Thursday, 22 October 2015

Opening Title

Below is the planning for our opening title for the documentary, we used a story board to plan it.




Thursday, 15 October 2015

Running Order Of The Documentary


Documentary: All Things Hair
Channel: Channel 4
Scheduling: Wednesday 9pm
Duration: 27 minutes (with adverts)


Content
Timing
Opening Title - stop motion sequence of All Things hair, made out of hair
15 seconds
Vox Pop- ask people to recall past haircuts they may have had. Good and bad, ask members of the public.
20 seconds
Establishing shot of hair dressers. Voice over will begin, may say a fact based on hairdressing, outlines how hair is actually an everyday topic, importance of hair.
10 seconds
Interview a hairdresser who will talk about the different type of hairstyles they cut and dying hair, how hair can impact someone psychologically.
15 seconds
Cutaway - Someone getting their hair cut. 
5 seconds
Barber interview - talks about mens hairstyles, how it impacts them etc
10 seconds
Cutaway – zoom in on hair in the hairdressers
5 seconds
Interviewee 2 - someone who discusses past hairstyles and the freedom back then (appearance) ‘older generation’.
10 seconds
Archive Material – Old photographs of past hairstyles
10 seconds
Back to Interviewee 2 older generation- continues to answer questions about hair trends and the influence of the media such as celebrities.
15 seconds
Archive Material – newspaper article about pressure to have ‘good’ hair
The voiceover will briefly describe the key message from this archive material, relating it back to the previous interview.
5 seconds
Interviewee 3 barber, blow your top– Hair is important to most people, Discuss the different styles you can get, how it affects someone
15 seconds
Cutaway Clip of a male getting their hair shaved into style, short back and sides.
5 seconds
Back to interviewee 3 barber, blow your top- Talk about a bad reaction, shows the impact a hairstyle can have on someone emotionally.
15 seconds
Cutaway – panning shot of hairdressing tools such as scissors, comb, hairdryer (reinforces haircut)
5 seconds
Back to interviewee 1 leigh's hair studio- discusses popular hair trends in women, supports idea that styling your hair can make you feel better in yourself.
10 seconds
Interviewee 5 psychology teacher- Explains how hair is more important and significant than people may think. Explains how a phobia of hair can come from childhood.
15 seconds
Archive Material – article on phobia of hair
5 seconds
Interviewee 4 someone with phobia of hair- discusses how old she was when it started, how a childhood experience prompted the fear.
10 seconds
Cutaway- phobia of hair 
5 seconds
Back to interviewee 5 psychology teacher- how hair can affect someone's self-esteem, confidence.
10 seconds
Insert a short, quick cutaway featuring hair
5 seconds
Interviewee 4 someone with a phobia of hair- How hair can affect someone's confidence and self-esteem
25 seconds
Add clip, to replace green screen

Interviewee 6 cadet (Corporal Lawton)- how having all your hair back off your face affects your confidence? 
15 seconds
Cutaway – cadet event to show their hairstyles and how they all are the same.
10 seconds
Back to interviewee 5 psychology teacher- How hair can act as a mask for some people, self-esteem
15 seconds
Back to interviewee 6 cadet (Corporal Lawton)- In cadets they wear their hair off their face at all times, so compared to how they normally have their hair outside of cadets, do people use their hair as a mask?
17 seconds
Cutaway- cadet hairstyle
3 seconds
                                                 5 minute mark
Panning shot of a specialist hair location
30 seconds
Interview someone who specialises in hair disorders at Fargo hair institute; ask specific questions about symptoms, short term and long term effects.
Half ways through this interview include a cutaway of leaflets relating to these hair disorders, zooming in on the symptoms.
2 minutes

30 seconds
Interview someone with Male hair loss ‘Ben’; ask questions about his discovery, how he coped and the help he got.
Half way through this interview includes archive material which demonstrates facts and figures about these disorders. Include a newspaper article and a graph.
1 minute

