Proposal

The topic of our documentary is going to be about external beauty, this will explore the advantages and disadvantages of things such as plastic surgery, usage of the sun beds and also the process a girl goes through to look good. We will be discussing the risks of surgery and influences people have as to why they go through these procedures, this could to be things as insecurities or in influences through celebrities and the media.

Our documentary will be direct, addressing the audience, although it will be direct it will also be informal directing the audience in a friendly way being unbiased towards plastic surgery and surrounding topics.

We have decided to place our documentary on BBC, we chose this because they show a lot of documentaries relating to ours, for example’ Snog, Marry, Avoid’ they also have a series of documentaries broadcasting at the moment  about lives of different teenagers with extraordinary lives. We also chose the BBC to broadcast our documentary as they are an unbiased and so is our documentary. We have to chosen to broadcast the programme at 9 o’clock on a Wednesday, we decided upon this because we feel this would be a typical night where our target audience would be at home relaxing, as it is half way through the week it will be advertised before hand letting people know when it’s on.

Our target audience will be woman aged 16-40 this is because after conducting our research people relate women with beauty more than they do men. We decided upon the age because 16 year old girls are beginning to get more body conscious and we found older people think a lot about plastic surgery because of the effects of aging. 

So far we have conducted a questionnaire which we handed out to thirty members of the general public, ranging from different ages and genders, the outcomes of these gave us ideas for our initial ideas. To further our research we shall interview a plastic surgeon which will give us knowledge along with statistics on his field of work making our documentary reliable. We will also visit a health advisor to further our research into the truth about the risks involved with sun beds and the reasons for things such as the change in law making the legal age to use sun beds to 18.

As well as using primary research we will also use the internet to enhance our knowledge on our chosen subject, we will be able to gain archive footage by using the internet as well as getting more statistics and real life stories about things such as surgery gone wrong.

Our documentary will not be telling a story as such; because of this it will classify our documentary as non-linear. As our documentary is unbiased it may flicker from different opinions on the subject showing the risks to the advantages.

In our documentary we will include various interviews with people who have had plastic surgery, we will ask what they had done, the risks they took, how it went and how they feel about it now. We will also be interviewing an expert such as a surgeon or a worker at a tanning salon. We will also include various cutaways of things such as questions asked to the general public and before and after pictures of celebrities of the changes that were made to their bodies.

Equipment we will need to use when filming and editing will be things such as tripods, camera, tape, microphone, a computer with Premier installed on it to edit.

Running Order

·         clips of peoples bodies shown in a side profile changing with different peoples bodies-10 seconds

·         Pictures of body parts with titles shown over the top – 10 seconds

·         Questions asked to the general public about what they’d change about them – 30 seconds

·         Cutaway of news paper stories about surgery with narrator over the top talking about statistics- 30 seconds

·         Questions asked to general public – 20 seconds

·         Celebrity before and after pictures narrator– 40 seconds

·         Interview with someone who’s had surgery discussing positives – 1.50 seconds

·         Cutaway – 10/20 seconds

·         Archive footage of somebody having surgery – 30 seconds

·         Interview with someone discussing negatives about surgery, gone wrong- 3minutes

·         Narration about semi-permanent things with background of someone in a tanning salon – 30seconds

·         Questions  to the general public about sun beds/hair extensions etc – 40seconds

·         Show someone getting id’d for going on the sun beds – 10 seconds

·         Interview with someone who works at a tanning salon – 1 minute

·          Cutaway of archive footage of a news clip about someone who’s addicted to the sun beds- 30 seconds

·         Interviews showing peoples reactions to the statistics – 30 seconds (10.40)

·         Interview with surgeon asking about patients and their opinions discussing negatives/positives-2.30 minutes

·         Cutaway of someone being consulted about surgery shows the pictures of the difference it makes- 1 minute

·         3 minute advert break

·         Show archive footage of tattooed make-up with narrator over the top – 40seconds

·         Interview with someone who’s has make-up tattooed 1.30minutes

·         Questions asked to the public about tattooed makeup-40seconds

·         Interview with a tattooist who does the procedure- 2minutes

·         Ask the general public about the amount of makeup they wear, in the day and when they go out – eyelashes and extensions etc. – 40seconds

·         Cutaway of someone wearing heavy makeup taking it off fast forwarded -20seconds

·         Look into the media (newspapers magazines) about why people feel the pressure to wear so much makeup- 1minute

·         Narration about people having surgery to prevent ageing, before and after pictures- 20 seconds

·         Interview older people whether they’d have surgery to prevent ageing- 40 seconds

·         Interview someone who’s had facelift/Botox etc. – 1.30

·         Show someone getting botox with narrator giving statistics- 20 seconds

·         Narrator giving conclusion – 20 seconds

Secondary Research

True Story

14 year old Sophie Watson has had make-up tattooed on, she's had her eyebrows, eye liner and lip liner. She got her make-up tattooed on because she competes in Beauty pageants.

The make-up tattoos arn't illegal becuase it isn't classed technically as a tattoo, although Sophie does have two illegal tattoos, one on her wrist and one on her stomach which she got behind her mothers back.

