Proposal

Aims

The aim of the documentary will try to make the audience reflect on their own lives and get to ask the question if they are truly happy. The documentary will aim to connect with the audience on a more personal and emotional level and the ask the question why. This is opposed to constantly giving out facts and statistics which would outline the enormity of the issue.

Content

The majority of this documentary will be based on my own journey, which would mean that the camera would follow me to various people and places to talk about the issue. We will aim to present information in interviews with therapists among other experts. The content of this documentary will be heavily dependent on who I go to see and who I talk to about becoming happier. One main

Target Audience

The target audience for this documentary is 16-24. I ideally want the audience to know enough about the subject, which would allow the documentary to launch straight into my own personal journey. The documentary will appeal to the target audience because we want to personify the subject by bringing it to a more personal level. We want the audience to be able to identify with the subject which would allow the appeal to stem from asking themselves if they are truly happy. Furthermore, the subject is very broad which would widen the range of our target audience instead of having an audience that only have a specific common interest.

Format

The format of this documentary will be in a performative documentary mode, I want to revolve this documentary around my own personal journey in finding happiness. Whilst i may encounter different people through my journey, its main focus will always be on me, this in turn will hope to make the audience feel more emotionally connected with the documentary. Also by using a performative mode, it does allow the documentary to have a more specific focus which is needed considering it will only be around 5 minutes.

Genre

The genre for the documentary will take a more investigative focus point. Whilst it will be more educational in the sense that we will have some experts, it perhaps will take a more subjective approach to the topic. Happiness is a subject that can be thought of in many different ways, which is why we aim to exhibit one persons journey, hoping to open the eyes of our audience to their own journey.

Style

The style of my documentary will have a more relaxed approach, because this will hopefully allow the audience to connect better with the presenter. Whilst i do want to remain professional throughout i would rather maintain the style that there is only one other person following me with the camera, i don't want the audience to feel like its staged. Hopefully by using this style it creates a trusting relationship with me and the audience which will engage them a lot more.

Analysing the Competition

The Japanese Love Industry

What is the show’s channel, broadcast day and time slot?

Where The Japanese Love Industry is shown on the multi-media platform of Vice, when this show was broadcast-ed/released was on 11th October 2016,, this shown was not placed in a time slot because it’s a online viewing platform, this is were the documentary was uploaded for the viewer to watch to their timing.

What are the show’s viewing figures for the past week?

The viewing figures of the vice program The Japanese love industry was not available online. as to view this content you have to pay to view the figures.

What similarities does the show’s format and content have with your own?

How the Japanese love industry will be similar to our documentary is that we will be going into personal lives to found out about what makes them happy, as we see this in the documentary where the presenter personally gets to know the people that work in the love industry, What other similarity that this includes is the following around of the presenter to find information, as we will do this to collect information.

How would your show beat it in terms of viewing figures?

How own documentary may beat the viewing figure of the documentary is that is will not be explicit as this documentary , as this will also the public under the age of 18 to watch our documentary without mentally or physically harming them from the visual content.

Asian Provocateur 

What is the show’s channel, broadcast day and time slot?

The day that Asian provocateur was aired was 26th October of 2016 online on the BBC I-player platform, on the channel of BBC three which has moved on to produces online content, as there only make content to upload on a multi media platform.

What are the show’s viewing figures for the past week?

The total viewing figure that the Asian Provocateur have gain through the whole series just under 6 million viewing figures, on average the viewing figure that each episode makes is around under a million.

What similarities does the show’s format and content have with your own?

The elements that Asian Provocateur has that would be similar to the documentary that I will produce, is the camera language that is done is ruff, as it has a look of realism because it follows around the presenter with the activates that he does, as I will have this in my documentary follow around the presenter and watch and learn from the activities that he does to become happy.

How would your show beat it in terms of viewing figures?

How would my show beat the  Asian provocateur is that i will have the format changed to be more unique, as i will have two presenter, one of the presenter will be on the go camera man and the first presenter will be the main character that will do and ask more of the questions, as the seconds one will contribute when he can and show his opinion about the information.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p04bx517/asian-provocateur-mums-american-dream-3-brother-dinesh

The Superhuman World of the Iceman

What is the show’s channel, broadcast day and time slot?

The channel that The Superhuman World of the Ice man was placed on was Vice it is a online multi media platform where video, new, music and other content is uploaded to the side and updated a all times, The show did not have a a time slot because it is not live TV as this is uploaded and viewed by other by choice. This documentary was uploaded on 16th of July 2015

What are the shows’ viewing figures for the past week?

The documentary viewing figure that came from vice the main viewing platform of the documentary was not available online. as to view this content you have to pay to view the figures of The Superhuman World of the Iceman.

What similarities does the show’s format and content have with your own?

Were the shows have the same similarities is from the filmmaker, as the filmmaker goes out and learn new techniques of what the iceman does, and what he love to do is challenge his body. Where in will be inculcated this similarity is that I as a filmmaker will be going out and learning new techniques of how to be more happy from experts.

