Post 12- Challenge Questions based on our documentary topic research

1. POST 12- CHALLENGE
QUESTIONS
CHANEL LIVESEY-PARSONS

2. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS RESEARCH?
• AS A GROUP, WE FELT THAT THIS RESEARCH HAS HELPED US TO GAIN MUCH
MORE KNOWLEDGE INTO THE TOPIC THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING
THROUGHOUT OUR DOCUMENTARY. ANY RESEARCH THAT WE FIND WILL
BENEFIT US BECAUSE WE WANT TO CREATE A VERY ACCURATE AND
INFORMATION DOCUMENTARY. THIS RESEARCH WILL HELP US TO GAIN A MUCH
LARGER INSIGHT INTO MALE BODY IMAGE IN THE MEDIA & THE PRESSURES
CREATED FROM IT.
• AN EXAMPLE OF SOME INFORMATION THAT WE LEARNT WAS THE FACT THAT
OVER 90% OF TEENAGERS AREN’T HAPPY WITH THEIR BODY, AND AS A
CONSEQUENCE, HAVE LOST A LOT OF OVERALL CONFIDENCE.

3. HOW ARE WE GOING TO USE IT?
• THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS IN WHICH THE RESEARCH COLLECTED OVER THE
LAST FEW WEEKS CAN BE USED. ONE OF WHICH IS STATISTICS. THESE SETS OF
NUMERICAL DATA ALLOW US TO QUICKLY INFORM OUR AUDIENCE ON UP-TO-
DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISCUSSED TOPIC. THIS NOT ONLY HELPS US
TO CREATE A MUCH MORE PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENTARY, IT ALSO HELPS
AUDIENCES TO THOROUGHLY THINK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE SAID AND HOW
EASY IT IS FOR SOMEONE TO BECOME AFFECTED BY THE MEDIA & THE WAY
THAT THEY LOOK IN COMPARISON.

4. IS IT HELPING YOU DECIDE ON
NARRATIVE/MODE?
• YES, THIS RESEARCH TASK HAS PROVIDED US WITH A BIT MORE INFORMATION
ON OUR DOCUMENTARY’S NARRATIVE AND MODE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE WANTED
TO HAVE A PRESENTER, AS WELL AS THE USE OF INTERVIEWS AND VOX POPS, SO
WE NOW KNOW THAT OUT DOCUMENTARY WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE A
PARTICIPATORY MODE. THIS IS BECAUSE THE FILMMAKER WILL BE PHYSICALLY
PRESENTING ON-SCREEN.
• THERE ARE OTHER MODES THAT WE COULD FOLLOW, SO WE WILL HAVE TO
COME UP WITH A FINAL DECISION BEFORE WE BEGIN TO FILM OUR
DOCUMENTARY.

5. HAS THIS RESEARCH HELPED YOU TO DECIDE
ON AUDIENCE?
• IN ONE WAY, YES, THIS RESEARCH HAS HELPED US TO DECIDE BECAUSE WE HAD
A CHOICE OF ABOUT 3 CHANNELS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY USE. THESE
INCLUDED BBC, ITV & CHANNEL 4. WE FELT THAT THESE CHANNELS HAD A WIDE
VARIETY OF AUDIENCES AND THE FACT THAT ALL OF THESE CHANNELS
DOCUMENT VERY DIFFERENT TOPICS, WE NEEDED TO CHOOSE AN AUDIENCE
WHO WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE & WOULD UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE
MEANT WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT THE PRESSURES ON MALE BODY IMAGE. WE FEEL
THAT WE WILL NOW KEEP OUR DECISION OF OLDER TEENAGERS AS OUR
AUDIENCE AND BBC AS OUR CHOSEN CHANNEL.