Addicted to Gaming?

VIDEO GAME ADDICTION

• Technological advances have contributed greatly to the popularity of gaming.• As a result of this, there has been an increase in the number of research studies on the issue,

researchers have now been able to identify the consequences of excessive video game use, factors associated with video game addiction and the treatments of video game addiction.

SECONDARY RESEARCH• As part of secondary research I researched articles relating to my

documentary topic and similar documentaries out there on the market.

PRIMARY RESEARCH

• I conducted various types of primary research such as: interviews, questionnaires and focus groups. This research enabled me to gain a better understanding as to what my target audience would like to see in a documentary on video game addiction.

MAPPING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MY IDEA

STRUCTURE/OVERVIEW OF MY DOCUMENTARY

IntroductionWhat VGA is?

Cutaway footage shown and more information on the growing concern of video games

Introduction into video game addict//interview with him describing what it feels like and what impact it has had on him//cutaway footage in-between

Interview with addict’s parent// cutaway footage in-between

Cutaway footage//introduction to psychologist

Interview with psychologist/explains implication video game addiction can have and advice to parents

TARGET AUDIENCE

• My primary target audience are parents, predominately mothers, this is because my documentary will inform and educate them on video game addiction and the effects it can have on their children.

• My secondary target audience are young people aged between 12-18 years old.

AIM

• Inform and educate the audience• Give them an insight into the issue of gaming and the effects it can

have, in a short and concise documentary.

COST AND BUDGETS

FUNDING

• To gain funding for my documentary I will contact different organisations and promote my documentary idea to them, so that they may want to fund the documentary.• Some of these organsations include: BFI and Catapult Film Fund

VIABILITY

• My documentary will be viable as it will be filling in a gap in the market and I have found this out by researching into current outputs.• I will be filling in the gap in the market because:

- My documentary focuses on the implications excess video games can have, something which is not explored in other documentaries- My target audience is aimed at parents, while other documentaries are aimed at young people - Not many documentaries on video game addiction have been aired on BBC One

DISTRIBUTION• My documentary ‘Addicted to Gaming?’ will be aired on BBC One.

• The reason I would like to air my documentary on BBC One is because BBC One air ‘popular access documentaries’ that ‘gives a real insight into modern Britain’, something which my documentary provides, in that video game addiction is a current issue with estimations of 18.8 million people between 6-64 playing games in the UK.

• The channel appeals to a wide audience and not a niche audience. For example, on average 97% of UK adults (47 million people) consume at least 15 minutes of a BBC service in an average every week, and they spend 19 hours a week on average with the BBC.

• My documentary fits into the ethos of the channel. The ethos of BBC One include ‘promoting education and learning’ through a wide range of programming on the channel. BBC One state that their mission is ‘to enrich people’s lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain’.

MARKETING

• I will be using 3 marketing techniques to promote my documentary. These include: Promotion, distribution and advertising. • I have aimed my marketing towards my target audience to ensure

that they will watch it.

LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES I have conducted thorough research into legal and ethical issues regarding my documentary to ensure that I do not breach the law when in the production stage.

Furthermore, I have created release forms which I will be signed before I start filming. For example, I will ensure that location release forms are signed by the owner of the property, so that I have written permission to film within the property.

THANK YOU

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