This document contains summaries of four potential documentary ideas and a SWOT analysis of the first idea. The first idea is to document the process of making practical visual effects, focusing on both the office work and manual labor involved. The SWOT analysis notes its strengths like its focused scope and undercovered subject, but weaknesses could be that the office work and formal interviews may be boring. Opportunities include interviewing manual workers. The other three ideas are to document the work of a commercial consultant, the effects of visual effects on film, and how depression affects teenagers and adults differently.

1. SWOT’s

2. Idea 1 Summary
 “What goes into making practical effects”. I will investigate all
the work that goes into making practical effects, both the office
work and the manual work

3. Idea 1 Strengths
 very focused.
 Rarely covered.
 Well thought out.
 Your evidently interested in the subject.
 Good locations.
 Good use of contact.

4. Weaknesses
 How will you make it visually appealing
 Too technical
 Niche target audience
 You may interfere with the work being done
 Office work could be boring
 Formal interviews could be boring

5. Opportunities
 You could interview the manual workers on how long it takes to
make a prop or special effect

6. Idea 2 Summary
 “What is a consultant”. I will investigate what being a
consultant is, entails and I will observe what a consultant does
day to day more specifically a commercial cost consultant.

7. Idea 3 summary
 “The affect of visual effects on the film industry and
audiences”. I will investigate the negative and positive affects
of visual effects on the film industry and film audiences.

8. Idea 4 Summary
 “The different affects and causes of teenage and adult
depression”. I will investigate how depression differently affects
teenagers and adults.