Thursday, 30 September 2010

Content for documentary

- Interviews

  • Foot specialist, about the damaged caused by heels, to the foot
  • Shop assistant/manager, about the sales of heels in the past years
  • Shoe designer/maker, about the change in heels over the years
  • Doctor, about teh damage doen to poisture from heels
  • Drag queen, about why they wear heels, how it makes them feel, why they started wearing them
  • Woman who wears shoes everyday, about why they do and how they feel
  • University textiles/art student who's focusing on shoes, about what they study, their view on heels

- Cutaways

  • Films about shoes, women wear/walk about shoes alot (e.g. Sex and the city, 13 going on 30, Wizard of Oz)
  • Victoria Beckham's trouble with her feet (bunion removed) due to excessive wear of heels, since she first entered teh media in The Spice Girls
  • Shoe shops, outside and inside, both designer (Kurk Geiger, Jimmy Choo) and high street (Office, New Look)
  • People walking in heels, feet in heels

- Voxpops in Liverpool One, outside different shoe shops, designer and high street

- Quality of shoes to the price and the design of heels over the years

- Woman voiceover, informal tone

Target Audience Results
















We tried to question a variety of ages but just over 1/4 asked were 16-20 years old, therefore the results may not be as reliable, however that is the age our target audience starts at.















Just under half of the participants only watch documentaries occasionally, therefore we would have to make the advert attention grabbing and look interesting so that there are more viewers.
















Over 1/4 of the females own 10 or more heels so we could interview a heel wearer about the amount of shoes they have.
















Up to £50 was the most popular answer for the amount spent on heels, we could therefore film about the prices in popular shoe shops.














As most of the females told us they only wear heels on the weekend, we may involve the reasons for people wearing heels, and why they wear them when they do.














The most popular brand of heels were New Look, so in our half an hour documentary we will involve New Look heels and possibly an interview with a sales assistant from the shop.














Over 3/4 of people do not have a lucky pair of shoes, therefore we will probably not involve anything about this into our documentary, as it doesn't apply to most people.















As most people asked said that their highest pair of heels were 6-7 inches, we will involve how the higher the heel the worse it is, into the documentary. We could also use heels this size for cutaways and archive material.















Black is the favourite colours of most of the females asked, therefore we could involve the colour black into the documentary, and also maybe show black heels, and find out if they are most popular as there are more black heels in shops.














Most of the females surveyed told us they only buy heels every so often, which shows that it is almost like a treat or something to look forward to.

















The majority answered that they feel more confident in heels therefore this may help us with what we include in our documentary, about why people wear heels and how each person feels in them.



















Over half of the participants answered 5-9pm however we have scheduled our documentary for 9pm as that is when all the popular soaps are finished, and also the watershed, as some pictures may not be suitable before the watershed.

















Most people said they didn't have a preference to the songs in the documentary, yet all the songs said were popular pop songs. Therefore we will use popular chart songs for music in our documentary.
















We are going to have an interview with a university student who is focusing on shoe design in our half an hour interview, as thats what most people thought the best interview would be.

















As a vast amount of the participants said they would like to hear about the history of heels, we are going to include it into our first 5 minutes of our documentary.
















As most people answered female we decided we would use a female voiceover as it relates to the topic of the documentary, being about heels.

Questionnaire

1. How old are you?
16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46+

2. How often do you watch documentaries?
Everyday Most days A few times a week Just weekends Occasionally Hardly Ever Never

3. How many pairs of heels do you own?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10+
If more, how many?

4.How much money would you spend on a pair of heels?
Up to £10 Up to £20 Up to £30 Up to £40 Up to £50 Up to £60 £60 or more
If more, how much?

5. How often do you wear heels?
Everyday Most days A few times a week Just weekends Occasionally Hardly ever Never

6.What's your favourite brand of heels?

