Initial ideas

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Appreciate life
Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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The aim of the documentary is to inform people
about a very rare disease called Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophy.
It is also to raise awareness of the stem and gene
therapy treatment that can partially cure the
disease.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a fatal genetic
disorder diagnosed in childhood, affecting
approximately 1 in every 3,500 male
births/infants.
Purpose

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 The idea came from talking to an individual who is
suffering from this condition and thinks that there is
not much awareness of this disease.
 He claims that people give more charities in
research like cancer where as they should also raise
money to research for Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy because there has been individuals who
were treated with stem therapy and they made
significant improvements.
Idea development

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 My idea is original because its very different from
the documentaries that already exist such as most of
the documentaries I have seen had people with the
condition on the summer camp and there was vox
pox showing how they feel to be surrounded by
people with similar condition.
 Where as my documentary will have interview about
how the individual feels about being surrounded by
people who can walk and don’t have the condition.
Originality of the idea

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 This documentary will follow a day in life of a an
individual with the condition and it will be an
observational, biographical and investigational
documentary.
 It will be a participant led documentary.
 It will also have an interview with a doctor asking him
information about the condition
 I have also tried to contact The Muscular Dystrophy
Association (MDA) media department and if they reply
then I can interview one of the experts who is involved in
the research and treatment of the condition.
Topic area

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 The documentary will start with text which will have
facts and figures about the condition.
 Then it will show the individual with the condition doing
daily tasks and talking about how he copes with
condition while doing different tasks.
 There will be cutaways of the interview with the doctor in
the middle of the individual’s observation and the doctor
will explain how he inherited the condition and why does
it get worse as time pass by.
 It will also have cutaways of the pictures of muscles and
genes showing what is happening inside the body.
Content

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 Patient:
Does it stop you form doing anything that you want to do?
How does it make you feel?
How was your college experience?
How did you get all these awards?
 Doctor:
What causes the condition?
What causes the mutations?
Why does it get worse?
 Expert (if possible):
Why is it still not curable?
Why don’t doctors use stem therapy to treat it?
Questions

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 The target audience for this documentary will be 25-
35 years old who are interested in knowing more
about the condition.
 It can also appeal to people with the condition or
families of people with the condition because it will
have information about the stem and gene therapy
treatment.
Target Audience

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 The programme will be appealing to the target audience
because it will not just have one person sitting in front of the
camera and telling people about their condition.
 It will have three interviews put together that will change the
person, change the information to keep the audience engaged.
e.g. if the patient is telling about the muscles not moving and
what it restricts them to do, then the doctor part will come to
explain why the muscles are not moving and then the
researcher part will come to explain what treatments they
have in process to make those muscles move. so it will be a
balance of experience, knowledge and research.
 The music will also keep the audience engaged.
Appealing

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 It will have various different locations such as the
house of the patient who I will be observing because
it will show the assistance he gets from the
equipment's in his house and other facilities in house
that helps him.
 The interview with the doctor will take place in his
surgery so the background will have books, posters
and leaflets about various health issues.
 The interview with the expert will take place in a lab
where they do research about the condition.
Locations

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Interviews: with the patient, the doctor and
the expert.
Cutaways: of muscles, genes, chromosomes
and labs with research material.
Participant: the patient, the doctor and the
expert.
Conventions

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 There will be sad music throughout the
documentary because it is a serious and emotional
topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlWRiZo7T4I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQswdWdJy6c
 The music will communicate with the audience and
give a sense of the emotional topic.
Music and Sound

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Primary Research
I gave out this questionnaire to 20 people
and out of 20 only 2 people knew what
the condition was because they were
doing bio medical science and other 18
had no idea about the condition. They
had never seen any documentary on this
condition before but 100% of the people
said that they would like to see a
documentary on the condition and find
out what causes it . More then 50% of the
population said that they would like to
see both the doctor and the patient
which helped me because then I asked to
a doctor to be part of my documentary
which I didn’t had planned previously.

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Secondary Research
This article from 2014
suggests that if researchers
do more research about the
condition they can eventually
find a cure to the condition.
It helps my documentary
because now I can add
information about these
drugs and ask the expert
about why these drugs do
and why don’t the cure the
condition.

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This shows that researchers
are focusing more on making
drugs which is good but then
if there has been
improvements through stem
therapy why don’t they use
that and do more research on
that.
The documentary will have
information about what kind
of drugs they are researching
and why are they not using
the stem therapy.

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This article shows that not many people know about
the disease which is why parents get less support.
This fact is also supported by the primary research
which showed that only 20% of the population knew
what the condition was.

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Agency
The agency that I tried
to contact is Muscular
Dystrophy UK.
They raise awareness
of the disease and
carry out research for
treatments.
They also raise funds
to do the research.

