goingto try interview asportsplayerof a
semi pro/amateurlevel becauseevenatSunday
league levelsocial mediagroupchatscan
become abusive andsoon.
Sources for visual materials [thisisphotos,
footage,images,etcyouintendtouse onthe
project– rememberALLWORK SHOULD BE
ORIGINALor fromappropriate archive sources
thismeansphotos/footage youdon’townmust
be modifiedtoyourownstyle andoutput i.e.,
rotoscopingphotos,etc]
Pictures
Usingimages,I have takenduringmy
experiencestothe NFLLondongamesfrom
2019 and the two gamesthisyear.
I wantto try use these because theyaddmy
ownpersonal level tothe workandI feel like it’s
more of justmy work.
Outline structure for project[for videothis
couldbe a sectionedbreakdownwithgeneral
timingsuchas intro,interview,montage,etcfor
Fanzine thiscouldbe page breakdownsfrom
pg1 to pg 12]
Page 1- An introductionpage togive a brief
overview andinsidetothe fanzine.
PG.2. Contentspage
Pg.3. Storyline of how social mediaandsport
begantheirrelationship
Pg4. Sportbefore social media
Pg.5 Examples1and 2 of abuse
Pg.6. Interview1
Pg.7 Interview 2
Pg.8 Examples3and 4
Pg.9 EuropeanChampionFinal 2020 racial abuse
Pg.10 Effectsof the abuse
Pg.11 Retirementandbreaksfromthe game
Pg.12 What needstobe done to stopthisand
conclusion

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How does your chosenmedium/format linkto
your specialism?
Creatinga fanzine linkstomyspecialism of
photographyasthis givesme the chance to use
photographyanddifferenttypesof picturesand
differentelementsof photography.
I feel thiswill alsoletme learnmore andget
more keyskillsaboutwhichelementsare better
than othersandhow to use myspecialism
correctlyeachtime.