7. Do you have a lucky pair of shoes?
Yes No

8. What are the highest pair of heels you own?

9. What's your favourite colour of heels?

10. How often do you buy new heels?
Daily Weekly Fortnightly Monthly Every so often Rarely

11. How do you feel when you put on a pair of heels?

12. At what time would you expect a fashion documentary to be scheduled?
Before 12pm 12-5pm 5-9pm After 9pm

13. Are there any particular songs you would like to hear in a documentary about shoes?

14. What experts would you like to see interviewed in a fashion documentary about heels?
Sales assistant Shoe designer Shop manager Other

15. Would yo like to hear about the history of heels?
Yes No Don't mind

16. Would you prefer a male of female voiceover in a fashion documentary?
Male Female Don't mind

Monday, 20 September 2010

Initial Plans

Topic: Fashion - Heels
- Different heels for different occasions.

The title of our series will be called, 'How to make yourself a fashion icon.' With a subtitle for this particular documentary as, 'Heels...Diva or disaster?' Therefore we have a question to answer within our documentary.

Scheduled on Channel 4 some time in the evening, maybe 8-9pm.

The target audience will be for all women aged 16 onwards, however for the majority, the women will have to be interested in fashion, and have worn heels/own them.

Our documentary is going to be on Heels. The documentary will be based on different heels for different occasions and how they have changed throughout history.

A continuing documentary series, with a different subject every week eg. heels, skirts, dresses.

Brainstorm of ideas for our documentary

  • Make up
  • Fashion
  • Beauty
  • Self image
  • Shoes
  • Heels
  • Hair
  • School
  • Music
  • Food
  • Chocolate
  • Sweets
  • Clothes

Genre Analysis - The Lost Film Of Dian Fossey

The Lost Film Of Dian Fossey

Type of Documentary - Mixed


Themes

  • Nature
  • Animals
  • Death

Narrative Structure
  • Closed narrative
  • Linear

Camerawork
  • Interviews
    • Codes and conventions of an interview
    • Eyeline third of the way down
    • Framed to left or right of the screen
  • Handheld with tour of house
  • Stock footage of African communities
  • Extreme close up of letter writing
  • Close up of moon

Mise en Scene
  • African jungle
  • Interview with jungle in the back
  • Jungle out of focus keeps attention on interview
  • Shadow of reconstruction, mystery
  • Stock footage of Washington DC
  • Dead gorilla with camera sound showing Bob took the photos

Sound
  • Voiceover
    • Woman
    • Calm
    • American accent
  • Music
    • Tradition african
    • Pop influences
  • Camera sounds when pictures show

Editing
  • Editing of pictures of maps
  • Camera tape with interview and archive footage both related
  • Interviewee talking over footage as well as voiceover

Archive Material
  • Dian Fossey's old programmes
  • Maps
  • Pictures of Bob filming
  • Pictures of Bob's life and family
  • Letters
  • Magazines
  • Photos of Dians grave

Graphics
  • Green sans serif font
  • White sans serif font to introduce interviewees

Genre analysis 'The 9/11 faker'

Narrative Structure
The documentary begins explaining/remembering the twin tower disaster and explains the tragedy. It then goes on to interview survivors of the tragedy and explains the programme they all put together to help them to get over it. The documentary starts to conclude with how it was a fraud and the truth coming out, then ending with how the woman allegedly committed suicide.

Camerawork
Still steady camera work used on interviews and own material to not annoy the audience, and handheld camera work is used on archive material, such as the news reports. Point of view camera work is also used when traveling down the road, the establish the road.

Mise-en-scene
A blurred background is used to the keep the focus on the interviewee, and also a dark room with light just on the interviewee, which keeps the audience intrigued as its unusual to see this on a documentary. A interview also takes place in a cafe, which reinforces the fact that they are still going about everyday life even after their ordeal.

Sound
The voice of God used is male to match the serious approach to the subject of the documentary. An actor is also to read out emails that are involved in the documentary.

Editing
Cutaways are used during interviews to reinforce the subject of the documentary and helps the audience to understand what is going on. The interviewees swap sides from one interview to another so that the audience can see that it's a different person's interview.

Archive Material
Videos from eye witnesses on the street when the disaster happened are used throughout the documentary, to remind the audience of the horror of the situation. News reports are used and politicians speeches that have been filmed by others for earlier reporting, to explain in more details to the audience. Still images of newspaper articles are also used in the documentary too to help the audience to understand.

Graphics
The name of the programme is under the interviewees name, to remind the audience of the documentary that they are watching.