FORMAL PROPOSAL

Formal Proposal – ‘No Body’s Perfect’:

Topic – Body Image

Type of Documentary – Mixed/Fully Narrated

Style of Documentary – Informative/Formal

Channel and Scheduling – 9pm, Channel 4, inheritance from Embarrassing Bodies

Target Audience – Young adults +

Primary Research Needed – Interviews;

·         Personal trainer

·          Weightwatchers Group leader

·          Psychologist (Miss Borges)

·          weight watchers member (Nathan)

·          Cosmetic surgery patient

·          public (vox pops)

Secondary Research Needed – Archive Material;

·         Music Videos

·          Other Documentaries

·          News bulletins

·          food packaging

·          beauty products

Narrative Structure – Linear, Closed

Outline of Content

·         Open on vox pops of words related to body image

·         Opening titles

·         Vox pops – different styles 9celebrities) + body sizes clips of pressure of young people (Louise Redknapp and Natalie Cassidy)

·         Introduction to weight watchers + point system

·         The success rate of weight watchers – talk about how males care more about weight loss. Interview with weight watchers leader, talk about supplements people take to lose weight.

·         Explanation of cosmetic surgery, explaining the different procedures and pro’s and con’s. Sun beds. Beauty products – male and female

·         Finally ending the documentary, talking about body image and how it is more important.

Summary of programme

·         Tattoos/ Piercings

·         Beauty

·         Cosmetic surgery

·         Clothes

·         Celebrities

·         Eating disorders

·         Ideal weights

·         Celebrity image

·         Yoyo dieters