Research for Documentary

Primary:
*Interviews: Demi (an upcoming tattoo artist) filmed in front of a mise-en-scene that relates to the topic, she can preferably use her tattoo equipment

*Interviews: Headteacher explaining why tattoos and piercings are not acceptable in the school

*Interviews: Manager of shop, explaining why if affects jobs etc.. filmed in the shop or in the managers office where they interview people

*Interviews: Mike Hoey (upcoming tattoo artist) - Demi's friend..

*Interviews: Cathryn after getting her tattoo done, also film her getting the tattoo in the tattoo parlour

*Panning of the tattoo parlour showing tattoo designs etc

*VOXPOP - asking people if they consider tattoos to be art

*VOXPOP - showing people pictures of extreme tattoos and piercings- asking what they think. Both VOXPOPS will be filmed in a busy local area such as Liverpool, Liscard..

*Props: Tattoo equipment and tattoo sleeves

Secondary :

*YouTube links: People doing their own tattoos or piercings-

*YouTube links: Tattoos and piercings can go wrong-

*YouTube links: Celebrities with tattoos-

*YouTube links: Travis Barker and his tattoos-

*Music will be used throughout the documentary, the genre of music will depend on what is the most popular from the audience survey

*Use front cover of magazines with celebrities that that tattoos

*Still images of extreme tattoos and small normal ones

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

Brainstorm of Content For Documentary

As a group we came up with numbers ideas that we thought would fit well in our documentary:

*Video of Cathryn getting a tattoo- Interview her afterwards.

*Show the good and bad sides of getting a tattoo or piercing.

*Clip of somebody getting their nose pierced.

*Interview with an older person to ask if they regret getting a tattoo.

*Interviews with people against tattoos such as a Headteacher, Manager of shops.

*Research when the craze of tattoos and piercings came about.

*Panning around a tattoo shop to show the tattoo designs

*VOXPOP - Ask people who their idols are.

*VOXPOP -Print off pictures of extreme tattoos and piercings - ask people what they think.

*Articles about tattoos and piercings

*Archive footage - YouTube links of how to do tattoos etc.

*Interview Demi - a upcoming tattoo artist.

*Interview professional tattoo artist.

*Still images of Demi's tattoo equipment

*Interview people asking why society gets them

*How they affect jobs?

Target Audience Research

Questionnaire Results

Q1. How old are you?

Most people who had taken the survey are aged between 15-20 years old.

Q2. What sex are you?

60% of females dominated the survey leaving only 40% being male.

Q3. Do you find tattoos attractive?

After the survey it is clear that the answer to this question is joint.

Q4. Do you consider tattoos to be art?

Majority of the audience agreed and said that they consider tattoos to be art.

Q5. If you wanted a tattoo what body part would you get the tattoo/piercing on?

Over 10 people said they would like a tattoo on their arm, this is the most popular answer.

Q6. If you got a tattoo would you get it in colour or black and white?

The audience of this survey said if they had to chose they would get a black and white tattoo.

Q7. How big would you want a piercing if you wanted to get one?

Most people agreed that they would prefer a small piercing.

Q8. When you think about tattoos or piercings, is there anyone you think of?

Travis Barker is the most popular figure.

Q9. How much would you spend on a tattoo if you bought one?

Most people said they would only spend £30-60 on a tattoo.

Q10. How much would you spend on a piercing if you bought one?

A joint answer is also shown here, the audience said they would either spend £0-10 or £10-20 on a piercing.

Q11. Who would you rely on to get a tattoo/piercing?

Most of the audience said they would want a professional to perform their tattoo.

Q12. What's your favourite colour?

Blue is the most popular answer, therefore we will use this colour the most throughout our documentary to attract the audience.

Q13. What music do you listen to the most?

Indie and Rock are the most popular answers, therefore this genre of music will be shown throughout our documentary.

Questionnaire

Q1. How old are you?

Q2. What sex are you?

Q3. Do you find tattoos attractive?

Q4. Do you consider tattoo to be art?

Q5. If you wanted a tattoo what body part would you get it on?

Q6. If you got a tattoo would it be in colour or black and white?

Q7. How big would you want a piercing if you wanted to get one?

Q8. When you think about tattoos or piercings, is there anyone you think of?

Q9. How much would you spend on a tattoo if you bought one?

Q10. How much would you spend on a piercing if you bought one?

Q11. Who would you rely on to get a tattoo/piercing?

Q12. What's your favourite colour?

Q13. What music do you listen to?

Q14. List 5 TV programmes you watch the most.

Q15. What channel do you watch you the most?

Initial Plans

Topic: Tattoos and Piercings

Target Audience: Young Adults

Channel: Channel 4

Scheduling: 9pm-9:30pm

Title: The Human Canvas

Brainstorming

As a group we came up with a few main topics that we agreed on to help us make our final decisions. These are the topics we chosen:

*Tattoos and Piercings

*Learning to drive

*Music

*Social groups and stereotypes

*Money

*Fast food

Finally, we all decided that tattoos and piercings would be the best option as this was the one we came up with the most creative ideas for.