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)
· Other Documentaries
· News bulletins
· food packaging
· beauty products
· 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
· Beauty
· Cosmetic surgery
· Clothes
· Celebrities
· Eating disorders
· Ideal weights
· Celebrity image
· Yoyo dieters
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.
· Beauty
· Cosmetic surgery
· Clothes
· Celebrities
· Eating disorders
· Ideal weights
· Celebrity image
· Yoyo dieters