How would your show beat it in terms of viewing figures?

What I would do to make the documentary more unique from the Superhuman World of the Iceman, is that I as a filmmaker will place step by step of what the experts had said to become happy. I would include the experience that I had learnt from the making of the documentary that the audience can learn at home.

  Based on this research, what broadcast day and time would best suit your documentary magazine show? 

The documentary should be posted and/or uploaded on the Wednesday, this was because from the research i found, typically the similar genre has also been posted on a Wednesday. In terms of the time of day, the documentary should be uploaded in the morning, this would allow the target audience to watch it across the day and potentially share it on social media.

Secondary Research: Legal and Ethical

List of 20 Names

List of 20 names

Content Research

Questions

What is Happiness?

Our first question was an introduction to the topic, in which we found a definitive, literal meaning to the word. We found our information from vocabulary.com because we thought it gave us a detailed definition for Happiness. https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/happiness "Happiness is a sense of well-being, joy, or contentment. When people are successful, or safe, or lucky, they feel happiness. The "pursuit of happiness" is something this country is based on, and different people feel happiness for different reasons. Whenever doing something causes happiness, people usually want to do more of it. No one ever complained about feeling too much happiness."

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How happy are you?

We wanted to further pose a question to ourselves, which came in the form of an online survey. This consisted of a series of scenario and personality questions to determine how much of a happy person we are. http://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/science-of-happiness/happiness-quiz/

"You don't need much guidance about life skills that contribute to happiness

You've mastered the art of happiness, and are absolute joy to be around, way to go! Even though you are a shining light in a dark world, there's always room to work on yourself, below are a few steps to get started.

Step 1: Enroll in our happiness course. Given your advanced level of happiness, this course is great for explaining why you are so happy, so that you never lose your edge.

Step 2: Do our advanced relationships challenge. Invite a friend, relative or coworker to have a drink or a meal at least once a week and ask them about their greatest dreams and/or their greatest challenges. With a little luck, they might ask you the same questions.

Step 3: Do our advanced positive mindset challenge. Write a letter of gratitude to someone who has had a significant impact on your life, and who may not realize it." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

What is the happiest borough to live in London?

As part of our research we wanted to relate to the topic more, so we found out the 'happiest' and 'saddest' boroughs of London, and compared our boroughs too. This source allowed us to see where all boroughs ranked, to which we could really gauge our proximity in terms of how happy our borough is. This source was an article on timeout.com wrote by Isabelle Aron. http://www.timeout.com/london/blog/the-happiest-and-most-miserable-boroughs-in-london-are-081616 "There are lots of things that make Londoners happy – cheap booze, fried chicken at 4am and a flawless Uber rating to name a few. But if you want to be truly happy, you need to move to Richmond, stat. Sure, it might be all the way out in Zone 4, but according to Rightmove's annual Happy at Home Index, it's the happiest borough in London.

The survey asked 23,989 people in Great Britain to rate their local area according to 12 'happiness factors', including safety, green spaces, cultural activities and community spirit. Richmond upon Thames scooped the top spot in London, followed by Kingston upon Thames, Bromley, Sutton and Wandsworth.

At the other end of the spectrum, Barking and Dagenham was voted the most miserable borough in the London, as well as the worst place to live in the UK. That's out of 206 places, so it must be pretty bloody awful. According to the survey, other crap places to live in London include Newham, Brent, Islington and Hillingdon." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

What elements make a happy person?

After taking a survey to see ho happy we was, we wanted to further investigate if there was any components to making people happier. This source gave us a list of    potential components that may make a person happier. We found this article produced by https://www.bustle.com/articles/70762-what-really-makes-a-person-happy-9-things-science-knows-about-what-really-keeps-us-content 1. Caring About Other People 2. Old Age (Or Being 23) 3. The 5 Traits Of Positive Thinking 4. Exercise 5. Enjoying Culture 6. Having Pets 7. Volunteering 8. Having Sex 9. Not Thinking Too Hard About Being Happy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

What is the worlds happiest country? and where does England rank?

We wanted to see who was ranked first for being the happiest country in the world, and we further wanted to compare where the UK ranked in relation. This source allowed us to see the top 10 happiest countries but also see other noteable countires as well as the bottom 10 countries. This article was by the metro.co.uk wrote by, Nicholas Reilly. http://metro.co.uk/2015/04/24/the-uk-ranks-at-a-disappointing-21st-place-in-the-happiest-countries-on-earth-5165294/ Here's the 10 happiest countries in the world: 1) Switzerland 2) Iceland 3) Denmark 4) Norway 5) Canada 6) Finland 7) Netherlands 8) Sweden 9) New Zealand 10) Australia 21) United Kingdom --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Three Experts 

Robert Emmons: Emphasizes the importance of relationships in happiness 

Paul Krismer: Chief Happiness Officer.Playful and captivating storytelling complements his intelligent and accessible presentation of the science of happiness. His teaching is powerful, authoritative, and convincing.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Hungarian psychologist as the worlds preeminent positive psychology authority.

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