FORMAL PROPOSAL…

Our final agreement on the topic of our documentary.

Modification or mutilation? Our topic will be about body modification and it’s effect on the

young people of today. This includes the prejudice and decimation which is often speculated to be against individuals with body modification. This includes how body modification is judged in the job industry and in education systems. We will explore both the advantages and disadvantages of having body modifications such as piercings and tattoos and whether it is really worth it to get such modifications in today’s society.

Our target audience will be young adults who are looking to get body modifications or have already got body modifications. This will typically be a student, or also parents of students, and young adults looking to go to college/university.

This means that our documentary will be relatively formal and purpose will be to inform and slightly entertain.

What we will include… Facts and statistics about body modification in today’s

society – the rising number of people who chose to have these body modifications and what effect this has on their lives - and whether this affects them negatively or positively.

Is it worth getting your body modification? We intend to have this question answered by the end of the documentary, presenting a balanced argument throughout.

We aim to receive opinions from the public from vox pops to experts in education fields and tattoo artists. This means we will develop an overall opinion which is not biased and representative of only a certain type of person/group of people. We will be conducting random sample interviews in Solihull and Birmingham to document these opinions.

How we have prepared prior to filming… In order to prepare for our filming, we have produced a

documentary which we will be handing out to 20 individuals about their opinions and knowledge on body modification.

We will find and explore articles from the internet who are valid, reputable sources such as The Guardian whom we will source statistics and real life case studies from. We will also gain information from reputable tattoo artists and piercers in Birmingham.

We will be planning to conduct interviews with individuals who will only aid the audiences understanding of how body modification is affecting young peoples lives today. For example, we will be interviewing the Principle of Solihull Sixth Form, who will provide us with his personal opinion on students with body modifications.

Resources…

We will be using a camera, headphones, and tripod will be provided to us by our Media Studies teacher.

We will be accessing a Mac computer to upload our footage and to edit our footage.

We will also be using websites such as Prezi and Slideshare to upload our evidence to our blog.