Research for my final major project.

1. Research
Georgia Brown

2. Questionnaire Results
Here are three results of some quantitative questions that I asked on my
audience questionnaire called Documentary and Religion. I asked peoples
gender because I want to establish what kind of people were answering my
survey so that I could see whether or not it was bias and who exactly it was
that was holding these opinions that I was asking for. The results show that
almost 80% of the people who answered this survey were female. This means
that my results may be slightly bias however since I am female I and my work
may appeal more towards that target market anyway. I additionally asked the
ages of the people who answered my survey which showed that around 80%
of people were between 16-30 which is the target I am aiming towards
meaning that the results I have gotten in my questionnaire should be relevant
to what my audience like and dislike. I also asked them if they were religious
or not as I was interested to find out whether people only liked
documentaries based on religion if they were religious themselves or not.
Around 70% of people who answered it were not religious and when I
analysed their results one by one I found out that even if they were not
religious they could still be interested in the subject matter.
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3. Questionnaire Results
I then asked if the people answering were in
some kind of education. About 2/3 of people who
answered were in education, higher or further,
whilst the other third were not in any kind of
education. You may say that people who are in
education are more likely to be interested in
documentaries since they are willing to learn new
things, hence why they are in education. However
you cannot tell if the people who aren't in
education anymore have never been and so the
answers to that question aren't too relevant to
me at this moment. However I also asked if
anyone subscribed to any kind of streaming
service and exactly 90% of people who answered
said that they did subscribe to at least one if not
multiple, with over 80% having a Netflix
subscription. This is positive as the people I am
targeting should have these kinds of subscriptions
where they browse for the products they want
and watch what's they think is good, unlike the
older generation who tend to watch whatever is
on at that moment in time. If this was going to be
streamed or shown anywhere I would want it on
Netflix so that it would be available for everyone
to watch, and so that people who are directly
interested in this subject would be able to find it.
I think that having films and TV shows on
streaming services is so important so that they
don’t just get lost after they’ve been made and
shown in cinemas/festivals.

4. Questionnaire Results
One of my first qualitative questions
which I asked in my questionnaire was
whether people tended to choose to
watch documentaries based on the
topic in question or on the presenter.
While there was a mix or responses
over 90% of people said that they
would watch it based on the topic, if
they found it interesting. The main
reasoning for people not to choose it
based on the topic, but on the
presenter, was that they trusted the
presenter to choose a good topic and
even if it wasn’t the best topic, that
the presenter could still carry it well
and I would be worth watching. This
shows to me that whilst the topic of
the documentary is by far the most
important thing, having a well known
personality to present and be featured
in it can change peoples minds on
whether they would watch it or not.
People like David Attenborough, Louis
Theroux or Stacey Dooley have big
reputations for successful
documentary work and so viewers are
more likely to watch their work over a
newcomer or a documentary without
a presenter at all.

5. Linking to the question on the previous
slide, I asked whether people would
prefer the presenter to be featured on
the screen for them to watch, or to have
the ‘wall’ where no one from production
appears on camera. Overall I think that
people would most likely prefer to have
a presenter on screen because it helps
them to relate to what is happening,
however in the comments I received,
most people said that they didn’t mind
as long as the topic and the
documentary as a whole was good. They
also mentioned that it depended on the
type of documentary, meaning that they
wouldn’t want a presenter on screen
just for the sake of it and so if it’s not
necessary then it would benefit the
documentary to not have one. For
example Stacey Dooley's documentaries
need her there for her personal opinion
and insight. However investigative
documentaries like The Staircase or
Making a Murderer don’t need anyone
on screen as it consists of interviews
with people who lead the story along
with graphics and voiceovers and having
a presenter would most likely take the
focus away from the topic the
documentary is based on.
Questionnaire Results

