Planning: Mood board

Planning: Pitch

Brief 1, a three minute opening sequence of a documentary for BBC Three.

So far I have made a temporary name for my documentary, but is subject to change. Having taken a look at the typical BBC 3 documentary and their titles, I have decided for mine to be Harry Bateman: grassroots amateur to international star.

Harry Bateman is a 24 year old International showjumper from Hockley, and has built his show-jumping career out of his back garden with the help of his family. My idea of using this sport is that it is out of the ordinary and does not have much coverage compared to sports such as football and an audience will more likely engage with a new topic. Furthermore, the opening sequence will introduce how the talent juggles between sport and social life, and introduce his achievements to the audience. He is of an ideal age as he fits within the bracket of the audience (16-25). The opening sequence will include a range of shot types across the talent's home, including a tack room, stables and arena, as well as surrounding countryside. 

Throughout the opening 3 minute sequence it will include hashtags and online social media platforms underneath, in order to encourage the 16-25 audience to engage and give their opinion, as they are more likely to do so when prompted. Also, within the sequence the presenter can mention their online presence, such as the website, BBC3 itself and iPlayer for their other documentaries available, showing convergence across platforms. Should the audience enjoy the documentary they will be more likely to engage further in similar types of show or discover others online as a result. The style of BBC3 documentaries is important and must be adhered to in order to uphold their professional style.

The website itself must also be in the house style of BBC3, and must have individual shots of the talent and the sport to appeal and anchor the topic of the show. The website will feature audio-visual content, such as a Q&A that the audience could have suggested questions to ask. Also this could allow some intertextual reference in terms of the talent’s idols, with Nick Skelton and Tim Stockdale having written their autobiographies. Another form of audio-visual is a day in the life of them like a daily routine and schedule, or a show preparation. There will also be twitter/Instagram posts on the website, encouraging the audience reading them to engage also as an active audience and opportunities for the audience to follow the talent online and visit their instagram/twitter account.

Planning: Reflection on moderator's report

Television Documentary moderator's report:
- In the statement of intent, I need to make the amount of detail about the website equal to the video, as they both hold the same importance.
- What I intend to achieve in terms of the brief, but without repeating it. It is worth 10 marks so is certainly important to get it right.
- I need to establish many shot types from the very beginning of the talent and the locations available, such as wide, close up, panning etc. This will establish the setting and beginning of the documentary.
- It is good to introduce what happens later on in the documentary to engage the audience from the beginning, and show what is to be expected.
The lighting and editing needs to be strong and correct, much like other BBC3 documentaries to uphold their professional style.
- What I hadn't originally thought about was adding links and accounts such as Twitter and Instagram into the beginning of the documentary. This engages the audience and shows convergence between media platforms, which is important to have.
- The examiners report claims websites to be problematic, and lacking detail. What is important to remember is that the video and the website hold the same amount of weight mark-wise, and so the website is just as important as the video itself.
-The house style of the channel the programme is made for must be upheld and suitable also.
- Do not use the templates given by Wix, personalise them to make the website better linked to the tv show, so it could be a good idea to use shots/stills of the presenter in the background or other sports to anchor the branding of the title.
- Examples of tweets and Instagram posts are a good way to engage audience interaction.
- The documentary needs to have clear convergence between media to be successful.

Planning

I have made some brief ideas for my NEA for both TV documentary and music video. I have chosen TV due to how my talent will be available more often, and with the coronavirus issue my talent lives next door, so makes it a bit easier for myself to gain footage and keep returning for more. Furthermore, with the unavailability of public locations due to this virus it makes locations for music video less than I would prefer.
An opening of a sport documentary may be more interesting for the age group identified, and using talent inside this bracket will also engage the audience more, as they can identity with him more than other ages.
I plan to watch some BBC3 documentaries in order to understand their format and introduction in the beginning, and adapt to the techniques they use.
With the idea of using equestrianism in my documentary it will be a different topic  hopefully to the audience, which will engage a higher amount of people compared to something they have seen many times before.
So far, the title i have thought of is "Sport Daily", however I would like to adapt this to something better.
The locations I have planned so far are the talent's own home, with this arena and stables that will allow many shot types to be used. Another location available is the fields surrounding the talent's home, of which allows long distance filming and a change of mise-en-scene.