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