6. The majority of people who answered how often
they watch documentaries a week watched one at
least once a week if not more which is very positive
since I will be making a documentary myself. This
shows that even though its not the biggest section
of filmmaking and TV people do make time to
watch them and that means that the audience
should be positive in receiving my documentary.
Especially since it is shirt as it means it will take
people less time to watch it and are therefore ore
likely to be able to fit it in their busy schedules. I
additionally asked if the documentary was about
religion, would anyone be interested in watching it.
I got very varied answers from this question ranging
from extremely interested to not at all interested.
However the main answer I received was somewhat
interested and when you add that together with
very and extremely interested it makes a larger
percentage than not at all and not so interested. I
think the way to get too and impress the audience
which are somewhat interested would be plainly
through making a good documentary that is
interesting and made well. I need to make sure that
there is a specific question or storyline that I am
following so that it makes sense and keeps the
audience interested.
Questionnaire Results

7. Questionnaire Results
The final qualitative question that I asked was
whether or not people would rather a
documentary on religion be light or more serious.
The majority of people, over 70%, wanted the
subject matter to be more serious rather than
light and brushing over deep conversation. The
reasoning behind this was because they said that
documentaries aren't meant to be light, that
they’re there to tell the public something and
therefore having more serious detail is better
because it’ll be more interesting. However whilst
this is what I and the audience bot want, my
subject matter wont be too in doeth because I
don’t feel like I am at the right level to make a
proper, investigative piece of film where I really
dig and do research into some kind of controversy.
I think if you are going to do something that may
be even slightly controversial it should be done
properly, where you have a lot of time to do deep
deep research and where you have enough time
and money to really travel around and have the
availability to meet lots of people. As a college
student with no reputation and no finance I don’t
think its very suitable nor respectful of the subject
matter to get too in depth where I could possibly
cause offence as I don’t have enough experience.
Therefore I will be doing something that is a little
less investigative and invasive but still not too light
nor heavy.

8. Questionnaire Summary
Overall I think that my questionnaire was very successful as it helped me to answer the main
questions that I was considering which was having a presenter on screen and having a serious or
light subject matter. It also helped me to understand what people thought the most important
parts of the documentary were and how I should use them to create a more interesting product. I
think that after considering the responses from my questionnaire I wont be having me or anyone
as a presenter on screen as I think that it will take away from the real point of the documentary
which is the story of the people that I'll be interviewing. I also don’t think that within my 5-10
minute documentary that there is enough time to really focus on a presenter and therefore veen
having one there would be a waste of time. This works with the views of the people who
answered my survey as they said that they would prefer to watch a documentary based on the
topic rather than the presenter anyway so I don't think by doing this I'd loose too many viewers.
Additionally I have decided that after asking whether people prefer stories to be light hearted or
quite serious, that I will go in the middle. I don't think that it is my place as a student without any
financial backing or any real experience to get into subjects that are too serious without months
or research and planning and so I don’t think I should be too serious with my documentary.
However I obviously need to have some content to keep it interesting and to keep the viewer
intrigued and so I will have to find a balance between the wo so that people enjoy it.

