Filming the opening titles

The pictures above are of our group filming the opening titles. It took quite a few attempts to get it right.

Filming the Vox pop

Filming the Vox pop was quite hard. We had a vision of what we wanted it to be and when we got out there and filmed it, it wasnt how we wanted it. Some of the public wouldn't stand where we wanted or them look where we wanted them even with asking them. Alot of people we asked said no straight away. The first Voxpop was peoples reactions, we expected more of a reaction than what we got, but we will use the best ones. The second Voxpop was peoples opinions of tattoos, This went better as people were more willing to talk than pull a weird face. Some shots we wont use will be were the people move out of shot, or don't say/do anything of interest.

Questions for tattoo artist an Demi

Tattoo Artist

-Tell me about why you first became interested in tattoos + piercings
-What did the training involve if there was any?
-Tell me how long have you been doing tattoos and piercings
-Tell me about your tattoos and the meanings behind them
-Did you do any of your own tattoos?
-Have any of them ever gone wrong?
-Where do you get the ideas for your tattoos?
-Are all the tattoo designs in the shop designed by you?
-What is the most popular design?
-Do people design their own tattoos?
-What guidance do you give on designing?
-What's the most unusual tattoo or the strangest place to get one?
-Tell me about the process that you go through for each tattoo
-What are the inks that you use?
-On Average, how long does each size tattoo take?
-On average, how many tattoos do you perform a day?
-Has anyone ever not liked their tattoo?
-Do you think people are influenced by celebrities?
-Has anyone ever asked you for likes of a "David Beckham"?
-Do you enjoy your job as a whole?

Questions for Demi

-Tell me about your tattoos and piercings
-tell about when you got each of them done
-Who was it who did your tattoos and piercings?
-Tell me about the meanings behind your tattoos
-Tell me about your designs and why you chose them
-Do you get guidance from a professional tattoo artist?
-Who is it and what do they do?
-What does it feel like to perform a tattoo?
-Do you ever regret giving someone a tattoo just incase they don't like it?
-Has anyone ever not liked their tattoo?
-Tell me about where you get the ideas for your tattoos
-Tell about where you perform tattoos and piercings (the location)
-Do you practice regularly?
-What do you use to practice on?
-Tell me about your hobbies

sketches of the framing of interviews

Storyboard of opening titles

Running order

Documentary: The Human Canvas
Channel: Channel 4
Scheduling: Thursday 9pm - 9:30pm
Duration: 24 minutes ( excluding advert break 3 minutes)

Duration - Shot description
20 seconds - Reactions of public when shown images of extreme tattoos. We don’t see what the people see; we just hear and watch their reactions
15 seconds - Opening Titles
30 seconds - Voiceover introducing the topic over images of tattoos and piercings. Camera movement over images: zoom in/out, pan, spin. Voiceover also explains about the survey we have used
30 seconds - Interview with Demi about why she likes tattoos so much and what she wants to do when she is older. Also ask who her idol is to introduce Travis Barker into the next section
30 seconds - Voiceover introducing Travis Barker, brief history. Over still images of him at gigs and in person with some of his music playing in the background
10 seconds - Archive footage of Travis Barker performing song
30 seconds - Back to demi talking in more detail about tattoos and the equipment she uses. Zoom onto tattoo equipment over the interview, and her own designs
1 minute - Bad sides of getting tattoos & piercings. Head teacher interview and shop manager. Showing the infected piercings and tattoos for reactions
30 seconds - Voiceovers explaining some articles that are to do with tattoos/piercings. Use camera movement and pan over them
15 seconds - Vox Pop of why people get their tattoos/piercings
30 seconds - Voiceover giving a general view about why people get their tattoos. Still images of extreme tattoos/piercings and some of just one tattoo or piercing.
getting her tattoo done.
1 minute - Voiceover giving a general view about why people get their tattoos. Still images of extreme tattoos/piercings and some of just one tattoo or piercing.
2 minutes - Interview with Amy Winehouse about her tattoos using cutaways of her performing live
1 minute 30 seconds - Archive footage of famous people talking about their own tattoos and piercings and why they got them. Cross cutting between different interviews
1 minute - Voiceover explaining tattoo artists recent technique of 3D tattoos. Still images of 3D tattoos ranging from nice to extreme
30 seconds Voiceover saying some people regret having tattoos because of future effects
45 seconds - Interview with Ashleigh’s mum about how she regrets her tattoo, use cutaways of her tattoos through the interview
45 seconds - Another interview with Head Teacher about him employing teachers who have extreme tattoos and what he would do
10 seconds - Extremists walking down a road in a group
3 MINUTES - ADVERT BREAK
10 seconds - Extremists walking down a road in a group
20 seconds - Voiceover saying we have interviewed a local tattoo artist about what he thinks about people getting tattoos
2 minutes - Interview with tattoo artist. Using cutaways to his equipment and pan of his shop and designs on the wall
25 seconds - Montage of famous people with tattoos and piercings. Zoom onto picture of David Beckham
2 minutes - Interview with David Beckham. Ask him why he has tattoos of his children’s names. Cutaways to archive footage of football matches and training sessions
1 minute 40 seconds - Voiceover explaining why some people tattoo names onto themselves. Images of lovers tattoos and kids names tattoos. Camera movement over them
30 seconds - Voiceover to explain what the youth see in ‘tunnel’ piercings, why they get them and what made them so popular. Cutaways of different sized tunnels. Archive and actuality footage
1 minute - Interview with a general piercer about tunnels, what started the craze. How do they feel about it. Cutaway to archive footage of people flashing tunnel or getting it done
30 seconds - Voiceover about what piercing girls would get. Cutaways of belly piercings, ears, nose, top of ear – still images
1 minute - Interview with hairdresser/ piercer woman talking about how realistic girls piercings are and that they look nice. Cutaways to actuality footage of someone getting their ear pierced
55 seconds - Voiceover concluding the narrative leaving the public open to debate whether they want or don’t want tattoos or piercings. Montage of extreme tattoos and piercings with voiceover over the top
50 seconds - Closing credits super imposed over the previous montage

