Documentary Idea

Summary of Documentary Ideas  Nathan Hurst

Day in the life of a Pianist

My idea for a documentary is to film an aspiring, professional pianist who is a student at Chethams School of music in Manchester. The way I will film this is to get an interview with the pianist called Lewis and have cut-aways of him playing the piano. I may also put shots of Chethams to show the college Lewis is attending. I think this will make an interesting documentary as it shows students determination to be a professional pianist and what he will do to achieve this and why he wants to follow a career path being a pianist.

Bullying pie charts

Have you ever been bullied

if so then...

Have you ever been a bully?

If so why...

Do you think bullying is ok?

Do you know anyone who has been bullied?

Best way of reporting bullying?

The results i gathered give me the information that 75% of  students aged 16-21 have been bullied, from  this i saw that verbal bullying was most prevalent among this group of people which was nearly half of the people i asked, one third of them were physically bullied and one fifth of them were bullied over the internet.

I also got the information that over a quarter of students i asked were once a bully but over a half have never been a bully. Over a half were a bully because they had previously been a bully, one third of students said because they were peer pressured into bullying, and the other one third just felt like bullying.

The fifth pie chart gives us the information that every student i asked thought that bullying was defiantly not ok possibly due to them being bullied in the past.

The sixth pie chart shows us the information that over a half of students know somebody who has been bullied, one third don't know anyone who has been bullied and one fifth are unsure wether or not they know somebody who has been bullied.

The final graph shows us the best way students think of dealing with bullying, over half think that physical harm to stop bullying is the best way of dealing with it, and over a quarter of students feel that reporting it to someone is the best way due to people who older have better understanding of dealing with the problem of bullying.

BBC Panorama analysis

The programme i will be analysing is BBC Panorama, This is a documentary that uses several research and production techniques to provide the audience with information. The episode i looked at focused on a school and the problems it faced with students. BBC Panorama used observational footage in the opening which gave the viewer an insight into what the students and teachers have to deal with and give the audience first impressions of the school. The shots included conversations between the student and teacher about the students behaviour, This shows that the programme will be about and the type of situation it will cover.

The show then uses a voice over which is female as it is more appropriate than a male voice, This is due to the voice sounding more caring. The voice over is to give the audience facts and figures about the school. The information is Quantitative research as deals with numbers and statistics about the school. The reason the producers use this is because when the voice over is talking about the facts it has pan shots of the school which gives the audience the establishment of what the facts are about. The voice over also gives context and summary of the surrounding area. Halfway through the programme there is a long shot of the flats and houses around the school, this is relevant as the flats look fairly deprived and could relate to the students behaviour within the school.

The production research i compiled about this programme is they used a drone to get birds eye view shot of the school and surrounding this is due to it being less expensive than using a helicopter. The programme also uses semi-structural interviews with students and teachers to explain their situation about the problem with students and the how the teachers are trying to deal with the problems, the interviews consist of a shot of the interviewee such as within the programme the interviewer talks to a student with problems and how they are affected by bullying or things such as dyslexia.   

Newspaper analysis

The newspaper i chose to analyse is 'The Sun'. This newspaper is aimed at males who are working class who are aged 20-40 due to it being reasonably priced and affordable, This newspaper can also be read on the job (manual labour such as builders) and does not have to be thought to much about when reading the articles as they are simple to understand. The title and sub-heading are in bold this is so it attracts the readers to buy this newspaper and shows that it has articles that people will be interested in but has a comedic element to it. According to the National readership survey the readers will be put into the category of C2/D which is skilled working class and working class, The Sun also provides information on sport and has a quiz within it. 

              

NRS social classification

The grades[edit]

The classifications are based on the occupation of the head of the household.^[1]

Grade	Social class	Chief income earner's occupation
A	upper middle class	Higher managerial, administrative or professional
B	middle class	Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional
C1	lower middle class	Supervisory or clerical and junior managerial, administrative or professional
C2	skilled working class	Skilled manual workers
D	working class	Semi and unskilled manual workers
E	non working	Casual or lowest grade workers, pensioners, and others who depend on the welfare state for their income,

The grades are often grouped into ABC1 and C2DE and these are taken to equate to middle class and working class respectively. Only around 2% of the UK population is identified as upper class,^[3] and this group is not included in the classification scheme.

This is the national readership survey that categorises the public into different classes such as upper class and working class etc.

Advertisement analysis

This sheet helps me analyse a certain media product. The product i used here is compare the market and used the advert compare the meerkat.

Perceptions of audiences

This sheet provides me with the stereotypical audience for the above media product such as The sun newspaper, Big brother and nuts magazine etc.

Market research:Internet search for commercial research companies

This sheet has several commercial research companies such as IMDb, BARB, TNS Global and RAJAR, These organisations provide people information about viewing data on TV shows and general audience research.

Types of shot

 This first shot is an extreme close up of a persons eyes this can illustrate emotions such as anger or fear

The second shot is a close up this can illustrate an emotion someone is feeling.






The third shot is a mid-shot which shows a person from the waist up

 The fourth shot is an over the shoulder shot which indicates where a person is going or looking at

The fifth shot is a POV (point of view) shot which shows the viewer what a person is looking at

 The sixth shot is a noddy shot that is regularly used in interviews or presenting.






The seventh shot is a two-shot which shows two people within the frame

The eighth shot is a wide shot that the person fills the whole frame.






The final shot is a very wide shot which the person is barely visible but still within the frame.