9. Audience
The audience for my project will consist of both men and women as it’s not specific to gender and so can be enjoyed from both
sides, including anyone who doesn’t fit within those two labels. The age of my audience will be mainly between the ages of 18-30,
a late teen/ young adult target market. I want to target this market because I feel that often serious documentaries about religion
are targeted towards older people who are between the ages of 35-65 and I’m trying to fill that gap because it’s important for
everyone to know about peoples beliefs and the different religions that are around us. The target audience’s sexuality should not
be important when it comes to who will watch this however I imagine that the majority of viewers will be straight as many people
who are outside of that category often find themselves excluded by the church anyway and so may not want to part take in
anything including them if they don’t have too. However some of the topics covered in this kind of documentary may help those
people to rekindle any kind of relationship they have with the church or at least understand why people believe the things they
believe. The social status of the audience will mainly be ABC1 as they will most likely be interested in the surrounding world and
have enough time and money to send it watching documentaries and paying for streaming service or tablets and such like to
watch it on. They will also have some kind of further education, at least Level 3 studies if not degree level or higher. This is
because the topic will be somewhat intellectual and so people who have more education will be more likely to want to learn new
things and expand their knowledge and horizons. The geodemographic of this target market is not exclusively but more likely
people who live in a metropolitan place as people who live in the countryside are more likely to have strict beliefs and be less
liberal and open to new ideas. However you may also argue that since people in the countryside have more strict and less liberal
views they may be more interested in a documentary about the church as churches are often much less liberal than young
metropolitan people in our modern time. This audience will most likely expect something that bashes things or opinions that
oppose their views, instead I am wanting to take an approach where you/the viewer tries to understand why people do and think
the way they do and to find some common ground or at least an understanding. I think that they are more likely to engage with a
documentary that asks questions of them, something different to their normal liberal stuff they see on the internet (e.g. Louis
Theroux seeing Nazis etc.), I think that often when documentaries are made, they only focus on extremists and we already have
enough distance between or own parts of society not including far out organisations. Instead we should focus on bringing normal
people together and explaining peoples reasoning and choices in documentaries is a great way to do that.

10. Documentary Ratings and Figures
Secondary Audience Research
Whilst it is hard to find proper qualitative research about the audience of documentary TV and films I
did find a little bit which I definitely think will help me in my production and planning. I was possibly
going to use Cameo UK for some of this secondary audience/consumer research however that was
mainly useful when wanting to find out more about geodemographics rather than viewers of different
genres of media and so I didn’t use that. Instead I used YouGov which showed me that presenters like
Louis Theroux are household names and are very well liked. This shows me that documentaries are
becoming more mainstream than ever as people enjoy them and talk about them with the general
public daily. Additionally whilst I was looking at this I looked at results for Louis Theroux and Stacey
Dooley since I would be researching them as existing products and I found something interesting. The
words that people most used to describe Louis were among others, intelligent and intellectual where as
for Stacey it was sexy, attractive and hot. This shows how woman and men are observed and treated
differently even when placed in almost directly opposite each other.
I found an audience research on documentary viewing done by HotDocs and I read this because it
was the most useful item that I could find that helpfully related to my project and it’s research. It
showed me that the over half the people who answered the survey are watching more
documentaries than they did three years ago. Tis is most probably due to the rise of Netflix and other
streaming services making more media available wherever and whenever you want to watch it. It
additionally said that over 40% of people were watching at least three or more a month. This
information means that there is a growing market for documentaries and therefore my project isn’t
unnecessary, but in demand.

11. Existing Products

12. Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux has done many documentaries over the years and many of them follow the same kind of
narrative, Louis is always in front of the camera, he meets 2 to 3 people and then later on meets up with them
again therefore following a few storylines within the one documentary. I like this idea as I feel that it will keep
the viewer interested until the end as they want a conclusion to each storyline. Although mine will not be
nearly as long, 2-5minutes compared to an hour, I really like that idea as it is much more interesting than just
one person throughout the whole film as they may become boring or not have enough to say to keep the
viewer intrigued. In Louis’ documentaries he is always in front of the camera, interviewing the guests/people
and talking to them and the camera. This I feel creates a bond between the interviewer and the audience
making them more interested. I do however feel that sometimes having someone in front of the camera can
take the focus off the subject matter and therefore because of that reason and a few others I don’t think I will
do that in my film. This could be shown by the huge interest in Louis himself as he is very popular and people
love his documentaries largely because he is funny and a very loveable character and the way he can ask any
question and try to get an honest response. This is very different as far as the tone compared to The Keepers as
most of Louis films, even if they are about sad or controversial subjects they tend to have a humour about
them. The main appeal to Louis Theroux’s Documentaries is him as a person and the weird and interesting
subject matter that he looks at as he as done everything from Nazis to brothels and people love to find out
about things which aren’t ordinary. Louis has also done three separate documentaries, two in Louis Theroux’s
Weird Weekends series and one as a movie about churches which is therefore directly related to what I am
wanting to research and document. The first one was about Televangelists (born again Christians), the second
was about the highly controversial Westboro Baptist ‘Church’, of which he revisited a few years later and the
final one which is the movie was about Scientology. Each of these films had a similarity between one another
as they all contain Louis being funny and interviewing them stood up, in front of the camera, and being
taken/shown around multiple different locations. Whilst being about religion Louis somehow still seems to
keep the conversation as light as possible as so to keep the interviewee happy and as not to ruin their
relationship so that he can still keep talking and interviewing them without it being too tense.

