initial copy of my ideas pitch for my documentaries.

1. 4 Initial Ideas
Aaron Jamaal

2. Idea 1 - Content
• This document will be an investigation on students with special needs that may
need any form of support from teachers and the crave for sports. These students
can be under any form of learning disabilities such as Dyslexia and any symptom
that considers them SEN students. I hope to contain an interview with a parent
who’s child suffers from learning disabilities and get their view on how hard it
may or may not be caring to their child needs. With that, I will also potentially get
a conversation with a student with the condition allowing me to understand how
they cope with their issue and how it affects their life. Finally, I will try to get a
passage from the teachers of the student and have them explain why supporting
these kind of students is so important. This document will be called, special needs
– the importance of supporting us all.
• I will explore whether more sporting activities are beneficial for SEN students as
they aren’t focusing much in their lessons. Teachers always question whether the
students are studying the correct things; investigating sports may help me and
schools realize what is a good sense of relief for these students
• Ideally, I believe it will be good for me to get a view/voxpop from a student who
doesn’t suffer under the condition and how they emphasize with the student. This
could be a passage given from a friend or general classmate.

3. Archive
• I will attempt to find archive footage of
successful individuals who are victims to these
issues:
• Mohammed Ali, Magic Johnson, Carl Lewis
http://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-
with-dyslexia/celebrity-lists
• I will relate this to the story by announcing the
fact that this doesn’t disable them from
achieving anything.

4. Dyslexia made learning a second language very difficult for Salma Hayek

5. Target Audience
• The documentary hasn’t got a particular target audience. This is because this is
more observational and can fall into a number of audiences.
The audiences for this documentary will be:
- Parents who have children that suffer from the same condition. I believe this is a
target audience as some parents may need support in coping with the challenge
their child has. With this, it may encourage a parent to continue supporting their
child if they realize that there’s others coping with this and they will be able to
see how people with the condition go about their life surviving with the
condition. Parents will be able to retrieve good help from this if they are able to
acknowledge the fact that there is help around for the to use in order to keep
their child safe and able.
- As a secondary audience, new schools in particular could be an audience for this
documentary as they may not have taken in a student with educational needs. I
think this will be beneficial to them as they will be able to be prepared to help
the student. With this, they may now be aware of alternatives they could offer to
help their students in their education.

6. Mode of Address
• It will address the subject to the audience in a formal way. Being
slow paced and informative will allow the audience to focus on
what is being said and potentially sympathies with the speaker and
the subject.
• As this is predominately views from two leads, their will be a clear
juxtaposition between casts. The older speaker will be in their own
clothes presenting their age allowing the audience to acknowledge
they are quite mature whereas the potential young audience will
still be in their uniform allowing the audience to understand the
speaker is young whilst dealing with his/hers issue.
• I will be presenting this documentary however I wont be present in
every shot as the audience will need to focus primarily on the
speaker delivering their point. With this, documentaries generally
don’t include the interviewer allowing the speaker to be the main
subject without being jarred with what's on the screen. This will
benefit the audience as they’ll be pleased with the visuals.

7. Style
• This documentary would be narrated in the
traditional manner of a story. This will involve a
typical introduction, investigation and conclusion.
This will allow the audience to be guided through
what is happening. There isn’t a story to the
documentary other than what the speaker is
saying. If I am able to get various speakers on
their views, the documentary is likely to be cross-
cutting between casts delivering their views on
the topic.

8. Conventions
• The conventions going to be used in the documentary will be:
• Graphics – this will be Astons and credits letting you know the
people involved in the creation of my project
• Interview/voxpop – this is necessary to help push forward my story,
this will allow the story to be more realistic. Its hard to push a story
across without the story being told.
• Music – this has to be relatable to the subject and ensure the
audience aren’t distracted by the audio. Being non-diegetic, it’ll be
best if I keep the music low so it isn’t over powering the voice of
the speaker.
• Diegetic Sound – this is dialogue and any sounds the speaker can
hear. This may involve the environment and any outside activity
happening around him. This will allow the story to seem more
natural rather than staged.
• Cutaways – this will be presentations of children/adults playing.

9. Purpose
• The purpose of the documentary is to inform
people on a matter they are unaware on due
to simply not having the needs of other
students. If other students can gain
information on how SEN students cope with
their issue, other students should be able to
relate and schools may discover, offering
more sports maybe best for their students.

10. Length
• I will attempt to push my documentary to 5
minutes however I will cap it at 15 minutes if
I’m able to get enough footage. This will allow
me to offer as much information as possible to
the audience.

