Running Order

Documentary: The Human Canvas
Channel: Channel 4
Scheduling: Thursday 9pm - 9:30pm
Duration: 24 minutes (excluding advert break 3 minutes)

Duration - Shot description
20 seconds - Reactions of public when shown images of extreme tattoos. We don’t see what the people see; we just hear and watch their reactions
15 seconds - Opening Titles
30 seconds - Voiceover introducing the topic over images of tattoos and piercings. Camera movement over images: zoom in/out, pan, spin. Voiceover also explains about the survey we have used
30 seconds - Interview with Demi about why she likes tattoos so much and what she wants to do when she is older. Also ask who her idol is to introduce Travis Barker into the next section
30 seconds - Voiceover introducing Travis Barker, brief history. Over still images of him at gigs and in person with some of his music playing in the background
10 seconds - Archive footage of Travis Barker performing song
30 seconds - Back to demi talking in more detail about tattoos and the equipment she uses. Zoom onto tattoo equipment over the interview, and her own designs
1 minute - Bad sides of getting tattoos & piercings. Head teacher interview and shop manager. Showing the infected piercings and tattoos for reactions
30 seconds - Voiceovers explaining some articles that are to do with tattoos/piercings. Use camera movement and pan over them
15 seconds - Vox Pop of why people get their tattoos/piercings
30 seconds - Voiceover giving a general view about why people get their tattoos. Still images of extreme tattoos/piercings and some of just one tattoo or piercing.
getting her tattoo done.
1 minute - Voiceover giving a general view about why people get their tattoos. Still images of extreme tattoos/piercings and some of just one tattoo or piercing.
2 minutes - Interview with Amy Winehouse about her tattoos using cutaways of her performing live
1 minute 30 seconds - Archive footage of famous people talking about their own tattoos and piercings and why they got them. Cross cutting between different interviews
1 minute - Voiceover explaining tattoo artists recent technique of 3D tattoos. Still images of 3D tattoos ranging from nice to extreme
30 seconds Voiceover saying some people regret having tattoos because of future effects
45 seconds - Interview with Ashleigh’s mum about how she regrets her tattoo, use cutaways of her tattoos through the interview
45 seconds - Another interview with Head Teacher about him employing teachers who have extreme tattoos and what he would do
10 seconds - Extremists walking down a road in a group

3 MINUTES - ADVERT BREAK

10 seconds - Extremists walking down a road in a group
20 seconds - Voiceover saying we have interviewed a local tattoo artist about what he thinks about people getting tattoos
2 minutes - Interview with tattoo artist. Using cutaways to his equipment and pan of his shop and designs on the wall
25 seconds - Montage of famous people with tattoos and piercings. Zoom onto picture of David Beckham
2 minutes - Interview with David Beckham. Ask him why he has tattoos of his children’s names. Cutaways to archive footage of football matches and training sessions
1 minute 40 seconds - Voiceover explaining why some people tattoo names onto themselves. Images of lovers tattoos and kids names tattoos. Camera movement over them
30 seconds - Voiceover to explain what the youth see in ‘tunnel’ piercings, why they get them and what made them so popular. Cutaways of different sized tunnels. Archive and actuality footage
1 minute - Interview with a general piercer about tunnels, what started the craze. How do they feel about it. Cutaway to archive footage of people flashing tunnel or getting it done
30 seconds - Voiceover about what piercing girls would get. Cutaways of belly piercings, ears, nose, top of ear – still images
1 minute - Interview with hairdresser/ piercer woman talking about how realistic girls piercings are and that they look nice. Cutaways to actuality footage of someone getting their ear pierced
55 seconds - Voiceover concluding the narrative leaving the public open to debate whether they want or don’t want tattoos or piercings. Montage of extreme tattoos and piercings with voiceover over the top
50 seconds - Closing credits super imposed over the previous montage

Research for Documentary

Primary :

• Interview with Demi an upcoming tattoo artist, filmed in her house with her equipment in the background as mise-en-scene
• pan of tattoo parlour used as a cutaway
• interview with headteacher, filmed in his office with his files in the background
• interview with manager of shop on shop floor so shop floor can be seen in the backgroun
• cutaway to tattoo equipment
• cutaway to tattoo sleeves
• cathryn getting her tattoo done, interview is played over the top so you can not see hte interview taking place
• vox pop in liverpool,liscard,birkenhead asking whether people consider tattoos to be art
• interview with mike in house about his tattoo carreer so far
• designs in tattoo shop used as a cutaway

Secondary :