13. Stacey Dooley
Stacey Dooley is a 31 year old documentary maker and investigative journalist from Luton, England. Stacey has risen to fame over
the last 10 years after appearing on a TV reality show about sweat shops that make highstreets and designer clothes. Since 2009
she has been making documentary films and TV shows that cover lots of different topics from prisons to how women are treated
in the developing world. One of the key aspects about her documentaries that attract viewers is that she is a woman. The main
documentary makers that are household names include David Attenborough and Louis Theroux, who I have also research, and
others however it is predominantly male. This gave her gap in the market and she has risen though that to be a household name
for both normal and children's tv programs. Since she is woman many say that the way she looks at things my be differently to
the way men would look t it, therefore offering the viewer a different point of view even if the subject has already been covered.
On the other hand viewers may just prefer her simply because she is a woman as they can relate to her themselves which makes
them enjoy the documentaries more. This is similar to me as obviously I am female however since I wont be appearing in front of
the camera that may not be as significant to my viewers. However since I will be directing and producing the documentary
everything will come from a female perspective and therefore this may engage with a ore female audience. Another factor which
lays a significant role in her market audience is the fact that she is quite young. Compared to someone like David Attenborough
she is very young and therefore is appealing to a younger audience. This is also shown through the fact that her documentaries
are played on BBC3 which is now only available online and is mainly geared towards the younger audience of 16-24 year olds
which is similar to my target market. The may in which her documentaries are filmed and edited are quite similar to the likes of
Louis Theroux in which she appears in front of the camera, as a TV personality too, where she talks to the camera and interviews
people, whist also giving voiceover for the viewers when scenes begin or end. This is very effective as since she has become
famous people will watch the documentaries simply for the fact that she is making them, trusting in her to give an entertaining
and truthful view on whatever subject matter it may be on. Whilst I will not be doing it in the same way, the kind of subject matter
she focuses on is similar to mine, serious, and therefore it is interesting to see in which ways you can go about filming and editing
that and still keeping the viewers attention and praise. The way it is edited will also be similar to mine as I will not have mine
contain lots of graphics like Making a Murderer or The Stair case as neither of our shows are say presenting evidence or such like,
and will rely on interviews and video footage or photographs to carry the documentary.