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 This documentary will be on my YouTube channel
which will allow anyone to see it and I will spread
the video link through social networks such as
twitter and Facebook.
 I can put my documentary on BBC Three Fresh
because it can go under the topic of health. BBC
Three has a wide range of audience so it will raise
awareness of the condition.
Channel/Distribution

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Should Teachers be allowed to have
a social life
Fired for putting pictures on social network

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 The aim of the documentary
is to find out what teachers
think of the idea of getting
fired for putting their
pictures up on social
networks?
 The aim is also to find out
what students think of their
teachers putting their
pictures of them socialising
in a pub?
Purpose

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 The idea came from the news where a teacher got
fired from her job because she had a picture of
herself holding a glass of beer while she was away
for her summer holiday.
 The reason why I chose to make a documentary on
this news is that when I researched more into it, I
found out that she was not the only one who was
fired for putting pictures up on social network but
there has been quite a few cases before.
Idea development

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 My idea is very original because there has been no
documentaries asking teachers and students about
there point of view on this rule.
 It is also original and different because I personally
think that teachers have a right to freedom and
personal life.
 All the articles I have read are against it but I want
the documentary to give a message that teachers
should be allowed to have a drink and put pictures
of it online if they wish to.

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 The documentary will be investigational as it will be
investigating what people think.
 The documentary will start with the presenter (a 17 year
old student) introducing the topic so she will give all the
facts and figures about teachers getting fired.
 Then it will have a 1min interview with the former head
teacher asking if she thinks its inappropriate
 Then it will have vox pops asking teachers and students
for their opinions.
 The interview and the vox pops will be participant led but
the ending will have the presenter again telling the
conclusion.
Content

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 Interview: It will have an interview with a former head
teacher (miss Neilson) asking her what is inappropriate in
holding a glass of beer and why is it necessary to fire the
teacher if they put a picture online?
 Vox pops: It will have vox pops of teachers and students
asking them their point of view. I will ask them what do
think is appropriate and I will ask the students if teachers
should be allowed to put pictures of them in a pub.
 Cutaways: It will have cutaways of teachers just holding a
glass of beer.
Conventions

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 The target audience for this documentary will be
both students and teacher so it will cover a range of
ages from 18-35 years old.
 It will appeal to adults specifically teachers because
it will probably be in their favour and they will be
able to see what other teacher think.
 It will also appeal to the students because they get to
see what other students think of their teachers
putting pictures.
Target Audience

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It will be appealing to my target audience because it
will have:
 A young presenter
 Teachers, adult participants
 Students, young participants
 Interviews and vox pops
 Appealing music
 Cutaway images to keep them engaged
Appealing

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 The interview with the head will take place in her
office beside a pile of wok which will reflect how
stressing it is to be a teacher and how they need to
relax over the weekend.
 The vox pops with the teacher will take place in their
class rooms so that shows a teaching environment.
 The vox pops with students will be in the study
room or mac room with a computer in the
background that shows the news of teacher getting
fired.
Locations

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 The music that I decided to use is peaceful and
relaxing instrumental music.
 The reason I chose this music is because the
participants will be talking most of the time and I
just want a music in the background to play
throughout the documentary to appeal to the
audience by keeping them engaged.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcsUYu0PVx
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Music

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There was a focused group of 4 people and I showed them
the news of teacher getting fired and asked them if they
think it was right to fire her?
All the students said no and they said teachers are humans
they have a right to freedom and they need to relax as well.
Whereas , one of the student did say that looking at
inappropriate pictures of teachers will end up in them not
respecting the teacher or may be respect them less.
Students said that they would like to hear the head teacher
talk about it which is why I chose to interview Miss Neilson
Primary Research

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Secondary Research
This is the article that
shows the teacher who
got fired and this is the
news that I had my idea
from.

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This is another
article that shows
that a teacher got
fired for posting her
pub pictures on
Facebook.

 These are
comments on the
news of the teacher
and all three of
them suggested
that the teacher
shouldn't have
been fire because
she is an adult and
she did not do
anything illegal.

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 I can put this documentary on BBC One because the
topic is quite current and because the channel has a
wide range of audience which matches my target
audience because the documentary needs to reach
people from the age of 18-35.

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Hidden Homeless
People who sleep on streets and do sofa surfing

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Purpose
 The aim of the documentary is to raise awareness
about the hidden homeless.
 The number of people that are not registered homeless
but they don’t have a permanent house to live in and
end up doing sofa surfing.
 Young adults who have to live in shared council
accommodations that are so poor that they actually
choose to be on the street rather then live there.
 Young adults who choose to be homeless because of
abuse at home

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 The idea came from looking at homeless people in
real life who sit on streets and sleep on street because
they are not registered as homeless people.
 When I looked into homelessness, I found out that
there are so many people who are hidden homeless;
they go to work, live a normal life in daytime but at
night they come back to sleep on sofa because they
don’t have any permanent home to live in.
 Some of them decide to live under bridges so they
can hide.
Idea Development

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 My idea is original because it’s different from the
documentaries on homelessness.
 There are so many documentaries on homelessness
but they all show how people survive on the street.
 My documentary will talk about how and why
people end up on the streets and if they chose to be
homeless, why did they choose to do so.

