Formal Proposal/Running Order

Formal Proposal

Topic- Make-Up.

Type of Documentary- Mixed

Style of Documentary- Informal, informative and entertaining.

Scheduling- Channel 4, Wednesday 8 pm.

Target Audience- 14-25

Primary Research- Questionnaires, interviewees, locations for filming (Liverpool) and props/make-up items.

Secondary Research- Music, archive material, footage of drag queens, someone having a make-over, extracts of celebrities, magazine articles and advertisements.

Narrative Structure- Open, single strand and non-linear.

Outline of Content- Interviews with drag queens, celebrities, public and make-up artists. Archive material- footage of drag queens, people buying make-up, someone having a make-over, male celebrities getting ready backstage. Shots of make-up shops, Liverpool, public buying products, establishing shots.

Resource Requirements- Tripod, computer with Adobe Premier and Photoshop, digital video camera and voice recorder.

Running Order

Montage of different people saying what they think about make-up and naming their favourite type of make-up.	20 secs
Opening titles.	20 secs
Establishing shots of Liverpool and shots of people walking in and out of make-up shops. Voiceover introduces topic and mentions statistics on make-up from our audience research questionnaires.	20 secs
Interview with make-up artist about how many people have make-over’s and why.	30 secs
Footage of the make-up artist doing a make-over.	30 secs
Shots of make-up shops and people buying make-up. Voiceover revealing how many boys would wear make-up.	10 secs
Interview with a boy who wears make-up and a girl.	30 secs
Interviews with members of the public asking what they think of boys wearing make-up and drag queens. Stop male members of public to see if they would put make-up on.	40 secs
Actuality footage of drag queens in night clubs.	20 secs
Interview with a drag queen whilst applying make-up ready for a night out.	1 min
Archive material- low pan and zoom on male make-up companies emails with voice over reading parts of the emails out as to why male make-up lines have been created and why men buy the make-up.	20 secs
Montage of images of make-up and culture.	20 secs
Actuality footage of foreign countries and their cultures and make-up- clips of their dancing, theatre, religious practices and anything related with make-up.	2 mins
Interview with a make-up artist from India about what make-up means to them and why they wear it.	2 mins
Shots of theatre and acting industry including close-ups of faces with stage make-up on. Voiceover talking about make-up within the theatre industry.	20 secs
Interview with stage make-up director about how make-up helps the theatre industry and whether males are reluctant to wear make-up.	2 mins
Archive clip of theatre production play were make-up is used to portray characters, ends on an extreme close-up of face with make-up and fades out.	30 secs
Close-up of boy with mask on and he removes mask to reveal his face which is covered in dramatic make-up.	5 secs
Advert Break	3 mins
Close-up of boy with mask on and he removes mask to reveal his face which is covered in dramatic make-up.	5 secs
Slow pan and zoom of archive material (magazines and articles of fashion industry). Voiceover introduces topic about the fashion industry and why make-up is so important within it.	2min
Interview with fashion designer about why they want their models to wear make-up.	2 min
Archive clip of models on the catwalk with close-ups of models faces.	30 secs
Interview with fashion make-up artist about the demand for make-up within the fashion industry.	2 min
Archive material of someone airbrushing a picture of a model. Voiceover talking about the importance of make-up and airbrushing.	30 sces
Archive clips of the results of animal testing. Voiceover introducing the topic and the effects of animal testing.	40 secs
Interview with make-up company that uses animal testing about why they use animals and if it affects their sales.	1 min 30
Interview with Body Shop manager about why they don’t animal test and if their sales increased when they stopped it.	1 min
Interview with members of the public about what they think of animal testing and whether they would wear make-up brands if they animal test.	1 min
Closing credits superimposed over the title written in lipstick over a mirror.	30 secs