Treatment & narrative

We have an idea but no narrative. So our team decided to go away separably and come up with a well written treatment to pitch to each other on the narrative of the documentary. Below are treatments by myself, Victoria and Dakota respectively. After the treatments where pitched, we would choose one and go with that as our narrative.

After consideration, we decided to combine all treatments. The result is below:

In a time where technology rules all, can we say that is not our obsession with technology but something psychological? Have you ever sometimes considered yourself to be an “addict” of some kind?

This film will be a full length documentary about the role of TV on young children. TV is something which is part of our everyday lives and as research suggests too much of it is bad for our children. However, our behaviour towards TV and internet is actually because of the largest drug that is released from our brain. We follow 5 year old Kyreece; and his behaviour towards his favourite TV show “Jake and the Netherland Pirates” From observing Kyreece this show is clearly the only thing he cares about in the whole entire world. This is 5 years of his life sat; glued to the TV screen. The documentary clearly stresses that his addiction to this show is a domestic problem and that any attempt to conceal him from it proves fatal.

The film then takes viewers on a journey, to see why Kyreece acts in this particular way. Some will say ‘Kids will be kids’ but maybe there is possibly a particular reason as to why he acts this way? To be addicted means to be addicted to a particular substance or a specified thing or activity. Can we suggest that Kyreece is perhaps “addicted” to this TV show?

 ­­­­______­­­­__ will show the viewer’s our search to find out why Kyreece is so addicted to TV. We are told information from experts such a psychologist and biologists who tell us that there is actually a psychological reason behind Kyreece’s unacceptable behaviour. We see them in their natural environment of a lab and a classroom to show that they are professionals. This is where Dopamine comes in, an internal drug released in the brain by our body helping fuel our desires. An animation breaks down what the expert has says and helps the viewer to understand the effects of the drug. We see a clear effect the drug has on humans discovering that there is a strong possibility that dopamine plays a part not only in his addiction to TV but ourselves.

So clearly not only is Kyreece addicted to TV but we are too! We then discover how not just Kyreece, but teenagers and adults are also affected by it. At this point we see what creates our desire to view more and more of something with observations of people on the internet and doing various other things. We are then left to question: “Are we really addicted?”

It’s crucial to inform the world of their unknown addiction to drugs. What’s your level of addiction?

5 Modes of documentary

Passport Patrol (updated)

Symbolic codes?

The expository documentary begins with a snappy animation of the title of the show which is followed by a series of clips from the forthcoming episode. By the time the audience watches that, they can assume that the footage is  reality as it is filmed from a hand-held cam. You will notice that some people have their faces blurred. This editing technique fused with the stereotypical investigating audio is common in is show, heightening the enigma for the audience. Zooming by the camera  is common in passport patrol to represents the dangerousness of the situation so staying back is the best decision. This helps the audience get a feeling of the atmosphere in the airport as.

Coming up with a Documentary idea