The document outlines a draft for a documentary series about celebrity and audience participation over time, including 3 potential episodes and discussing elements like purpose, audience, channel, and structure. It also explores theories around why ordinary people idolize celebrities so much.

1. Assignment 8: Individual
Coursework presentation
Draft 2

2. A
Draft 2 Feedback Video is posted on my
blog

3. B

4. DEVELOPING CELEBRITY & AUDIENCE D
TOPIC..
A) What is the purpose of the documentary?
The purpose is to show viewers how much celebrities
have changed and how active they have now become in
our lives.
Also, to provide an unbiased view throughout the
documentary and allow viewers to form their own
opinions

5. B) What would people learn about this topic
from your documentary?
They would learn about the different social media and
how they make it easier for audience to be
participatory.

6. C) What style of documentary is it? Explain
why/how
Observatory because..
• Celebrity case studies will be viewed and analysed
• Footage of participatory audience will be shown
Informative because..
• Changing audience information
• Social media types and what they provide etc

7. D) A documentary series about
‘Celebrity & Audience: Then and Now’
Episode 1: How celebrities become famous?
Sport, tv, music, film etc
Episode 2: What does it really meant to be a
celebrity? Celebrities then and now (case
studies) etc
Episode 3: How audiences have changed in how
participatory they are (tv shows, concerts, social
network etc)

8. AUDIENCE E
Who is the audience? Why?
Audience: 17-34 year old females
British and American, interested in social networking
sites, blogging, watching film and television
Because..
• They use social media a lot more
• They watch have a greater interest in all aspects of
celebrity life

9. Who is the target audience? Why?
17-26 year old females
Ethnicity: British and minority ethnic groups
Interests: crime/factual television, debating and
socialising regularly
Because..
• They use social media regularly
• They are a lot more participatory as audience

10. Who is the secondary audience? Why?
32-38 year olds
• Could be interested in the great change in
celebrity and audience over the years

11. Is it a niche or mass audience? Why?
Mass because..
• A lot of the public interact with social media
• A vast majority idolise a type of celebrity
• Many have been an audience at some point in
time

12. Relate your target audience to channel/time
shown
It will be shown on ITV2 at 9pm because..
• Target audience would be home from work
and other commitments
• Other shows targeted to that audience will be
on after that time

13. Connect purpose to audience – why should/do
they want to learn about this topic?
Almost everybody interacts with social media
and is an audience to some kind of celebrity

14. H
Inspiration

15. Fearne Cotton and..
Establishing shot
highlighting
lavish life
Interviewing Craig David
about his life then and
now

16. Presenter taking part in
activities during
documentary
Close up – greater
detail
Voiceover – guides
and informs
audience
throughout
documentary

17. One Direction: A Year in the Making
Archival
footage – Hashtag for twitter
highlights – celebrities rely on
journey audience to interact
with social media

18. Establishing
shot – a Interview –
reminder of the audience
how it was get a
auditioning trustworthy
account of his
experience
Font, 12 months earlier..
Bold white capitals =
importance

19. CHANNEL & TIME I
ITV 2 because..
• firm tradition of celebrity based topics are shown
• documentaries show the change in time for celebrity
& audience
Fearne Cotton and.. One Direction: Year in
the making

20. CONVENTION USE DEVELOP CHALLENGE DESCRIPTION
Archival footage Footage of
 audience and
celebrities for
evidence
Houses, arenas,
Establishing shots  studios etc
Interview  Interview with
public,
sociologists,
psychologists
Voiceover Not just at the
 start but
throughout
Supporting images  Images of
celebrities and
audience
Presenter  Presenter will
be a media
student

21. Establishing shot
• Where celebrities & audiences meet
• Where they are individually

22. Use of presenter/voiceover
• A media student studying about audience
theories etc
• Presenter actually has relevance/knowledge
to topic

23. Public Interviews
• Discuss why celebrities are admired
• Audience participation then and now
• Which celebrities they admire & why?

24. Expert interviews (with titles)
• Bold, white titles
• Sociologists – theories concerning people in
society
• Psychologists – theories concerning
attachment, admiration and relationships

25. Supporting Footage/Photographs
• Photographs of audiences’ participation then
and now
• Photographs of celebrities then and now
• Footage of concerts, signings etc
• Footage of audience participation then and
now

26. Use of statistics, graph or diagram
• Diagram for celebrities most respected/current

27. Structure
2 min introduction 1 min introduction 2 min Last 10-20 seconds
(series) (episode) (to focus (preview to next
on first episode)
subtopic of
episode)
Celebrity & audience Audience What it means to
participation then and now interaction with the be a celebrity, idea
throughout.. celebrities then and changing of instant fame e.g
•Tv now types of olympians are now
•Film audience global stars
• sport
• music

28. Why do ordinary people
have so much respect for
celebrities?

29. CELEBRITY IDOLISATION
Why do people idolise celebrities?
• More than just public figures
• With support of internet celebrities are more
apparent in their lives
• Difference in lives

30. Narcissistic Idolisation
• Researcher Heinz Kohut says “idolisation is a
developmentally appropriate response to being
a child“ and “adolescents engage in idolisation in
order to compensate for the narcissistic injury of
the inevitable failure of one's parents to live up
to their child's lofty needs and desires.”
• This suggests that because that because parents
aren’t the epic figure children aspire to, they
avert focus to people living up to their
expectations by leading extremely lavish lives.
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