DOCUMENTARY IDEASRianna Johnson

Original ideas

Beauty: The Right Face of Beauty?

Apartheid: The History of South Africa

Fashion: Progression or Regression

Food: Is Healthy Really Healthy?

Education: How Much is Too Much?

Ideas I am not taking forward

Apartheid:We should do our documentaries on things we have a lot of knowledge on. I studied the apartheid for GCSE so I have a good level of knowledge for it. The reason why I am not taking it forward is because getting external research and input from the general public would be hard because not everyone knows what it is. Along with this, my target audience would be very narrow.

Fashion:Doing fashion is over done and may look like I just copied ideas from Gok Wan’s TV show. Although it is not a documentary certain aspects may look similar. Fashion repeats itself over years, and so through research done in the introductory episode may mean that the series might not have long gevity. Also I’d focus on mass trends that are in fashion now, thus alienating niche audiences. From my AS knowledge by getting rid of the niche audiences could result in a loss of a great amount

SERIES: BEAUTY

EPISODE ONE

History of make up Where make up came from Why we use it Is it good or bad Trends in make up Does make up make us pretty

EPISODE TWO: WHAT MAKES US PRETTY

Does a little bit of make up make some one pretty Or, does a lot of make up make some one pretty Does the skin tone make someone pretty What is the right shade of beauty? Do celebrities influence our opinions of beauty

EPISODE THREE

Tying up all the conclusions that I have come to from previous episodes

Linking them together Now ending on a question So with all this research, having got the ‘perfect’ pretty is

this realistic Is there such thing as perfect beauty

SERIES: FOOD

EPISODE ONE

Making the audience aware of the good and bad foods Why have we become a fat nation Exploring convenience foods Looking at healthy fast foods, is a salad from tesco really

that healthy Comparing the findings to other fattening foods to weigh

it up What it takes to make a healthy quick salad Which option is cheaper and healthier

EPISODE TWO

Fast food, exploring if it really is that bad for you What fast food outlet is the best and worse How much fast food children eat Linking this information to child obesity Should their be restrictions on children and fast food

EPISODE THREE

Looking at different types of diets on three averaged sized women

Seeing which diet is best How each affects them Could the bad decisions made by one of the women be

stopped or is it now a way of life

SERIES: EDUCATION

EPISODE ONE

Introducing how students are taught Subjects, most and least popular Exam and module type, coursework and classroom life Is the work load too much

EPISODE TWO

Coursework and exams for years 11/12/13 What it is like What is expected Hours of work needed for each grade Is the demand for students too high Is the ‘filter system’ fair on those who arent accedemic

EPISODE THREE

How much does all this work impact on children On their health, staying up late to finish work ect On their social life, not going out to do work On their family life Is it fair