The document discusses ideas for three potential documentary topics: 1) differences between sixth form and college, focusing on support from teachers and social environments; 2) why cricket remains segregated at some school levels despite being mixed at professional levels, looking at history and specific players; 3) how gun and knife crime in London has changed over time, exploring how law enforcement tackles the problem. The target audiences, modes, conventions, purposes and potential distributions are outlined for each idea.
2. 6thform lifestyle
Q1. Should we go college or sixth form?
More support from teacher / Staying with your friends
A- Level Pressure
The same environment/ The same
people / teachers
The documentary will focus on the differences between sixth form and
college and they benefits between them, such as, sixth form is more familiar because you
know the teachers, and students so it's much easier to socially adapt to sixth form, whereas
colleges you get to make new friends and impress new teachers.
So the choice is up to you!
The reason this idea inspired me is because I want to find out about people future and what there career
aims are.
3. Target Audience
My primary target audiences for my documentary would be teenagers age 16-19
both Male and Female because Sixth from contains students from this age group
and has wide range of hobbies and interest for their future. This will appeal to
young people, because they are concern about their future and will make them
realize the benefit of college and sixth form and will help them in building up
their confidence.
My secondary audience for my documentary would be parents and career advisor
such as connection to advise them about their future. They always play a big key
role in the students life to show what is beneficial for their future and what is
not.
4. Mode (type of documentary)
The mode of my documentary will be Fly on the wall. The reason why I
chose this mode is because It will be a real life situations supposedly
made without affecting the behavior of the participants and to portray
the situation as if you are there.
Also for my documentary Fly on the wall will link to the observational
mode as I am going to present a greater sense of realism/truth without
intervention.
5. Conventions
The convention that I am going to use in my documentary will be voice over,
Past footage, Interview, technicality of realism, real footage, visual coding, sound
and reconstruction.
Voice over
The voiceover will encourage the audience to believe that they have some inside
knowledge about what is happening . In this case when we watched ‘Biggie and
Tupac’ documentary by Nick Broomfield he used lots of voice over from past
footages to make people to pay more attention.
Reconstructions
Re-creating scenes that I cannot film.
6. Past footage
Past footages will help aid my documentary by giving me support to add more information
that I cannot get. Also it is essential to convince the audience that the footages are real
and unchanged.
Interview with an expert
I will use interview in order to confirm the views expressed in my documentary. Sometimes
the audience might disagree with my documentary message but I will disprove them in
some way.
Technicality of realism
I will include natural sound , lighting and locations in my documentary like Nick
Broomfield’s used in Biggie and Tupac when they run out of sound.
7. Real footage
Adding real footage will make my documentary seem as real as possible, using as little non-
fiction work or footage as possible like Nick. Broomfield's which he did in his documentary
about Biggie and Tupac to make the audience think that you are there.
Visual coding
In my documentary I will be using things like mise en scene and props. For example a
person using doctors equipment such as wearing white coat and wearing a stethoscope will
make you question.
Sound
Listen out for the use of sound that cannot be heard by the film's characters, audience and
background. And make the audience think that why and what effects does it have? Is
sound used as a bridge between scenes and if so what meaning are made?
8. Purpose
The reason why I am making this documentary is to help
students by giving them advise to make the right choice for
their future and don’t feel under pressure.
Also the purpose of my documentary would be to be able to
show the reality of sixth form and college from eyes of the
people that are currently living with wrong decisions that
they made. Also to educate students about the society how
people live their life in Sixth form and College.
9. Mode of Address
The mode of address for my documentary will informative
because I am advising the audience by telling them
something. In my mode of address I will using images to
dress up my documentary and not make my documentary
boring.
My documentary mode of address needs to show a clear
impression in order to catch audience attention and make
them on the edge of their seats with entertaining scene and
well captured location.
10. Length
The length of my documentary will approximately 5
minute. The reason for this is that short
documentary are made professional. Also longer
than 5 minutes it becomes boring to watch and
audience would like it.
11. Distribution
I will distribute my documentary in BBC Three channel
because they engage with similar Subjects and issues that
matter to young people age 16-19 both male and female
which will be a benefit for my documentary.
12. Idea 2
1. Why cricket is a game of mixed ethnicities at a pro and semi pro level but
in some schools level it’s been segregated?
I will focus on the idea that cricket as a sport is still quite segregated- with the
focus on chestnut school as an example
Look at the history of the sport and race referring to the fire of Babylon.
Look at the English cricket team.
