Paul O'Grady for the love of Dogs

This is another Documentary that has inspired me, one reason is because it can be watched by people of all ages and it captures the attention of all audiences. The things that you see may become a talking point and this is something that i want from my Documentary. The other thing that interested me what the fact that it again is based around one person who leads us through the Documentary, this is something that I am going to use in my documentary. Unfortunately the video shows only the trailer and not the actual program however it does give an overview of what the film is about.

Who do you think you are

This is one of the texts that has caught my attention this is because of the voice over that is used within the program, this may be an idea that I use in my documentary rather than have all of the speaking done on screen. The other thing that drew me to this documentary is the fact that the camera is constantly on one person rather than just a voice over and i know this is also something that I am going to do, it also uses interviews with real people, this helps me because i know know how Best to deal with people when I am asking about the sensitive issue that is age and teenage years. 

flat plan for my TV guide about the documentary

preliminary Documentary script

The Real changing Face of Teenage Britain Script.

1 (Begin with standing infrount of a club, no dialog just a long shot showing the building and me. walk forward to be by the doors leaning on the railings).

2 Emma: (Zoom in to medium close up loud and boisterous voice) Teenagers, the problem of Britain according to most and the twenty first century has the worst teens ever seen, with our use of drink, Drugs and our problems with teenage pregnancies. (Go down another street away from the clubs and into the main high street. Quick pan so the image becomes slightly distorted).

3 Emma: (Walking down the new street, normal voice) But is that opinion true, in this series of documentaries I will take you through time. We will see the rock and Roll kids of the 50’s, the mods and rockers of the 60’s, the hippies of the 70’s, the pop kids of the 80’s, the misfit kids of the 90’s and the naughty kids of the noughties. Come with me and discover the Real changing face of teenage Britain, after all what else could you do in the next five minutes.

4.(Image becomes out of focus and becomes back into focus with me walking up the collage drive).

5.Emma: (Standing next to the Bede Collage sign) In this first program we will find out what people think it really means to been a teenage and what people think of teenagers now. What better place to get a range of opinions than at a college, let’s go inside and see what people have to say.

6.(Ask the first person a teacher sitting down facing them over the shoulder shot so you can see a little of my head and there face)

7.(Shot reverse shot for the questions)

7.Emma: what did it mean to you to be a teenager?

7.Teacher: (answer is unscripted)

7.Emma: What do you think of teenagers now?

7.Teacher: (answer is unscripted)

7.Emma: thank you for talking to me.

8.(Second person a classmate. Sitting down facing them over the shoulder shot so you can see a little of my head and there face)

9.(Shot reverse shot for the questions)
9.Emma: what did it mean to you to be a teenager?

9.Pupil: (answer is unscripted)

9.Emma: What do you think of teenagers now?

9.Pupil: (answer is unscripted)

9.Emma: thank you for talking to me.

10.(Fade out and fade back in when walking towards a house)

11.Emma: Well we have spoken to two generations let’s talk to one more. (Go into the house)

12.(Third person older woman. over the shoulder shot.)

13.(shot reverse shot with the woman when asking questions)

13.Emma: what did it mean to you to be a teenager?

13.Woman: (answer is unscripted)

13.Emma: What do you think of teenagers now?

13.Woman: (answer is unscripted)

13.Emma: thank you for talking to me.

14(walk out of the house and stand before the house)

14.Emma: well there we have it people’s opinions vary and differ with both questions, join me next week to find out about the rock and roll kids of the 50’s.

15.(smile and walks off down the street.)

The Numbers refure to the story board.

Time Line

Week 1: Script for Docmentary.
Week 2: story board for my Documentary and begin the tasks for week 3.
Week 3: make a flat plan of the pages for the TV guide and write the script for the radio advert.
Week 4: Film in my own time and start the TV guide on photo-shop.
Week 5: continue filming in my own time and record the radio advert.
Week 6: continue the TV guide spread and download the relevant images from the camera onto it, move the video footage to a removable disk.
Week 7: fine tune the radio advert and the TV guide.
Week 8: work on editing together the footage together.
Week 9: finish editing together the footage.
Week 10: Fine tune the film and add any and all credits.
Week 11: begin evaluation.
Week 12: finish evaluation and hand in complete Project.

Idea for my Documentary

the idea that  i have for my Five minuet documentary is to document the way that teenage Britain has changed over time from the Rock and Rollers of the fifties to the Naughty kids of the Naughties.
   The way I plan to do this is start off with an introduction saying how I am doing a series of programs including looking at how teens acted when they were young from different generations. I would then say how I am going to look at what people think it means to be a teenager (Here I will interview classmates and Teachers).
  Obviously i am not doing a series of programs I am only showing five minuets which will include the introduction and a few interviews before cutting off or maybe making the documentary in its self only about five to seven minuets as if it is a filler between two other programs.
  I want to make this in a style that everyone and anyone can watch no matter there age, ethnicity, religion or there gender.

The title of the Documentary is going to be

The Changing face of Teenage Britain