Research for documentary

Below is a list of archive material we found whilst researching our documentary. We will use the footage in our 5 minute documentary: -
Shoes song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCF3ywukQYA
Wizard Of Oz - Shoe Scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooM-RGUTe2E
Kurt Geiger Adverts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GqPILgHAI4
Paolo Nutini - New Shoes Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHgNpto9ooY
Confessions Of A Shopaholic - Fight Scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npFBRp716Qw
How Nike Trainers Have Changed Over The Years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-8G24Clvck
Shoe Fight Scene From The Hannah Montana Movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5c-vsPcl7k Skate Shoes Advert For Vans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNBi_rSUxLM

Formal Proposal

Topic: Shoes

Type of documentary: Mixed, closed, multi-stranded

Style of documentary: Light hearted, informative

Channel: Channel 4 at 7:00pm inherting the programme audience after Hollyoaks as it targets the same audience

Age: Between 16-30, mainly female

Primary research: Interviews with people from shoe shops and people who have past with shoes

Secondary research: archive material such as different types of shoes from the past

Narative structure: Non-linear

Content: Voxpops, video interviews, archive footage, cahnging styles of shoes, how shoes represent personality

Resources: Camera. tri-pod, voice recorder, microphone, telephone.

Brainstorm of content for documentary.

Target Audience Research

We made a questionnaire and handed it out to 30 people so we could find out what other people who would be watching the documentary would like to see.

After getting people to fill in the questionnaire, we then gathered the results together this was what we found.


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These are some voice recordings we got off people that answered the questionnaires.

 

 

 

We also took video recordings of people that took part in the questionnaire.

 

 

 

Questionnaire

We produced a questionnaire in order to find out what the audience would like to see in the documentary because if we dont show the audience what they want they wont watch it.

 

1.     Are you:

 Male □     Female □

2.     What age are you?

16-20 □    21-25 □   26-30 □   30+ □

 

3.     What is your favourite colour? ___________________________

4.     What is your favourite TV channel?

BBC1 □   BBC2 □   ITV1 □   Channel 4 □   Channel 5 □

5.     What kind of documentaries do you like?

Historical □   Scientific □   Current Affairs □   Fashion □

Nature □   Celebrity □   Other □   If other, please specify _____________

6.     Would you rather a documentary be:

Serious □   Light hearted □   Informative □   Comical □

7.     What size shoe are you? ________

8.     What is your favourite pair of shoes? _____________

9.     How many pairs of shoes do you own?

      1-5□   6-10 □   11-20 □   20+ □

10.             How many pairs of shoes do you buy a year?

1-5 □   6-10 □   11-20 □   20+ □

11.            Where do you buy your shoes from? _________________________

12.            How much do you spend on shoes per year?

Less than £10 □    Over £10 □   Over £50 □   Over £100 □

13.            What is the most you have ever spent on shoes?

Less than £10 □    Over £10 □   Over £50 □   Over £100 □

14.            What type of shoes do you prefer?

High heels □   Low heels □   Flats □   Boots □   Sandals □ Trainers □   Pumps□   Flip flops □   Wellies □   Other □ 

 If other, please specify ____________________________

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Plans