Formal Proposal for Documentary

Topic- Fast Food

Type of documentary- Mixed; interviews, voiceover, archive material, voxpops

Style of documentary- Formal, informative

Channel and scheduling- Channel 4, 8:30-9, Thursday

Target Audience- Age 16+ males and females

Primary Research Needed:

·         Arranging interviews

·         Contacting interviewees

·         Finding locations for filming

·         Finding locations for interviews

·         Finding locations for voxpops

·         Finding props for interviews

·         Thinking of some interview questions

Secondary Research Needed:

·         Extracts from documentaries or films (Supersize Me or similar)

·          Extracts from TV programmes (Gavin and Stacey)

·         Still photos of fast food packets

·         Takeaway food menus

·          Music to use (Fast Food Rockers)

·          News reports on takeaway

·         Radio footage

·         E-Menus

·          News paper cuttings of takeaway news

·         Magazine articles

Narrative Structure- Open so the audience can make their own conclusion at the end of the documentary, multi stranded so although it is all on fast food there are many different aspects including; the history of takeaway, good points, bad points, cost etc.

Outline of content:

·         History of takeaway,

·         Good points

·         Bad points

·         Cost of takeaway

·         Ease of takeaway

·         Popularity of takeaway

·         Nutritional information on takeaway

Resource requirements:

·         Camera, tripod, microphone, DV lead

·         Adobe Premier Pro editing software

·         Interviewees

·         Props for interviews

·         Props for cutaways

·         Actors to create reconstructions  for title sequence

·         Food