DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH – SIMILAR

PRODUCTS

Product 1 – BBC: is binge drinking really that bad? Ideas we could use in our documentary: Visual effects: alcoholic drinks being poured into glasses, double

vision (replicating vision of someone drunk), speeding up of time People drinking alcohol in a social setting eg club or pub Interviews with doctors, experts – we are going to use a biology

teacher and councillor Effects of alcohol on different bodies depending on age, how often,

what they drink, moderately or binge, genetic What is drinking to you? Social etc, how it makes you feel, Difference between men and women and how it effects the body

differently Statistics – deaths a year related to alcohol etc Hangover effects (how long they last and solutions myths),

memory loss – vox pops Sleeping drunk dangers

Guidelines on alcohol – vox pops (do you agree with the legal age of 18?)

Dehydration Effects on liver – regenerating and transplants (binge drinking

contributes to damage) Definition of a binge drinker – voxpops (6 units for a woman and 8

units for a man) Effects on the brain – most vulnerable at the age we’re most likely to

binge, still developing up to mid 20’s Experiments done of the effects of alcohol Damage to blood vessels – experiment on mice shows moderate

drinking is good but binging is bad

Camera angles Interview with expert takes place in

library, over the shoulder shot, medium close up – shows experts intelligence, no distractions to the audience

Interview with another expert takes place at lab setting, two shot – more interesting set up

Introduction to presenters – two shot, medium shot, set in a pub relating to topic of documentary, titles to introduce them – lets the audience know they’re doctors connotes intelligence, makes the audience trust the information they’re giving