Websites that link Boobs bums and Botox. Video on 4od:

http://www.channel4.com/programms/bums-boobs-and-botox/4od

Mother and daughter, how mother has had Botox, teeth bleached, hair straightened and a boob job:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjq4o5SNhFc

What happens on the day of surgery:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yPXs4Wkno0

Woman having surgery, showing surgery and interviewing her as it goes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_t5g2v2S6c

Celebrities, before and after surgery:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eyQY8ZuO8k&feature=related

Percentages of different surgical procedures

This spread sheet shows us the amount of people getting plastic surgery in England and the rises and falls of the amount of men or women getting different types of surgery in different years. it shows us that 9,430 breast enlargements were done in the UK in 2010 going up by 10% from 2009 and women getting liposuction went down by 3.8% from 3,010 down to 2,896 from 09-10.

Statistics

These are some more statistics i have found whilst doing my secondary research-

• Sunbeds are estimated to cause 100 deaths from melanoma every year in the UK
• Sunbeds also cause premature skin ageing, which means that your skin becomes coarse, leathery and wrinkled at a younger age. So when the tan fades, the damage remains.
• Using sunbeds for the first time before the age of 35 increases the risk of developing melanoma skin cancer by 75%.

Examples of Surgery

Boobs, Bum and Botox. T.V program on Channel 4.

 

Other Websites

4od:http://www.channel4.com/programmes/bums-boobs-and-botox/4od 

Mother and daughter, how mother has had Botox, teeth bleached, hair straightened and a boob job:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjq4o5SNhFc

What happens on the day of surgery:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yPXs4Wkno0

Woman having surgery, showing surgery and interviewing her as it goes:

                                                                 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_t5g2v2S6c

                                                   Celebrities, before and after surgery:

                                                   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eyQY8ZuO8k&feature=related

London Fashion week

Article on Plastic Surgery

http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/206/1/Plastic-Surgery-Gone-Wrong-Not-Just-News.html 

"Even relatively minor mishaps can be unsightly and embarrassing, and plastic surgery gone wrong includes an enormous range of problems, from capsular contraction in breast implants (where the implants harden painfully) to problems with the wound and the slippage of implants inserted in a range of locations, including cheeks, chin, and butt. Surely we wouldn't wish these accidents on our worst enemies - unless they were in the public eye."

Images of Surgical Pen.

Information Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279525/Igor--Grichka-Bogdanoff-French-twins-unrecognisable-plastic-surgery.html

"Thirty years ago they were the heart-throbs of French television with their own primetime series on science fiction.

Now Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff look more like the alien life forms they used to report on.

The twin brothers have had so much plastic surgery they are barely recognisable.

Posing for pictures as the 150th anniversary party for luxury jeweller Chopard, the pair - now aged 60 - looked freakier than ever"

http://plasticsurgery.about.com/od/faqsgeneralinformation/a/bad_ps.html ->

"From questions about costs of plastic surgery, to the history and definition of plastic surgery, this is the place to find general information on all things plastic surgery related."

Before surgery

Now - After Surgery

Information on Katie Price

Katie price regulary uses the sunbeds on a daily basis, she has bald patches in her hair from her hair extentions being glued in all the time and has becone addicted to cosmetic surgery making her facial expressions hard to change.

Interview feedback

interviews

Questionaaire

1.       Age?

16-20   21-30   30+

2.       What gender are you?

Male/Female

3.       Have you ever had plastic surgery?

Yes/No

4.       If yes, have you ever thought of the risks?

Yes/No

5.       Do you know anybody who has had surgery?

Yes/No

6.       Do you know anybody that has had surgery gone wrong?

Yes/No

7.       Do you think differently of people who have had obvious plastic surgery?

Yes/No

8.       Would the thought of ageing/wrinkles persuade you to have surgery?

Yes/No

9.       Would you associate men with surgery?

Yes/No

10.   What age do you think it’s OK to have plastic surgery?

18 and under   above 18   Above 30

11.   Have you ever used sun beds?

Yes/No

12.   Have you ever thought of the risks of sun beds?

Yes/No

13.   Do you think the changed law making the legal age to use sunbeds to 18 is a good idea?

Yes/No

14.   Would you feel comfortable in public without make-up on?

Yes/No

15.   How much make-up do you wear?

Light   Medium   Heavy

16.   What item of make-out would you never leave with-out wearing?

yes boy                                                                                                        lol

17.   Would you ever get permanent make-up tattooed on?

Yes/No

18.   What would you change about your body?

yeah man                                                                       boom

19.   Do you think of pain as worth it?

Yes   No   Maybe

20.   How much do you think a boob-job would cost?

1000-3000   3000-5000   5000-8000

Initial Plans

Audience: Women 16-40
16 year old might be body conscious when seeing beautiful older women, E.G. Celebrities. This program could show them the risks of surgery and persuade them not to do this. 40 year old women might feel like they are getting older and want to have surgery to make them feel and look younger.

Title: Is Beauty Worth Pain?
we came up this title after thinking about other titles, some of the titles include;
Beauty Is Pain
Pain Is Beauty
What Would You Change?
How Far Would You Go?
Whats Your Idea Of Beauty?
We decided on Is Beauty Worth Pain? as a rhetorical question which links in with the subject of the documentary. This title will target our audience because it links in with beauty and our audience will see this and wonder what it's about.

Channel: BBC3
We choose this channel because it shows a lot of documentaries about similar things. For example; Snog, Marry, Avoid. At the moment they have a series of documentaries about different teenagers with extraordinary lives. We also choose BBC3 because the documentaries are viewed from an unbiased point of view.

Time: 9.00
After 9pm so younger people don't watch this documentary as it could be inappropriate for young children. Also this is a popular time for young adults and adults to watch T.V. We would also choose a week day night for this program to do be shown as most people wouldn't be doing much on these nights.