14. The Keepers (2017)The Keepers is a new Netflix crime Documentary-Series about a nun who was murdered and the surrounding investigation and
aftermath. The series was based around 1-1 interviews with pupils, colleagues and friends of the nun including new footage they
had shot, old found footage and photographs. The main reason I am looking at this is because it is a fantastic documentary which
isn't necessarily shot over a long periods of time like other similar series, for example Making a Murderer. This is because mine
will be shot within the time frame of a few weeks and so I didn’t want to research something that in comparison would be far too
big for my timescale. Another reason I am researching this is because of the 1-1 interviews with the people who appear in the
series, this is how I would like to do my interviews as I feel it gives the viewer a wider idea of the feelings or emotions shown as
they can see the faces and the body language of the person talking. I think it gives it a more genuine perception and therefore
makes it a much more successful documentary. I also love the use of photographs and old found footage that they have in this as
it shows the viewer what they are talking about so they can actually imagine it happening. I think that it makes it more real and
more raw and emotional, for example if you say someone died and showed the audience a picture then it would provoke a
greater emotional response than if you hadn't shown the picture at all as you can relate to them as you see them as a real person.
I also want to use found footage to bring to life the stories that the interviewee will be telling which I hope will make it a better
documentary for the viewers. Additionally the way the crew almost always stay behind that “wall” of being behind the camera is
something I definitely want to do as I don’t want to be in front of the camera at all. However I do think that it is a positive as it
means all of the attention is focused on the interviewee and not on the interviewer and therefore people will pay more attention
to what they are saying. Another thing that The Keepers did which I am interested in is that it is based around the catholic church.
I am very interested in doing a factual documentary about religion or the church as it is very current and very, in my view,
controversial at the moment and the subject that they tackle in this is a very controversial and current topic of child sexual abuse
within the church specifically by people of great power. I also like the non-linear narrative that it follows as it goes from the 1960’s
to the 1990’s to current time, this keeps the viewers interested and helps to explain the story bit by bit making it encapsulating.
However in mine I don’t think I will be doing this as I am going to tell the story in a linear fashion as it will be easier for the viewer
to follow. Additionally the colours used in post production and the lighting of this highlight how it is a sad affair by the use of such
dark colours and low lighting. You may also say that the shadows and darkness could signify that there is something hidden which
is what they are trying to find out. Finally the music is this is very eerie as it needs to fit in well with the emotions and subject
matter which is slightly depressing and sad. Although my film may not be quite as sad i do hope to have some slow, possibly,
piano music to compliment the old footage and photographs of church. Altogether i think that the main thing that I have learnt
when researching this was how useful photographs can be in explaining a subject, you don't necessarily need the picture to be
moving for it to explain the story as long as the audio is interesting and fits in well.

15. Lock Up (2005-2017)
Lockup is a TV series which first aired in 2005 and had it’s last episode in 2017, with over 25 seasons and 230+ episodes of it’s
own, it also included over 5 different franchise Lockup TV shows. Lockup is a reality/documentary TV show about jails (mainly in
the USA) in which it talked to inmates and officers about their time in, before and after jail. Lockup doesn’t have a presenter in
front of the camera unlike a lot of the other documentaries that I have looked at. This show consists of a TV camera crew going
around the jail asking inmates questions, however you cannot see anyone in production. You may say that this is so that it doesn’t
take focus away from the people they are interviewing however it may just be that it doesn't actually matter who is asking the
questions, the answers are the most important part. Sometimes however special ‘making of’ episodes were released where you
got to see the people behind the camera who were apart of the production team and see and hear what they thought of filming
and of the people they met. However often when documentaries don’t show crew they have an invisible ‘wall’ in which no one
from production breaks, meaning you don’t see or hear them on camera, however sometime during this you could see crew or
hear them asking questions and this broke the invisible wall. In a way this may be because the TV show isn’t serious, sad and gritty
but more day time TV and therefore they don’t have to stick to the serious rules like the Netflix documentaries do. Additionally
this will be slightly different to mine as this is almost light hearted, whilst there obviously are sometimes troubling things, often
they aren’t too serious about the subject matter as they try to keep it enjoyable for the audience. However my documentary will
not be like this as it will be serious and informative and a little more proper than Lockup is. During each episode of Lockup there
are a lot of graphics used and they are very loud and big looking and they op up when there is new person or some information
they think you should know. Whilst I may used some writing on screen to convey information to the views, I wont be using
graphics in this way as its just not quite the vibe I am going for which is slightly more conservative and subtle. Lockup used the
same kind of template for each episode where it does the same kind of interviews with staff and with inmates and shows similar
situations. Obviously our content will be completely different however I like how the content of the episodes is similar and that is
something that I might do with mine if I do decide to break up my documentary into three parts to discuss each interviewee
separately. Finally the way in which the Lockup production crew film will be somewhat similar to myself as they take the minimum
amount of people necessary which usually turns out to be 4 and that is something I am also doing as I think it s more professional.

