Documentary Ideas.

Idea 1:
Our first idea is on CCTV, as Britain is one of the countries with the most CCTV cameras in the world capturing our every movement. The Documentary would be about how cctv has helped/effected us and its pros and cons. The Spider diagram below will explain our ideas of what would be in our documentary based on CCTV.



Idea 2:
This is an idea based on how the beauty industry has tricked girls and woman of all ages, particulaly teenagers under 16 through the magic of airbrushing and into what seems 'perfect' through television adverts, magazines which are modelled by their favourite celebrities but is actually faked and enhanced through post-production.
The idea of the documentary is to get the message through of what the process is and how it has affected teenagers around the world especially by cosmetic surgery and also interviewing what the general public (male and female) view on it is. This is a mind map to explain a bit more on the idea:

Word Cloud

This is my world cloud presenting words in relation to 'Documentary'

Word cloud made with WordItOut

Celebrity Documentaries

Celebrity Documentaries generally follow the day to day life of a celebrity or a celebrity couple.
The idea of the documentary is to give the audience and insight and behind the scenes look into their lives. The viewers are typically young adults and teenagers with a particular interest in up to date celebrity news or a fan of the celeb.


Some examples of Celebrity Documentaries are:



-Kerry and Me:

A Fly on the wall Documentary based on Kerry Katona's private life after her divorce.


- What Katie did next:


What Katie Did Next is a fly on the wall reality TV show that documents the model/television personality Katie Price after her separation from her husband Peter Andre. The show follows on from the Katie & Peter series which documented the couple when they were together.

This is a youtube clip of Part one of first episode of 'What katie did next':

Conspiracy Documentaries.

Conspiracy documentaries reveal a new argument to why or how an historical event occurred.

They are typically subjective to only one point of view in order to persuade the audience.

They usually feature voice overs of the presenters explaining their theory whilst presenting footage of evidence as well as interviews to support their claims.

This type of documentary has a wider audience depending on the conspiracy theories featured. They are generally between 30 minutes to an hour in length.

Mockumentaries

The length of mockumentaries varies much more than documentaries of other genres as they can be documentaries presented as films or series. they include material that is often involved in current news or society such as Bruno making fun of the on going celebrity world or The Office making fun of the stereotypical office man.

Dispatches

Dispatches are documentaries that are often targeted at the older audience of whom are interested in Current affairs which are studied often using undercover cameras in older to reveal the true workings of associations.

They are filmed to reveal the negative aspects of associations of which society places some form of trust such as restaurants and social services or taxes and last typically between 30 minutes to an hour long.

Documentary Film

Some examples of Documentary Film are Supersized me, directed by Morgan Spurlock and also Borat and Bruno (which are mockumentaries).



The audience for Documentary films are largely dependent on the content and topic discussed.

They offer the audience a diffferent way of viewing a Documentary which some may find more engaging however they still follow the conventions of documentary rather than film.