Ravi bopara
Samit Patel
It is not just ethnicity but religion as well
13. Target Audience
My primary target audience will be younger people
age15-19 only male who plays cricket and are
interested in sport.
My secondary target audience will be older people
age 25-40 who are cricket fun and are interested in
sport.
14. Mode
My documentary will be linking to investigative mode and
Participatory mode . The reason why I chose both as I am going to
be interviewing people internally and externally in my
documentary. I want my documentary to be more enjoyable to
make the audience think more what’s going to happen next. It
will be a real life situations documentary catching the real
glimpses of the real world.
Also for my documentaryparticipatory the participatory mode
would would welcome direct engagement between
myself and the subjects – I will become part of the event being
recorded I the filmmaker will impact on the events being recorded
is recognized, certainly, it is often distinguished.
15. Mode of address
The mode of address will be Formal because the costume that I will wear will be
smart casual clothing when I am interviewing my interviewer. My documentary
will be set in different location such as school, cricket club, MCC and in
Middlesex County Cricket Club.
In my documentary I will not use slang language as it will effect my
presentational style to audience.
18. Purpose
To investigate the issue of why cricket is a game of mixed
ethnicities at a pro and semi pro level but in some
schools level it’s been segregated?
With regards to international sport, otherwise it will be
racism or segregation.
Sport should be an encouraging game.
For example if you look at the fire of Babylon documentary
it shows clearly that it there is still segregation between
white Australian and black west Indies.
19. Distribution
I am going to distribute my documentary in BBC ONE as
it is more of sport channel to audience and provides
more sport coverage. Also they make the same subject
documentaries so it will be more of benefit for me as my
documentary is related to sport and it will help to
engage to my target audience.
20. IDEA 3 Crime in London
Q1. How has crime in London changed over the year e.g.
knife crime and gun crime?
21. My documentary will explore gun and knife crime. I will look at how
the law enforcement system try to tackle the problem.
Now a day’s young people and ‘knife’ and ‘gun crime’ are at the front
of public attention and an almost regular focus of the media and policy
makers in this country. I will be looking to research how these two
types of crimes happens.
The reason why this idea inspired me is because I want to found out
why these types of activities happens around London and how does it
lead teenagers into it.
22. Target Audience
My Primary target audience for my documentary will be young teenagers aged from 16-19
looking at there ranks according to their statistical strength. Also the British Crime Survey
states that the level of knife and gun crimes these age people do has remained established
In recent years. Official statistics do not offer a complete picture of gun and knife crime
because much of it – especially violence between criminals, and offences by children under
16 – goes unreported.
My secondary target audience will parents because official figures show most young people
under 16 are killed by their parents. In 2007/08, 62% of all homicide victims under 16 were
killed by their parents, an increase from 51% in 2006/07.
23. Mode of the documentary
The mode of the documentary will be My documentary will be linking to
investigative mode and Participatory mode . The reason why I chose both as I am
going to be interviewing people internally and externally in my documentary. I
want my documentary to be more enjoyable and have real life situation glimpses
such as visiting police stations, interviewing police officers and traveling with
them to the area where most of the crime take place.
My documentary will have a trailing master piece of art such as Biggie and Tupac
documentary had which was directed by Nick Broomfield.
24. Mode of Address
The mode of address for my documentary will be informative because I am
advising the audience by telling them something. In my mode of address I will be
wearing normal casual clothes when I am interviewing my interviewer.
My documentary will be showing a clear impression to catch audience attention
by filming in trailing location to make the audiences sit on edges of their seats.
25. Convention
The convention that I am going to use in my documentary will be the following:
Interview
Voiceover
Expert opinion/public opinion
Cutaways
Text
Music/sound
Archive footage
Mise en scene
26. Purpose
The purpose behind the creation of my documentary is to address a particular aspect
of reality. My Documentary will be serving the purpose of educating the viewer, and
bringing about a change in the mind and attitude of a group of people that how we
can put a stop to all types of crimes and what actions can be taking towards them.
Also the purpose of my documentary would be to be able to show the reality of
people backgrounds from eyes of the people that are currently living with wrong
decisions that they made. Also to educate those people that are about to enter the
world of crime to make them stop and to show them what result they will get in the if
they do.
27. Length and Distribution
The length of my documentary will be approximately 5 min because that’s the
time that we are given by the exam board.
30 seconds introduction
30 seconds archive footage
Interviews
Expert opinion
Public opinion
Conclusion
I will distribute my documentary in Channel Four as it is more of documentary
channel that provides the similar concepts to audiences that will be beneficial for
me as well where I will be able to attract my audiences.
