Planning of Documentary

Formal Proposal


Title:
Seven Deadly Sins: Pride

Topic:
We will be creating a series of seven programmes on each ‘sin’; starting with Pride.

Type of Documentary:
Mixed Documentary

Style of Documentary:
Our style will be entertaining and informative, but informal on the different aspects of Pride.

Channel and scheduling:
Monday at 9pm, on Channel 4

Target Audience:
16 - 25

Primary Research needed:
Interviewees will be Plastic surgeon, Football fans, Debenhams workers at a makeup counter, Debenhams worker will be interviewed at a makeup counter. Other interviewees will be Amanda Hillis, who will be interviewed in her bedroom, at her mirror and Luke in his front room, which will show a contrast between his punk image and his ordinary home.

Secondary Research needed:
Websites on seven deadly sins. ‘Seven’, Books on seven deadly sin, plastic surgery

Narrative Structure:
Non-linear. Closed narrative, single strand

Outline of content:
Chapters showing different ways a person can be proud. Vanity, football fans, nationality, work. With interviews with people who could represent each part of the sin.

Resource Requirements:
Computer, Adobe premiere, Photoshop, Video camera, Tripod, Microphone.


Running Order


Title: Seven Deadly Sins: Pride
Channel and Scheduling: Channel 4, Monday 9pm
Target Audience: 16-25
First 5 Minutes:

Montage of public trying to guess seven deadly sins - 20 seconds

Opening Titles - 20 seconds

Montage of memorabilia: people wearing makeup, football shirts, magazines while voice over introduces topic, pride - 20 seconds

Low angle panning up, establishing shot of Debenhams - 10 seconds

Fast motion P.O.V in Boots of make up aisles 10 - seconds

Interview with Debenhams worker – 60 seconds

Camera follows shopper around clothes shop whilst she is talking – 30 seconds

Cutaway of fast motion of someone putting make up on and taking it off again – 5 seconds

Collage of low angle of public walking in town (blurred out) statistics over this – 20 seconds

Low angle of Manda’s house panning upwards while Manda starts talking – 5 seconds

Over the shoulder shot of recording Manda putting make up on in mirror – 10 seconds

Slow pan across walls of photos – 5 seconds

Ask her to take make up off. Reaction – 5 seconds

Cutaway to punk video while narrator introduces how different genres of music has challenged the public view of make up on men – 10 seconds

Close up of Luke putting fingers in gel – 2 seconds

Close up of him placing gel in hair for Mohican –
3 seconds

Interview with Luke –
Camera pans around face, extreme close up of eyeliner while he talks over 60 seconds

Slow pan up body with markings while voiceover introduces plastic surgery 10 seconds
Low angle shot of plastic Surgeon in desk (cutaway of someone before and after photos) 90 - seconds

Interview with patient in bed recovering and speaking about her decision – happy? Cost? 60 - seconds

Cut away to archive material of football fans at a match showing the positive side of football with a voiceover put title ‘Football’ over this 30 - seconds
Cut to archive material of news clips and riots showing the negative side of football with a voiceover 30 - seconds

Interview starts over archive material 5 - seconds

Cut to interview with as ‘football fanatic’. Mise-en-scene: at home in front room making it look homely and feminism creating juxtopotion of image to environment 60 - seconds

Voxpop asking which football team people support 30 - seconds

Archive material of ‘soccer AM’ (Skills school) people showing off their football skills 30 - seconds

Cut to interview with young children on football pitch talking about why they love football ans showing their football skills - 90 seconds

Interview with a pro-footballer about their experience of being a footballer 90 - seconds

Follow bin man action shot while talking to camera 60 - seconds

Extreme close up of someone grabbing’ rubbish 5 - seconds

High class office interview ‘posh’ worker (cutaway of car coming out of huge house while he is talking) - 70 seconds

Cut to establishing shot of ‘shabby’ house with toys and things in garden - 5 seconds

Interview with someone who claims benefits at their home - 60 seconds

Pan across queue of homeless people lining up to go in shelter while voiceover introduces volunteer - 10 seconds

Interview with person who does voluntary work at homes shelter
Follows them at work - 120 seconds

Interview with the people the person helps - 30 seconds

Montage of British flags, cup etc while archive material of of voiceover from Little Britain talks over “Britain Britain Britain” then title appears - 10 seconds

Archive material of Little Britain - 10 seconds

An establishing high angle shot circling around the Queens palace - 20 seconds

Cutaway of people taking photos of palace - 5 seconds

Interview with a proud Brit in their home with all there British memorabilia, stuff like plates with the Queens head, British flag etc, explaining why they are so proud to be British - 90 seconds

Cutaway of archive material of ‘Pride of Britain’ awards - 10 seconds

Interview with Olympic medallists. Why they are so proud to present Britain in the Olympics - 60 seconds
Slow motion of Andy Murray hitting a tennis ball while he starts to speak - 5 seconds

Interview with Andy Murray in tennis court, cut to commentator in commentating box - 120 seconds

Closing credits - 30 seconds