• music will be used from what was popular in our questionnaire as our backing tracks
• use still photos of tattoos that show extreme tattos and normal tattoos
• youtube videos of people doing their own tattoos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBG--0_KAbg&feature=related/watch?v=cBG--0_KAbg&feature=related
• use magazines where people have tattoos and piercings throughout
• debates about tattoos/piercings gone wrong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHxw67Zacrc
• pictures of celebrities with tattoos/piercings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9WV-r8L8K4
• TV programmes about tattoos/piercings
• extreme tattoos printed out
• interview with Travis Barker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF58u7uGM88/watch?v=YF58u7uGM88

Formal Proposal for Documentary

Topic : Tattoos & Piercings
Type of Documentary : Mixed
Style of Documentary : Informal, Informative/entertaining, fast paced
Channel and Scheduling : Channel 4, Thursday 9pm
Target Audience : Young Adults
Primary Research : Interview headteacher, cathryn getting tattoo done, vox pop (liverpool,liscard,birkenhead), Mike, Designs (tattoo shop), Demi, tattoo/piercing parlour, tattoo artist, tattoo kit, tattoo sleeves, manager of shop
Secondary Research : use music from what was popular in questionnaire, still photos of tattoos and piercings, youtube videos, use magazines where people have tattoos or piercings, debates about tattoos/piercings gone wrong, pictures of celebrities with tattoos/piercings, TV programmes about tattoos/piercings, extreme tattoos printed out, interview with Travis Barker
Outline of Content :

• Human Canvas - picture of art and person, merge together through photoshop
• Interview with an older person to see if they regret it
• Cutaways - equipment, designs, extremeists
• vox pop asking why people get tatttos & piercings
• interview with people against the idea
• vox pop of people's idols who have tattoos/piercings
• find videos on youtube of people doing them theirselves
• archive footage of interviews with famous people about tattoos/piercings

Resource Requirements :

• Digital Camera
• Microphone
• Props-tattoo equipment
• Piercing gun
• Tripod
• DV Tape
• Video recorder
• Adobe Premier
• PC
• Photoshop
• Microsoft Word
• Internet

Brainstorm of content for documentary

In our group we have thought of a variety of ideas that could be put into our documentary:

• use videos from youtube 'do it yourself' tattoos/piercings


• archive footage of interviews with famous people about ther own tattoos or piercings


• print out extreme tattoos and perform a vox pop
  
• interview employers about accepting people with tattoos/piercings


• interview with a professional tattoo artist


• interview with David Beckham about his tattoos


• interview of Demi (upcoming tattoo artist)


• voiceover


• recording of Cathryn getting tattoo with an interview over the top. another camera capturing still images


• interview with people off the programme Miami Ink or LA Ink


• recoding of a nose piercing being done


• good and bad sides of tattoos + piercings


• pan of a tattoo shop or 360 shot


• interview Demi/record her walking to tattoo shop. tracking


• interview youth about piercings and tattoos


• human canvas - picture of art and picture of person merging together through photoshop


• interview with old person with a tattoo to see if they regret having it


• cutaways - equipment, designs, extremeists


• vox pop asking why people get tattoos or piercings


• interviews with people against the idea


• vox pop of peoples idols/celebrities who have tattoos or piercings


• news to do with tattoos with a narration
  

Target Audience Research

Questionnaire

Q1 How old are you?

Q2 What sex are you?
Male

FemaleQ3 Do you find tattoos attractive?
Yes
No

Q4 Do you consider tattoos to be art?
Yes

No
Q5 If you wanted a tattoo what body part would you get a tattoo/piercing on?
Q6 If you got a tattoo would you get the tattoo in colour or black and white?
Colour Black

White

Q7 How big would you want a piercing if you anted to get one?
Big

Medium

Small

Q8 When you think about tattoos or piercings, is there anyone that you think of?

Q9 How much would you spend on a tattoo if you bought one?
£0-£30

£30-£60

£60-£90

£90-£120

£120+

Q10 How much would you spend on a piercing if you bought one?
£0-£10

£10-£20

£20-£30

£30-£40

£40+

Q11 Who would you rely on to get a tattoo/piercing?
Friend

Yourself

Family

Professional

Q12 What’s your favourite colour?

Q13 What music do you listen to?


Q14 List 5 programmes that you like to watch



Q15 What channel do you watch the most?

Initial Plans

Topic : Tattoos +Piercings
Target Audience : Young Adults
Channel : Channel 4
Scheduling : Thursday 9pm
Title : The Human Canvas

Brainstorming

In our group we came up with 5 ideas that we could use as our documentary topic:

• Fast Food


• Social Groups + Stereotypes


• Learning to Drive


• Music


• Tattoos + piercings

We decide to use tattoos and piercings as our topic as it would be the topic we could find the most information about as well as finding the most footage to use through the documentary.