30 seconds
Archive material of newspaper article on hair stereotypes
Interview someone who has experienced hair stereotypes
Montage of stereotypes such as ‘blondes’
20 seconds
40 seconds
30 seconds
Interview a male, who copied a celebrity hairstyle such as Liam Gallagher
30 seconds
Vox pops- ask the public which celebrity hairstyle they would like
After each individual include image of the celebrity they refer to
1 minute
30 seconds
Footage of someone getting their haircut
20 seconds
Establishing shot of Sally’s outlet
Interview hair product merchandiser, at Sally’s in Birkenhead
Mid-way include archive material, showing figures for hair product sales
10 seconds
40 seconds
20 seconds
ADVERT BREAK
2 min 30 secs
Content
Timing
After the break, a brief description of what was said in the previous half of the documentary. This will have a voice over with a montage of what happened previously.
30 seconds
Archive material: Montage of trend setters in the past such as Elvis (greasers), Jennifer Aniston, David Beckham (long hair, taxi driver), Audrey Hepburn etc.
30 seconds
Interview with David Beckham on why he chose all the different hair styles and which one was his photo and most controversial.
2 minutes
Establishing shot of salon for the interview location with a voice over of describing what’s now happening in the documentary.
10 seconds
Interview with hair dresser talking about the most recent trends that are coming through in woman’s hair. The cut away will be of the hair dresser blow drying a customer’s hair.
3 minutes
Establishing shot of a barber shop for the interview location
10 seconds
Interview with Barber talking about the most recent trends that are coming through in men’s hairstyles. The cut away will be of the barber cutting someone’s hair, styling the customers hair.
3 minutes
Archive material of a medium shot the evolution of hair. This will have a picture of hair in a certain time period in history. Will go from the early 20th century to modern day hair styles.  Woman and men’s hair in the 1920’s. Voice over describing the change, what the hair looks like and how it’s evolved.
20 seconds
Archive material of a medium shot the evolution of hair. This will have a picture of hair in a certain time period in history. Will go from the early 20th century to modern day hair styles.  Woman and men’s hair in the 1940’s. Voice over describing the change, what the hair looks like and how it’s evolved.
20 seconds
Archive of a medium shot material the evolution of hair. This will have a picture of hair in a certain time period in history. Will go from the early 20th century to modern day hair styles.  Woman and men’s hair in the 1950’s and 60’s (biggest transition with hippies in the 60’s). Voice over describing the change, what the hair looks like and how it’s evolved.
30 seconds
Interview with someone who grew up in the 60’s and answering how they had their hair during this era. Cut ways with possible archive photographs of the person with their hair back in this time.
1 minute
Archive material of a medium shot the evolution of hair. This will have a picture of hair in a certain time period in history. Will go from the early 20th century to modern day hair styles.  Woman and men’s hairs in the 1970’s and 80’s). Voice over describing the change, what the hair looks like and how it’s evolved.
30 seconds
Interview with someone who grew up in the 70’s and 80’s answering how they had their hair during this era. Cut ways with possible archive photographs of the person with their hair back in this time
1 minute
Archive material of a medium shot the evolution of hair. This will have a picture of hair in a certain time period in history. Will go from the early 20th century to modern day hair styles.  Woman and men’s hair in the 1990’s and 2000’s. Voice over describing the change, what the hair looks like and how it’s evolved.
30 seconds
Interview with someone who grew up in the 90’s and 00’s answering how they had their hair during this era Cut ways with possible archive photographs of the person with their hair back in this time
1 minute
Archive material of a medium shot the evolution of hair. This will have a picture of hair in a certain time period in history. Will go from the early 20th century to modern day hair styles.  Woman and men’s hair today and in the future. What new trends will come out? Voice over describing the change, what the hair looks like and how it’s evolved and how will it evolve.
30 seconds
Medium close up of modern hair styles of both genders that are common through Britain. These will be teenagers who have purposely styled their hair. 
10 seconds
Interview on reasons why they have both chose to have their hair how they have it and how long does it take to style it every day. The boy will be first. The cut away will show to the side of boy the trend set by the celebrity.
20 seconds
Archive material of a news article about the modern trends, this may be taken from a magazine or newspaper about the modern day trends that celebrities have set. This will have highlights of key words, bringing the picture in the article up close to the screen making it easier to see.
30 seconds
Interview on reasons why they have both chose to have their hair how they have it and how long does it take to style it every day. The girl is then second. The cut away will show to the side of girl the trend set by the celebrity.
20 seconds
Medium shot of a girl getting there haircut, with a voice over describing the trends. This will be a time lapse showing how the haircut is changing.
1 minute
Medium shot of the person getting there haircut with the final result. They will be turning different ways at the camera showing it off their new haircut.
10 seconds
Medium shot of a boy getting their haircut with a voice over describing the trends. This will be a time lapse showing how the haircut is changing.
1 minute
Medium shot of the boy getting his haircut with the final result. He will be turning different ways at the camera showing of his new haircut.
10 seconds
Long shot of the boy and girl with their final result with archive material of the trend setters picture either side of them
30 seconds
The end of the documentary, the credits will appear.
20 seconds

Sunday, 11 October 2015

Secondary Research

Here is the secondary research for our documentary. It includes a variety of clips and websites we have looked at for our topic. Powered by emaze

Saturday, 10 October 2015

Thursday, 8 October 2015

Formal Proposal

Here is the formal proposal which outlines our plans for our documentary as a group, it states our content outline planned, narrative structure, type, style and primary and secondary research.

Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Brainstorm - content of documentary

Below is a brainstorm we did as a group to decide what content we could possibly include in the documentary. .

 

Monday, 5 October 2015

Target Audience Research - Questionnaire Results

Here are the results from our target audience research, we created a questionnaire and asked a variety of people to answer them.

Sunday, 4 October 2015

Target Audience Research - Questionnaire

Here is the questionnaire we produced in order to gain knowledge surrounding our potential target audience.





Friday, 2 October 2015

Initial Plans

Here is the initial ideas for the documentary of which we decided tv scheduling and target audience.

Thursday, 1 October 2015

Brainstorm - The Main Idea

After discussing the brainstorm of ideas, as a group we eventually decided to create a documentary on hair as there is a variety of themes we could explore. 




Brainstorm Of Ideas



Here is the brainstorm of the various of ideas we thought we could create a documentary on.