Planning

This is the Mise-en-scene for the nurse interview:
















This is the Mise-en-scene for the sandwich shop owner interview:

This is our storyboard for the opening titles of out documentary:

Here is the Mise-en-scene for ou ionterview with the sandwich shop owner:

Running Order

Documentary: ‘The Perfect Lunch?’
Channel: Channel 4
Duration: 27 minutes

Primary and Secondary Research for Documentary

Primary Research:

• Interview with sandwich shop owner - Mise-en-scen of the shop and asking questions about the health of the sandwiches and which ones are popular etc.
• Vox Pops - Question: 'What's your favourite sandwich?' and picking the most interesting answers.
• Interview with nurse - Mise-en-scene of her office with poters about healthy foods and sandwiches in the background whcih we borrowed from our food tech department. Asking about the health of sandwiches on the market and health of school dinners and she gave us leaflets with information on the could be used for our voiceover.
• Interview with school dinner lady - Mise-en-scene of the kitchen in the background with other dinner ladies preparing the cafeteria. Questions about the health of school dinners and how they have changed over time.
• Interview with food tech teacher - Mise-en-scene of classroom in the background. Questions about what they teach students and the sandwich project in the year 7 and about the skills they have when first coming to the school.

Secodary Research:

• Archive footage from various TV shows
• Footage from 'Friends' - Ross' sandwich, Joey's sandwich in the police car, Pheobe trying meat.
• Footage from 'Scooby Doo'.
• Footage from 'The Simpsons'.
• Sandwich adverts - Subway, Hovis etc.

Formal Proposal

Topic: Sandwiches
Type of Documentary: Mixed
Style of Documentary: Informal
Channel: 8-30 pm - Wednesday
Scheduling: Channel 4
Target Audience: Teenagers/Young Adults

Primary Research:
Interviews
Vox Pop
Location for filming
Dietician/Nurse
Sandwich shops and owners

Secondary research:
Archive footage
Sandwich history
Internet Research
TV shows

Narrative structure: Open, Non-linear

Outline of content:
History of the sandwich
Vox pop – “What’s your favourite sandwich?”
Interview with shop owner
Interview dietician
Still images – most expensive sandwich
Cutaways - Sandwich getting eaten, making a sandwich
Childrens school dinners
Interview with a dinnerlady
Sandwich facts

Resource requirements:
Video camera
Still camera
Compute – adobe premier to edit
Voice recorder
Microphone
Studio

Brainstorm of Content for Documentary

Here is the brainstorm we had whilst deciding the conntent for our documentary:

Questionnaire Results (Voice Recordings)

Here are some voice clips of people answering questions from our questionnaire.

Questionnaire Results

What is your favourite colour?















This question will help us design the colour scheme of our documentary.

What is your favourite TV channel?













This will help us decide the channel that our documentary will air on.

What is your favourite genre of music?
















This will help us pick the music bed for our documentary.

At what time of day do you watch TV the most?















This will help us pick when to air our documentary.

How old are you?














We asked people who fall into the target audience range. This will help us create our documentary so it fits our target audience as best it can.

Are you male or female?















We asked twice as many women as we did men because, stereotyically, women will be more interested in a food programme than men.

What is your favourite sandwich?















The most popular sandwich turned out to be chicken, this will be used as a fact in our voice over.

Where is your favourite place to get a sandwich?













This shows that most people think 'Subway' is the best place to buy sandwiches from and this will aslo be used as a fact in our voiceover.

Why do you eat sandwiches?












This shows that most people eat sandwiches becuase of the taste, this will also be used as a fact in our voiceover.

Do you make your own sandwiches?













This shows half of the people in our survey make their own, this will be used in our voiceover.

Do you consider sandwiches to be a healthy option?













This shows most of the people we asked do consider sandwiches a healthy option.

What do you have with a sandwich?













These results show that crisps are the most popular thing to eat with sandwiches.

When do you usually have a sandwich?












This shows that most people eat sandwiches for lunch, this will be used in the voiceover.

How often do you eat sandwiches?














This will be used as information in our voiceover.