Final Proposal

My final idea is to produce a documentary covering the issue of ski helmets becoming mandatory in ski resorts around the world and how this impacts different groups of people.

Aims

The Aims of my documentary are to find out whether the people who will be directly effected feel that changes to legisloation are justified and to what point these changes should extend, for example should it just be all skiers and boarders or just those under 18 or even younger? I hope to get the target audiences view on this subject as well as the opinions of experts as well as information backed up by research studies and tests.

Content

I will include interviews with ski proffesionals such as instructors, ski fitters from the retail sector as well as representatives from ski clubs and possibly the British Ski Association. I will use vox-pops of people the same age as the target audience, both skiers & snowboarders, to gain their perspective on the changes. Also I will include some actuality footage for use as cut-away shots and fillers which I have shot myself whilst on a trip to Banff, Canada. The Point Of View shot will help to maintain the audiences attention as it mkaes the audience feel as though they are part of the experience. I will have a voice over throughout the documentary and at certain points the narrater may appear on screen in a presenting role to make it more informal in order to help it relate tothe younger members of the target audience.

Target Audience

My target audience for this project is 16 - 24 year olds, i feel that my topic will suit this demographic well as the issue being discussed is one which will effect people within this age group directly. Also because at the lower to middle stages of this age range the individuals are old enough to begin taking some resposiblity for them selves but are stil restrained by laws in some cases such as with the proposed manditory ski helmet law for all under 18's. Getting their point of view on this through the vox-pops will give my documetnary more appeal as they will be able to relate to the people being interviewed as they are the same age.

Format

I will produce a Documentary in an Expository mode but with an element of Participatory as I want to have a presenter for some sections of the film in order to prevent the voice over becoming to over-bearing or monotonous for the younger section of my target audience. I chose this mode because it is the most recognisable format and so the audience will be able to concentrate on the content and not have to think about the way in which they are being shown this information.