16. Making a Murderer (2015)
Making a Murderer is a Netflix documentary-series which follows the trial of a falsely convicted man when he is accused of
committing another crime. There are multiple characteristics of this documentary that I think work so well and that I would like to
use in my documentary. Firstly the illustrations used throughout to explain the storyline and the new facts discovered were
fantastic as they helped the viewers to understand what was happening and helped to simplify complicated court or police terms.
I would love to include this in my documentary as it makes it more interesting and will break up the video footage. In addition I
love the drone shots that were used throughout as it helps you to visualise where everything was taking place and how close
everything was to each other. Especially in this case as it is about crime where you have lots of information to piece together, I
think the exterior shots help the viewer to concentrate on the words of the narrator or person speaking and also to understand
how everything may have occurred and to put it all into context. Unlike the Louis Theroux documentary that I researched this
doesn’t have a narrator or interviewer in front of the camera, in this case I think that it is because they aren’t necessarily
interviewing the people that appear in it, as much as following and documenting their story and hearing what they have to say
about each thing that happens. Therefore it was unnecessary to have them in front of the camera as they didn’t need to ask many
questions and the focus could be on the content rather than the documentary makers. One thing that I would be able to even
nearly replicate is the extreme amount of time that they spent making this as they researched and filmed for over a decade as the
story unravelled and are already filming for second season. Of course that is because this documentary is about such massive
subject whereas mine will be about one singe issue or a few peoples stories, where I can discuss for only up to 5 minutes each.
One thing I did like about the interview styles was how they were always interviewed in their, almost, natural surrounding.
Meaning they were interviewed at their work or at their home rather than in a specific place r study which gave it more of n
authenticity and made it feel less set up or staged. I think that this will have made the audience believe the facts more as it felt
real and less like a well researched and planned interview. I also like that there were so many people involved in the interviews as
their were around 15 people specifically interviewed, not including footage from the trial where they were answering questions
from the judge or lawyer, which meant that you could get a picture in your head of what a large amount of people this effected.
Altogether I really love this s a documentary style and of course I am not making something of this scale but I will definitely
incorporate many of it’s characteristics.

17. David Attenborough
David Attenborough is a very well known and highly regarded documentary maker and natural historian. Sine the 1950’s David has
been working with the BBC delivering people with many, many documentaries about animal, plant and natural life all across the
world. Now at age 92 he is considered a national treasure as he is beloved by millions of Britons. His age of 92 doesn’t stop him
from travelling and exploring the world as he is still to this day releasing new documentaries in which he teaches people about
natural history and science. If anything, his age as gained him more appeal as many feel he is very wise having been around
learning new things for such a long time, something I will not possess when I create my documentary. As I said the main focus of
his documentaries are plants and animals which is very appealing to a large audience as many of the animals and plants he
discusses are rare or something which the average viewer is not like to encounter or have seen before. His documentaries are so
informative and well trusts that they are seen as trust science lessons by many. Having this trust behind him gives him the power
to churn out TV series again and again as people know that if he made it, it will e very trustworthy and entertaining. He is the only
person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each black and white, colour, HD, 3D and 4K which shows just how beloved he has
ben over many years even when TV wasn’t in colour. The main feature that his documentaries consist of are his voiceovers which
are near constant, explaining what and why something is happening. He does sometime appear on camera however not often as
it’s not usually necessary for himself to be there as a lot of the footage is taken by cameras that were left out in the wilderness
waiting for animals to pass by. Despite the fact that I used voiceovers in my last factual project and that it works so well in David’s
documentaries I will not be using any this time as I decided that that isn’t how I want to go, creatively speaking, s I would prefer
the story to be told by the interviewee. One of the reasons fans love is voiceover is his accent, which is a very well spoken, posh
PR accent which you could say is his signature characteristic in his programs. The majority of his shows follow a happy tone
however aren’t afraid to show the truth in nature which often leads to some sad moments however the beautiful images and his
voice quickly make up for it meaning that these documentaries can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