Primary research

Primary
-Interview with Demi an upcoming tattoo artist, filmed in her house with her equipment in the background as mise-en-scene
-pan of tattoo parlour used as a cutaway
-interview with headteacher, filmed in his office with his files in the background
-interview with manager of shop on shop floor so shop floor can be seen in the background
-cutaway to tattoo equipment
-cutaway to tattoo sleeves
-Cathryn getting her tattoo done, interview is played over the top so you can not see the interview taking place

Locations
-vox pop in Liverpool, Liscard, Birkenhead asking whether people consider tattoos to be art
-interview with mike in house about his tattoo carreer so far
-designs in tattoo shop used as a cutaway
-Interview with Demi in her house if possible or in school

Secondary research

these are the pictures we will show to people in our vox-pop and film their reactions

formal proposal

Formal Proposal

Topic : Tattoos & Piercings
Type of Documentary : Mixed
Style of Documentary : Informal, Informative/entertaining, fast paced
Channel and Scheduling : Channel 4, Thursday 9pm
Target Audience : Young Adults
Primary Research : Interview headteacher, cathryn getting tattoo done, vox pop (liverpool,liscard,birkenhead), Mike, Designs (tattoo shop), Demi, tattoo/piercing parlour, tattoo artist, tattoo kit, tattoo sleeves, manager of shop
Secondary Research : use music from what was popular in questionnaire, still photos of tattoos and piercings, youtube videos, use magazines where people have tattoos or piercings, debates about tattoos/piercings gone wrong, pictures of celebrities with tattoos/piercings, TV programmes about tattoos/piercings, extreme tattoos printed out, interview with Travis Barker
Outline of Content :


Human Canvas - picture of art and person, merge together through photoshop
Interview with an older person to see if they regret it
Cutaways - equipment, designs, extremeists
vox pop asking why people get tatttos & piercings
interview with people against the idea
vox pop of people's idols who have tattoos/piercings
find videos on youtube of people doing them theirselves
archive footage of interviews with famous people about tattoos/piercings
Resource Requirements :

Digital Camera
Microphone
Props-tattoo equipment
Piercing gun
Tripod
DV Tape
Video recorder
Adobe Premier
PC
Photoshop
Microsoft Word
Internet

Brainstorm of content

Brainstorm of content for documentary
In our group we have thought of a variety of ideas that could be put into our documentary:

-use videos from youtube 'do it yourself' tattoos/piercings
-archive footage of interviews with famous people about ther own tattoos or piercings
-print out extreme tattoos and perform a vox pop
-interview employers about accepting people with tattoos/piercings
-interview with a professional tattoo artist
-interview with David Beckham about his tattoos
-interview of Demi (upcoming tattoo artist)
-voiceover
-recording of Cathryn getting tattoo with an interview over the top. another camera capturing still images
-interview with people off the programme Miami Ink or LA Ink
-recoding of a nose piercing being done
-good and bad sides of tattoos + piercings
-pan of a tattoo shop or 360 shot
-interview Demi/record her walking to tattoo shop. tracking
-interview youth about piercings and tattoos
-human canvas - picture of art and picture of person merging together through photoshop
-interview with old person with a tattoo to see if they regret having it
-cutaways - equipment, designs, extremeists
-vox pop asking why people get tattoos or piercings
-interviews with people against the idea
-vox pop of peoples idols/celebrities who have tattoos or piercings
-news to do with tattoos

Questionnaire results

Audience research

initial idea

Topic: tattoos and piercings
Target audience: young adults
Channel: channel 4
scheduling: Thursday at 9pm
title: the human canvas

Brainstorm for documentary

between our group we came up with 5 ideas for the topic of documentary:
Fast food
social groups and stereotypes
Learning to drive
Music and tattoos and piercings

we decided to do tattoos and piercings as we could find a lot of information about this topic, and easy to find archive material to go with it.