Audience Research Questions

These were the 6 main questions we asked to our target audience :

1. Would you be interested in watching a documentary about addiction ?
e.g. Gambling,Gaming,Sex,Shoplifitng or Self Harming

2. Is this series more interesting because it focuses on less covered addictions ?

3. Which one of these addictions would you like to see the most ?

4. Would you prefer it to be helping the people involved or purely observational ?

5. Would you prefer it to focus on a specific person or a group ?

6. Do you think that a documenatry like this is important to get awareness and to help the individuals who struggle with the same problems ?

Pitch and Production Plan

Pitch- A makeover approach to curing people's mental addictions. Addictions such as Alcohol and Narcotics have been covered a lot by documentaries. This series will take a different approach of a makeover on mental addictions that don't get the same coverage by the media.

Monday
We started filming our video response of audience questionaires.
We filmed outside of the bookies getting different shots

Tuesday
Today we made more progress with our video response of audience questionaires and we were able to get an interview of a gambler outside Coral.


Wednesday
Today we finished our audience response questionaires and I have attached a list of the questions above and the complete edited video copy shall be on the blog shortly.

New Documentary Idea

Due to unforseen circumstances my group and I have been forced to completely change our documentary idea. as our Olympian who was the focal point of our first episode, tore every ligament in his ankle and has returned to Botswana. Therefore I have come up with a new idea for a documentary series :

What's Your Addiction ?

Is a Makeover documentary show for people who suffer from irregular addictions and an attempt in helping them free themselves from their addiciton. The series will have an individual episode for each addiction. My plan is not only to help a group of individuals who struggle with these addicitons, but also to raise awareness for others around the country who may be in need of help or embarrased with their own irregular addiction. This documentary series is designed for Channel 4 on Thursday Nights at 9pm.



This series will show addictions which are untypically covered such as :

Gambling
Shoplifting
Gaming
Sex
Self Harming

Coursework Documentary idea

The Unsung Heroes

This is a series idea focusing on Olympic athletes who are not recognised for their achievements. Our focus will be on an Swimmer from Botswana who placed 62nd but is virtually unheard of compared to the swimmers who placed in the top 3 of their events.The documentary will use modes such as participatory, expository and observational.The series will also include other olympic athletes from other sports and their journey to London 2012.

• Interviews of John and his Personal Trainer


• Archive footage of John at Beijing and at local events in Botswana


• Present day footage of his training for London 2012


• Using the London stadiums being built as pillow shots.Transitions.


• Voiceover


• Introduction of Series


• Credits - Use Olympic logo
  
• Music - emphatic
  

Was Seven Days a Flop ? Why ?

The show was watched by 1.115 million viewers on Channel 4 and Channel 4+1, attracting a 6.6% audience share from 10pm. This was almost 50% down on Channel 4's average share in the slot over the past three months.

Second Week, According to digital spy it got under 1 million including +1.

Third Week, 646,000

The 5 modes of Documentary

Expository - London Can Take it




Observational - Listen to Britain




Participatory - Biggie and Tupac









Reflexive - Man on Wire





Performative - Ross Kemp on Gangs



Many Modern Documentaries mix these modes - Grizzly Man and Seven Days

Different Types of Documentaries

London Can Take it - Expository
Listen To Britain - Observational
Man On Wire - Reflexive
Seven Days - Participitory, Reflexive and Observational
Camouflage - Reflexive

The Five Modes Of Documentary Typical Conventions

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The Five Modes Of Documentary Typical Conventions

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Is Seven Days Plumeting ?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1318865/Big-Brother-style-Channel-4-reality-Seven-Days-sees-ratings-halve-just-650-000.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/the-painful-reality-no-one-is-watching-seven-days-2100992.html

Seven Days Reviews

The Guardian Review - Tim Dowling

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/23/seven-days-tv-review

'Compelling'
Positive
Old-Fashioned Docusoap.
Open Ended program. Distinguishes it from the Apprentice and The X factor.
Reality TV with no competition
Interactivity- See charachters react to feedback.
Truman Show effect.

The Independent Review - John Walsh

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/seven-days-channel-4-wednesdaybrgareth-malones-extraordinary-school-for-boys-bbc2-thursday-2089636.html

Seven Days

http://sevendays.channel4.com/characters/hannah/thoughts/all

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Research and Planning on Documentaries.