18. Existing Product Research Summary
Overall after looking at all of these I feel as though I have a clearer vision of what I am going to
make and how I should go about planning and creating it. Each of the existing products that I
looked at are all great but have very different characteristics and different USPs. Some include a
lot of presenting work where as other include a lot of editing and graphics. After considering
them all I have decided not to have myself or anyone else in front of the camera. Whilst it can
work for many documentaries, Louis or Stacey, I feel as though mine is a different type of
documentary and I personally want the documentaries story to be carried by the person who is
being interviewed. I was also in two minds about having a lot, a little or no graphics however I
have decided after reviewing all of the ways each of these different shows handle this, that I will
use a very little about f quite plain graphics as I want the images and the interviewees story to be
the main focus of the documentary. I also think that from seeing which kind of audience watch
each of these shows, that I can target the same audience as Stacey because I am also a girl and
young and therefore I offer a different perspective to the majority of people in media who are
middle aged men. Altogether looking at these has helped me to fine tune any issues I felt I had as
I can see what it takes to create something that is both entertaining and informative for any
audience.

19. Production Techniques

20. What specific techniques could you use?
How do you intend to realise your project?
I am going to be filming my interviews in talking head technique where they are sat down, possibly at a tale,
and I record them with me off camera asking questions. I will also take with me a shoulder mount as we will
film some shots of the location, the building, us walking etc to fill in space between the taking head shots when
editing. I think I will have a lot of audio just be the interviewee taking about their life story and how they got to
be where they are and have photographs, found footage and archival footage and pictures to help us tell their
story. The kind of techniques I will use when editing will be like lots of the new Netflix doc-series where they
have interviews and footage of the roads and pictures and articles which are re-shown when they’re spoken
about. I was originally deciding whether or not I should use a steadi-cam or shoulder mount and have me
walking and talking with the interviewee on camera however I have decided to go a different way. I would like it
to be a little like ‘Black Sheep’ a short film which was in the Aesthetica Short Film Festival in York and was also
nominated for an Academy Award (an Oscar). I liked the way they had the man sat on a stool and he constantly
spoke over all of the video, telling his story without any voiceovers or explanation. I do not however like
dramatic reconstructions as I feel that they can be insensitive and are unnecessary in my case at least.
I will be filming on three separate occasions with three separate people for probably around an hour to two
hours. I will also ask them for any archival footage of themselves when they were young, when they were
studying, or anything relevant to the story that I am telling for them. Additionally if they have any old videos
that would be fantastic, if not I will have to find some found footage of generic situations that relate to the
topic and use them to fill in-between shots of talking heads. I think I am going to make three separate videos,
like a three part series. They will only be 5 minutes each. Each one telling the story of the person I am
interviewing and linking together with the fact they that are all linked to All Saints School in York. I will not be
doing a voiceover for this as I am hoping to use graphics written on the screen and just their own voices to tell
their own story themselves.

21. Where will I show my product?
At the end of the final major project I will need to present my product to some audiences and I
am planning on doing that in multiple different ways. Firstly as usual I will add it to my YouTube
account. Through this I can share the link on my own private Instagram and Facebook so that the
people wo I am friends with and who follow me can see it. Since I am apart of the target market
that I am aiming towards I think that a lot of the people who will see it though my social media
will be apart of that audience too. I will also add it to Vimeo as it is a little more official than
YouTube and will be a good place to direct people to if they want to watch it.
Additionally we will have two college shows. One will be held in the lecture theatre and it will be
used to display all of the work from each person throughout the whole course, not just film/video
but the people who do print and video games. We have then, as a group, decided to hire out a
private function room where we will screen all of the films/videos that we have created for our
final major project. People will have to buy tickets for this and we will use this money and any
money that we crowd fund to pay for the venue and any other things that are necessary for this
screening.
I will also be entering my documentary in a couple of online and real life short film festivals
around the country. Some of these include, ‘Short of the Month’, ‘Into Film’ and possibly even
‘ASFF’.