Formal Proposal

Topic: Tattoos and Piercings

Type of Documentary: Mixed

Style of Documentary: Non linear, open narrative, informal, fast paced, entertains

Channel and Scheduling: Channel 4, Thursday, 9pm-9:30pm

Target Audience: Young Adults

Primary Research:

*Tattoo and piercing parlour

*Props: tattoo kid and tattoo sleeves

*Interview with: tattoo artist, manager of shops, headteacher, Demi and Mike

*Filming Cathryn's tattoo

*Designs of tattoos in the shop

Secondary Research:

*Use music that is most popular in audience survey

*Still images of tattoos

*YouTube links of people getting a tattoo or piercing

*Front cover magazines of celebrities with extreme tattoos

*Articles debating tattoos and piercings

*Tattoos gone wrong

*Images of celebrities with tattoos

*TV programmes

*Print off images of extreme tattoos and piercings - ask people what they think of them

*Find an interview with Travis Barker

Outline of Content:

*Picture of art and person merge together through Photoshop

*Interview an older person with a tattoo and ask if they regret it

*Cutaways - equipment designs and extremists

*VOXPOP - why people get tattoos and piercings

*Interview with people against tattoos - Headteacher, shop manager etc

*Articles to do with tattoos - use narration over it

*YouTube links of people doing tattoos and piercings themselves

*Archive footage of famous people talking about tattoos

*VOXPOP - pictures of extreme tattoos - what people think of them

*Interview with Demi - upcoming tattoo artist

*Voice over

*Good and bad sides

*Pan of tattoo shop

*Tracking Demi walking in a tattoo shop

*Record Cathryn getting a tattoo

*Interview with tattoo artist

Resource Requirements:

*Digital Camera

*Microphone

*Props - tattoo equipment

*Piercing gun

*Tripod

*DV Tape

*Voice recorder

*Adobe Premier

*Computer

*Photoshop

*Microsoft word

*Internet