documentary ideas and mindmap
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Fitness Documentary
University Guidance
Documentary
Saving Money
Documentary
Sexual Health Awareness Documentary
Mental Health Awareness Documentary
Drug and Alcohol Awareness Documentary
Sunbed Risks
Documentary
Do Video Games Make Children Violent Documentary
DOCUMENTARY
Documentary Idea: ‘Saving Money‘ Documentary Idea: ‘Mental Health Awareness‘
Documentary Idea: ‘Fitness’ Documentary Idea: ‘University Guid‐ance’
Posi ve Aspects:
Useful to apply to real situa‐ons
Sets out a posi ve message ra‐ther than a acking a topic
Not offensive or degrading—universally beneficial
Posi ve Aspects:
It will develop a good amount of knowledge within the audi‐ence
Easy to gain professional inter‐views—psychologists
Builds awareness on a sensi‐ve/unusual topic
Posi ve Aspects:
Topic is easy to obtain expert interviews (fitness profession‐als)
Very easy to discuss (voxpops)
Footage is easy to obtain
Easy to research (stats)
Posi ve Aspects:
Very useful to audience wheth‐er a ending university or not
Appeals to a large age group 18 and under
Easy to obtain sta s cs and ex‐perts
Nega ve Aspects:
Many youth will find the topic boring and mundane
Not very in depth—only so much one can cover
Difficult to find experts on sav‐ing money
Nega ve Aspects:
Voxpops are hard to capture due to sensi ve nature of the topic
Lack of cutaway/background footage
Spectators may be offended by some of the topics
Nega ve Aspects:
Topic needs to be defined in a certain area of fitness
Some, but not all, people in the public may not want to be inter‐viewed on the topic
Nega ve Aspects:
Already lots of informa on on considering going to university
Lack of background footage available
Will most likely be too general for most as there are thousands of courses to cover
Conclusion:
Although the topic in ques on may be useful to apply in real situa ons and can benefit all kinds of people, the fact that its so mundane will most likely drive audiences away.
Conclusion:
As a group, we decided, even though we could gain very good interviews, the topic was not the best to film due to the sensi ve nature.
Conclusion:
As a group, we decided to chose this topic as has a large poten al, a lot of crea vity and it is easy to record foot‐age and gain research material.
Conclusion:
University informa on comes in all shapes and sizes, and although a doc‐umentary may be easier to digest, many will find the topic to general and not as in depth as prospectuses or university open days.
Documentary Idea: ‘Do Video Games Make Children Violent‘
Documentary Idea: ‘Drug and Alco‐hol Awareness‘
Documentary Idea: ‘Sexual Health Awareness’
Documentary Idea: ‘Sunbed Risks’
Posi ve Aspects:
There are various forms of doc‐umentaries on the topic
Easily researched (case studies)
Popular topic—widely dis‐cussed
Highly opinionated subject
Posi ve Aspects:
Voxpop shots are easy to shot and access
Experts will be easy to gain con‐tact and interview
The topic is easy to research into and gain sta s cs
Posi ve Aspects:
Experts will be easy to gain con‐tact and interview
The topic is easy to research into and gain sta s cs
We would be able to go in to clinics to record, mise‐en‐scene
Posi ve Aspects:
There is room to obtain a lot of research, due to the topic being popular and present
Voxpops shots are easy to ob‐tain in public areas
Easy to gain footage—loca on
Nega ve Aspects:
Difficult to find experts in to the topic
Difficult to interview children/parents
Too much library/stock footage, hard to gain original violence
Nega ve Aspects:
Recording footage of drug and alcohol abusers may be difficult and risky
The topic may be difficult to dis‐cuss with public
Cutaway shot/background foot‐age will be hard to capture
Nega ve Aspects:
The topic is very sensi ve and people may not be able to dis‐cuss (lack of voxpop shots)
Cutaway shot/background foot‐age will be hard to capture
Defined subject, lack of inves ‐ga on
Nega ve Aspects:
Niche audience—mostly girls, cuts out boys
Difficult to interview profes‐sionals, to hard to arrange
Topic may lead on to further health issues—cancer
Conclusion:
As a group, we felt this topic lacked crea vity and we thought it would be to difficult to gain original footage. We decided to avoid this topic as we would find it extremely difficult to record.
Conclusion:
As a group, we decided not to chose this topic due to the footage being hard to gain and the topic is too diffi‐cult to discuss with the public.
Conclusion:
As a group, we decided not to record this topic, due to the sensi ve nature, lack of inves ga on and poor amount of background footage to capture.
Conclusion:
As a group, we decided to not record this topic due to the niche audience, and difficultness to record expert in‐terviews without straying on to the topic of cancer.