FINAL PROPOSAL blog

Aims: 

The aim of my documentary is to clearly show both sides of youth unemployment, how it has changed and what is being done to combat the problem. I will be conducting interviews with various experts and individuals and will aim to give my full knowledge of the subject whilst maintaining impartial with the subject ensuring my bias and opinion does not affect the factual nature of the documentary.

Content:

Within my documentary the content will include a large amount of factual information regarding the subject whilst also having a range of opinions from both ends of the spectrum with the subject I will be documenting. I will be looking to gain interviews from a range of resources, an interview with the job center (a company aimed at helping and getting people into work who have been unemployed) a recruitment agency as well as a school head teacher for the perspective of who is to blame for the increase in youth unemployment. At the end of the documentary I will sum up everything which I have learnt and will provide a small segment of how to make themselves more employable as a final summary. 

Target audience: 

The desired target audience is both males and females within the 16-24 year old age category, appealing to every ethnicity being as it is a subject which can be interpreted by everyone. Although my topic is quite mainstream I will make the documentary mostly educational allowing the audience to learn more about the current state of unemployment and what is being done from both perspectives, as it is a informative educational topic I will ensure that I maintain impartial throughout allowing for a fair perspective of both sides allowing the audience to draw their own conclusions. 

Format:

The format which I will be using throughout my documentary will be performative, ensuring that I have a visible presenter throughout, the cameras will be following the presenter on the journey. As well as this I will be incorporating a small amount of expository throughout for example when explaining the increase in the rate of youth unemployment in the introduction as well as at the end when I will be summarizing with a range of background images. Having this presenter will give the documentary more validity as the camera is following the presenter directly as opposed to having a documentary based on shots done by a third party. 

Genre:

The genre which I will be using will be that of a documentary with the nature and intent of being both factual and engaging for the audience. I will ensure that the layout and structure of my filming will resemble and remain that of a factual and informative documentary with a range of interviews, opinions, images and videos from third party sources all the information will be straight to the point to keep the feel of a documentary. The expert knowledge will enhance the educationmal and informative edge whilst also providing interesting information for example tips on how to gain employment, how to make yourselves more employable and how you can stand out from the crowd within interviews for jobs and careers. 

Style:

Within my documentary there will be a range of different styles with a range of locations which are necessary and required without overwhelming the audience. Within my documentary I will be using a range of interviews and potentially a small amount of vox pops from the public which the information would appeal to. In order to portray the factual nature of the documentary I will be using images, facts and third party footage in the back of my documentary as I speak over the top in order to provide a range of explanations and facts to, although a large majority of the documentary will contain me talking to the camera as a presenter, whilst having a large amount of third party footage over the back to enhance the information in which I am giving as it can help act as an visual aid for the audience watching. This will help to enhance the main aim of my documentary of being an informative factual type whilst also keeping it entertaining and grabbing in order to maintain the audiences attention as a whole.