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 The documentary will be presenter led.
 It will start with a text that shows the figures of hidden
homeless people in UK.
 The presenter will start the documentary by showing places
where people live (under the bridges, footpaths, public
benches, and sofa surfing)
 Then there will be an interview with two adults from centre
point (an organisation that give homeless young people a
future)
 The documentary will end by the presenter asking people to
raise awareness of the hidden homeless and try to help them.
Content

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 Interview: It will have interviews with the two
homeless people asking them how they ended up on
the streets.
 Cutaways: It will have cutaway images of people on
a street and on the sofas.
 Presenter: It will have a presenter who will
introduce and end the documentary.
 Music: It will have a sad and emotional music to
reflect the topic and engage the audience.
Conventions

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 The target audience for this documentary will be
young adults aged between 25-35.
 It will specifically appeal to people who care about
homeless people.
 It will also appeal to people who wonder why people
are sitting on streets.
Target Audience

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 It will appeal to the target audience because it will
emotional but it will also be informative.
 It will give them information about why people
choose to be homeless.
 The cutaways will keep them engaged.
 The music will also appeal to the audience
Appealing

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 I will film the homeless people in the shelter home
that they are living in and then I will film them on
the streets showing how they got on the street and
from there to the shelter home.
Location

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Primary Research
I asked 15 people to fill out the
questionnaire. Out of 15, 10 of
them knew what hidden
homelessness was but none of
them knew why people
especially teenagers become
homeless.
5 of them had seen a
documentary on homelessness
before and liked the mise en
scene the most because the
documentaries were made on
the streets.
That tells me that I need to do
some filming on the streets as
well.

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Secondary Research
An article that talks
about a girl who
became homeless
and had to go work
everyday dressed
up nicely but
would come back
to sleep on a sofa.

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The article shows
how people who
own their own
homes can end up
becoming a
hidden homeless.

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This article shows
how there is a
massive increase
in hidden
homeless.

 This article mentions
10 reasons why
people choose to be
homeless.
This contributes to my
idea because I want to
know why people
choose to be homeless
and ask in the
interview if these are
any of the reasons.

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Agency
I have contacted
centre point and they
don’t have a problem
with me talking to
homeless people but
they want me to talk
to individuals to find
out if they will be
willing to be part of
the documentary.

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 I will put this documentary on Channel 4 and BBC
Three fresh because they have a wide range of
audience who would like to know, why people
choose to be homeless.

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Designer Babies
Should society accept designer babies?

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 The aim of the documentary is to tell people about
genetically modified (GM) babies.
 It is also to ask people about their opinion on GM.
 To find out if people think it’s okay to use genetic
modification to stop the baby from getting a disease?
Purpose

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 The Idea came from the news where leading
scientists told the BBC “Rapid progress in genetics is
making "designer babies" more likely and society
needs to be prepared’.
 The idea developed because people are still not
ready for genetically modified babies as their
believes stop them from doing so.
 The idea of a debate for against and favour has made
me want to find out more and make a documentary
on it.
Idea Development

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 There are no documentaries
on GM babies because only
recently has scientists
started talking about it after
the progress in rats
modification.
 My documentary will
people’s view on what they
think rather then what
scientists think

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 Presenter: It will have a presenter who will tell
people what scientists say and then ask for people’s
opinions on scientists view.
 Vox pops: There will be vox pops to ask about
publics opinion on GM/Designer Babies.
 Music: It will have music with a same tone
throughout which reflects that the
presenter/producer is not biased about any one
opinion
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVNbgJg0Kew
Content & Conventions

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 The target audience for this documentary will be 20-
35 years old, specifically people with a biological
interest.
 It can also appeal to people who want to know more
about designer babies and are may be in favour or
against.
 It will appeal to the target audience because it will
vox pops and people will have different voices and
their different opinion which will keep the audience
engaged.
Target Audience

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 Street
 Park
 Shopping centre
It doesn’t have to be a specific location, it can be filed at
different places where people are willing to give their
opinions
Location

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 Interview with a student:
She did know a bit about genetic modification and
thought it is very wrong to genetically modify human
beings.
However, she did want to hear other people’s opinion
in a documentary.
She would like to hear opinions of the parents of
children with diseases and disabilities that scientists say
can be stopped by genetically modifying their kids.
Primary Research

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The article
clearly
states that
Humans
are now
becoming
objects to
design
Secondary Research

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The article that
delivers the
message of
scientists saying
we should be
ready for a
debate which is
what made me
do a promo
debate through
my documentary

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This articles mentions the ethical implications of
designer babies

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Scientists think they have made enough
progress and are now ready to make humans
babies.

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