My Final Proposal

Aims

I am aiming to tell the audience about teenage deaths within gang involvement, and how families feel about there sons or relatives deaths. I will share with the audience my knowledge on the topic from the research I have done. During my documentary I will not make anyone who is being interviewed feel uncomfortable or under stress to say what happened.

Content

The content of my documentary will involve facts and figures that I have researched. I will have a lot of opinion based interviews, and also factual interviews hopeful from the Police Crime Commissioner and also from an MP in an area where the crimes are higher. I will also be interviewing a family who has lost their son in the summer of 2015.  During the documentary I will include images and different quotes from the information that I have obtained from secondary research. At the beginning of the documentary I will say to the camera that this documentary may be emotional for certain viewers.

Target Audience

The target audience for my documentary is 16-24, British both gender'sand mixed ethnicity. My documentary is quite mainstream so I would make it more of an informational documentary, so that the audience can know more about the topic of teenage deaths with involvement with gangs. I aim to stay objective throughout the documentary to provide the audience with both sides of the story. 

Format

The format of my documentary will be participatory, throughout it there will be a presenter who will introduce the each topic. The presenter will introduce the audience at the beginning and the end of the documentary. I will make sure that during the documentary, as the presenter, I will remain professional whilst still empathising with victims or their families.

Genre

My genre is documentary drama. This is due to the fact that I will be showing and informing the audience of real events that have taken place. Due to it being a documentary I will make sure that there are no competitions or games, I will make sure that there are interviews, some images or graphics and opinions from other people. I will also have voice overs and a edit montage at the beginning to introduce the show and tell the audience what the documentary will be about.

Style

During my documentary I will be using different shot types, editing styles, graphics and also sound. My documentary style will be more of an urban feel as from the documentary's that I have watched previously that are similar to my documentary they use more of and urban style for example in a lot of Reggie Yates documentary at the beginning you see shots of him walking on the street and having a voice over to introduce the show. (here is an example) When I introduce the show I will have several different shots of me walking and showing the locations that I am in. The shots that I would use at the beginning is establishing shot to introduce the show i would also have close ups of the street names to show the audience what type of area that I am in and finally I would add mid shots to show the audience who is presenting the documentary to them. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06svrw2/reggie-yates-extreme-uk-3-dying-for-a-six-pack

From watching this documentary (Extreme Uk)  I am aiming for a fast paced editing style similar to Race Riots USA, as it draws the audience in and keeps them interested and engaged in the programe, also showing some stuff that happens during the show. I would also go for this style as it is engaging from the start as you see Reggie Yates walking around the area where he will be filming the most and where the thing that he is documenting about is taking place the most. At the beginning of this is the example of how I would possibly start my documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqImnVYBP9o

For the sound (music) I would have more of an urban style (Hip-Hop instrumental) of music to fit it with the editing styles and the shots so I would use this type of music as it would add that feeling of urban-ness at the beginning of the documentary as it fits with my documentary due to the fact that it is to do with teenage boys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3fV-PXfa9U

During my documentary I will be using graphics to get some of the information that I did not say on camera or on a voice over , I would put the graphics onto different shots, so that the audience are not just seeing me. In the picture the graphic says self-obsession and this is the type of graphics that I would use so that the audience can still see me and also see the facts that I am presenting to them.