11. Research
• Primary
• Focus group – had people who was helped by sport and peoples
who enjoy the subjects like P.E. and could sympathize/relate to
people wanting more time to play sports.
• People discussed that Sport helped them in developing their social
skills and believed that sport is underrated.
• “I feel comfortable and gain a sense of peace when I’m not sitting
down in the classroom. Books, computers an teachers become too
much to consume and digest when its for such a long period of time
a day.”
• Secondary – I will research archive footage I could use within the
documentary allowing it to be more informative.

12. Idea 2 - Content
• This documentary will be a participant lead
documentary. This documentary will be lead by
individual who aspires to become basketball
player. Here I will explore the challenges he faced
trying to get basketball practices within his
environment to the upcoming league he is due to
enter with his team. This will involve regular
training sessions and regular cut scenes
demonstrating his passion for the sport. This
documentary will be called my aspirations

13. Target Audience
• The target audience is for sports players who may have the same
issue of not being able o find a team or get any time to play
basketball. Primarily the age boundary for this documentary will be
for males aged 16-19 of no particular ethnicity. This has a niche
audience due to the cast lead and the age that our cast will be.
• The secondary audiences I’ve decided to appoint this documentary
at is parents of children who are involved in sports. Being young in
this current age and generation, children have developed the idea
to not communicate with their parents o what they aspire to be. I
believe a parent could relate to a documentary if they notice their
child is very into sports. From here the documentary can raise
awareness of the fact that their child doesn’t play that sport as a
hobby and actually wants to gain much more from the sport; which
then allows the parent(2) to aid that support and encouragement.

14. Mode of Address
• This documentary will be addressed in a neutral
atmosphere. As I’m not exploring a negative
story, I wont need to involve any serious
soundtracks or general and typical non-diegetic
sounds used in films/projects with negative or
detrimental incidents.
• With this, the non dietetic soundtracks used will
be able to relate to the young target audience I
am intending to reach allowing them to be
intrigued more into the documentary.

15. Style
• As it is a neutral observational documentary, this
documentary will again involve simple cross-cutting
between shots allowing the project to be realistic and
simple. There wont be a formal aspect to this as there
isn’t really a structured interview to the documentary.
• The casts outfit will be mostly sport convenient attires
allowing the audience to constantly acknowledge what
the documentary is going to be about. If the cast isn't
presented in sporting items (hoodies, jogging bottoms,
shorts) they’ll be in casual outgoing clothes that allow
the audience to recognize he is just like everyone else.
These can be jeans, t-shirts and a normal jacket.

16. Conventions
• The conventions I will use:
• Voxpop/public views: presentations of team members or people
who are fans of the sport. Can show whether they believe sports is
necessary to all communities.
• Interview/confession: participant lead able to express his feelings
directly to the audience. This allows the information he expresses
about his life is accurate and reliable as its first hand evidence.
• Cutaways – of cast playing basketball, basketball courts possible
extra activities taken place during conversations we have with
experts or members of the public
• Graphics – Astons, credits
• Diegetic dialogue
• Non-diegetic Music

17. Purpose
• The purpose of the documentary is to allow people to see
the limitations students have in gaining things they want to
achieve, such as simple time on the court. We will
acknowledge how there isn’t much locations people can go
to play sports. This documentary will allow the audience to
interpret the story in any way and see what life is like
through the participants eyes.
• I want to make this documentary to allow the publics voice
to be heard. People without the dreams such as our
participant wouldn’t understand the challenges people like
himself face; this may benefit him and the rest of the
people suffering to achieve what they want.

18. Length
• This documentary will be at least 5 minutes.
This running time will allow me to involve all
the views from a range of people and involve
all scenes relevant to the story without tiring
anyone out.

19. Research
• Interviewed cast member on what he would want in the documentary
which will portray him the best way. This will allow me to explore the
documentary in the best way possible.. Here we discussed locations,
practices and additional scenes needed to be added to the documentary.
• In observation, I also travelled to a basketball training session which I took
part in which aloud me to see how many people attended the session.
Here communicating with these attendees, I was able to see what they
intend to gain from playing basketball. Here I was able to notice how many
people actually want to achieve from playing basketball and found out
that many players like my participant has the same dreams.
• Secondary research will conducted in the same form as the questionnaire.
I will look online for courts to play.
• https://www.yelp.co.uk/search?find_desc=Indoor+Basketball+Court&find
_loc=London - Yelp couldn’t find any courts however, presented us with
fitness locations such as gyms and parks.
• https://www.courtsoftheworld.com/United-Kingdom/London - This
website

21. Idea 3 - Content
• This documentary will be about how
industrialized our environment have become.
Here I will gain views, interpretations and
beliefs of others on what they believe is
happening now and in the future. Here I will
also explore whether people believe this
limited space of freedom between buildings
and houses are good for the environment or
whether people haven't had any thought of it.

