Sunday, 19 September 2010

5 Minute Treatment

Style: 5 Minute Segment of a Documentary.

Programme: The Pregnant Guy (Working Title)

Audience: Ages 15-99. People who would enjoy this documentary are the people who would also enjoy looking ay other similar documentaries created on British television and are shown generally at 9pm at night.

Resume: The documentary would follow Kevin Burrows, a teenager from North England who is going to become a dad aged 16 from his girlfriend of three months. The documentary would detail some facts about teenage pregnancy throughout the five minutes as well as tackle the problems that teenage father's face, which many documentaries on the subject overlook.

The camera crew will follow Kevin in his everyday life leading up to his choice on whether to stay with the mother to help raise the child, or to leave and look towards his own future.

Suggested Elements:
* Voiceovers, in the form of a narrator that connects the interviews, segments and overall story the documentary is trying to portray.
* Interviews with different people (Both experts and the people involved: Kevin, the mother, their parents, friends etc)
* Dramatic themes and styles, such as black and white shots to show changes in mood.
* Still shots and quick cuts at the beginning in a montage-esque setup to sum up what has happened before this point in the documentary (eg. what had happened before the break)

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