22. Target audience
• The target audience is for males and females of
no particular age boundary who are preferably in
a position who run constructions or order the
action of building works. This is because they will
have the power to listen and make a difference
better for the younger generation. People in
these positions will be blind to what detrimental
or positive actions are caused from these actions;
being able to hear the thoughts from others will
benefit them.

23. Mode of Address
• I will address this idea in formal and simplistic
way. I will be addressing this idea as it is
covering a serious topic. This will allow the
project to be delivered clearly.

24. Style
• This is a investigative documentary that allows
both me and the audience to be informed of
the views believed by the public.

25. Conventions
• Cutaways of buildings in construction. Abandoned buildings
showing that the buildings built aren’t even in use and are
just taking up space.
• Music- this is non diegtic sounds allowing the project to be
supported and keep the audience intrigued in the
sequence.
• Grphics: Astons
• Voxpop: Public opinions and interpretations of the topic
• Sound : diegetic sounds such as dialogue allowing the
information to be delivered directly to the audience.

26. Purpose
• The purpose of this is to inform the world on
what effect they are causing on the
environment. I want to produce this
document because I am affected from it just
as much as other, and I believe if we speak on
it, we might be able to make a change.

27. Length
• This documentary will be at a minimum of 5
minutes allowing me to inform the audience
on what is necessary for their knowledge. This
gives me enough time to gain views from a
range of audiences which will allow my project
to not seem biased. Having more views
received will allow the range of results to
potentially be balanced.

28. Research
• I conducted a little questionnaire discussing what people think of
my idea and what they believed was going on in their environment.
• People frequently described their surrounding as a
“Claustrophobic” environment.
• Secondary research conducted allowed me to find a article
published by Daily mail on the future of London. Here they explored
how many tall buildings were currently in London and that they
believe the growth f its landscape will continue.

29. Idea 4 - Content
• In this documentary I will be exploring the way
younger girls are wearing make up more and
more. Here I will explore the publics views on
young girls using make up and questioning
why they believe girls are using it. I will
attempt to raise questions such as “is Make up
being exploited?”.

30. Target audience
• The target audience for this documentary will
be for the topic of my of the project, young
girls of no specific ethnicity. This is because
this project may potentially influence them on
their decisions. A lot of schools dislike the idea
of girls over using make up allowing this topic
to be explored better.

31. Mode of address
• I will address this idea in neutral and simplistic
way. I will be addressing this idea this way, as
it is covering a considerably serious topic. This
will allow the project to be delivered clearly.
• Non-diegetic sounds will be delivered in the
sequence. This choice of song has to related to
the topic and ensure that the audience isn’t
focused more on the soundtrack than what is
being said by the speaker.

32. style
• this is ultimately an investigative and
observational documentary were I look into
the views of the public. As it isn't involving any
views or visuals of myself, their isn’t a
appointed presenter. This will allow my
documentary to immediately get to the point
allowing the views to be immediately heard.

33. conventions
• Cutaways – girls with and without makeup;
images of girls modeling with makeup;
• Graphics – these will consist of Asonts, titles
of the project.
• Diegetic sound – dialogue , sounds that are
heard by the speaker
• Non – diegetic music
• Editing: cross-cutting

34. Purpose
• The purpose of this document is to raise
awareness of the actins young girls are taking.
This could potentially attract the attention of
parents allowing their child to wear make up
at a young age and could potentially notice
the negative or positive interpretation the
public have on young girls.
• I am to figure out whether girls are being
perceived well.

35. Length
• This documentary will be at the minimum of 5 minutes
allowing me to be able to include all relevant points to the
story. Here ill be able to include the necessary cutaways to
help support view s of the audience and include views from
girls who wear makeup their selves. 5 minutes seem like the
most reasonable time as the topic isn't too much engaging
for an audience. Being opinion based, there isn't much for
me to explore in this topic; this is why I believe the
documentary shouldn't run over 5-8 minutes. I wouldn’t
want to bore the audience.

36. Research
• A questionnaire was produced on what people
believe is acceptable for make up
With this, the average response
received from the audience
believed that young girls wearing
makeup wasn’t acceptable.
This possibly indicates that this
documentary will end up being
pretty much one sided and
potentially biased.
This person has believed girls have
“exploited” makeup declaring
makeup is becoming too common

37. Research
• Primary – I then observed and collected the views
received from people I’ve talked to. Excluding my
own opinion, I’ve discovered that this argument is
one sided. Many people of the public are against
the topic of girls wearing it and a brief summary
to the different views of it this is what I’ve
discovered.
• 60% - against young girls wearing makeup
• 20% - against wearing make up at all
• 20% - didn’t have an opinion but understand the
arguments people make being against it