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Hello internet users and welcome to my factual documentary blogger page, On this blogger I will be showing me planning my documentary and doing Research into the idea of my choice. I will also be showing all of my different paperwork I have had to fill out and the interview questions that I will be coming up with to ask the interviewees. I will also be showing my editing log on what I did whilst I was editing my documentary. My documentary idea is Metrosexuality and what I wan to find out during this project is why do men go to salons now and why do they care more now about there appearance now. I also want to find out is that do men care about themselves to attract the opposite sex or is it to feel good about themselves. Where I want to film my documentary is at Jo Ferns in ashton because I will be able to get interviews from men and women to get different opinions on metrosexuality and why do lads care more now about there appearance.

Proposal

This blogpost is going to be about my documentary that I am going to be creating is my proposal for my Documentary about Metrosexuality. 

Subject Idea

The subject idea that I have chosen for my documentary is Metrosexuality and what I am aiming to find out is why do guys wear make up when they go out and is it to impress girls or is to let them feel good about themselves and the same with women. I am going to be interviewing people from places such as salons and I will be interviewing men and women to get different peoples perspectives. I will also be doing some research on why men mainly wear make up when they go out and why they take so long to get themselves ready and is it to feel good about themselves or is it to impress women when they are out in town and why do women do the same thing. 

Genre

The genre of my documentary will be factual and I will be interviewing some of the students at college and I will also be going to a salon where I get my hair cut and interviewing some of the workers who work there men and women and I will also be getting cutaways in there of people getting there hair done and just footage of what is happening in the salon. I have chosen to interview men and women to get a different view from both and I will sort out interview questions for both men and women. 

Audience 

The audience of my podcast will be from ages 16 and above because the majority of men and women who go out to town on a weekend to places such as Clubs, Pubs, Restaurants will try to look there best for when they go out both men and women so this is why I have chosen 16 and above for my Documentary. 

Participants 

The participants of my documentary will be workers at a salon where I go to get my hair done and I will be interviewing men and women who work in there because they cut peoples hair who go in and try to make men and womens hair look good and you also have to pay a lot of money for when you go in because they style me and womens hair so this will be the reason I will be interviewing them. I will also be interviewing some of the students who are in my Media group at college to get there views on why when they go out they try to make themselves look the best and why they do it. 

Intended Channel

The intended channel for my documentary will be a ITV 2 documentary because they show a lot of scripted reality shows such as The Only Way is Essex and Made in Chelsea and my documentary will be similar to these. 

Format

The format that I am going to be using for my documentary will be using formal language whilst I am doing my interviews because I want to make my documentary professional enough. My documentary will be calm, formal and upbeat and my documentary will be an observational documentary because I will be observing people getting there hair cut and people getting there hair styled. 

Programme Concept

This blog post is going to be about my idea for my Documentary. My first Idea that I came up with was the carry on with my transport idea that I did for my podcast and going to the transport museum and interviewing people who work there. Instead I discussed the idea with my tutor to create a documentary about Metorsexuality and why do men and women care about there appearance more and get there hair cut in a certain way. Also another thing with Metrosexuality is that I want to find out why men get there hair cut in a certain way and why are men now allowed to wear make up and wear girls jeans and why do they wear a women version of leggings. I also want to find out with men caring more about there appearance when they go out is it to impress girls or men or do they dress in this certain way to make them feel good about themselves. I will be going to places such as salons and barbers and interviewing people who work in these places and I will also be trying to get some views off customers who work at salons and barbers as well as the people who are working there and I will be getting cutaways of people getting there hair cut in the salon and just what goes on in a salon. The main idea to get out of my documentary is what do women feel about male grooming and has it changed over the recent years. For the men I will be interviewing it will be more is your hairstyle important to you and why do men care about there appearance is it to look good or is it to feel good about themselves.

Map and Location

Here is the location of where I filmed my documentary at Jo Ferns Ashton 

158 Stamford Street Central

Town Centre 

Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 6AB

0161 343 5533

Production Paperwork and Equipment

1. Storyboard

The story board will be used to show the different camera angles and shots that I am going to need.

2. Reece Sheet

The Reece sheet is used to show your lighting information the hazards that there could be

3. Call Sheets

The Call Sheet is to show the date your filming Where your filming, How long you are going to be filming for, How long it is going to take you to get there to film. 

4. Production Schedule

The Production schedule shows when you plan tp start your Research, Planning, Filming and Evaluating what you have done and when you have finished it such as when it needs to be handed in.

5. Risk Assessments

The Risk Assessment is to show are there any risks where you are going to film is there any that need to be taken. 

6. Actor Release Forms

The Actor Release Form is used so you have signature confirmation that the person has agreed to be interviewed by you.

7. Shooting Schedule

The Shooting Schedule is used to put the dates on when you are going to be filming your documentary

8. Shot Lists

The Shot List is a list of all the shots that you are going to be taking whilst you are out filming

9. Equipment

The Equipment list is a list of all the equipment that you will be taking out to film with you

10. Interview Questions
Interview questions are used as the questions that you are going to use to interview someone and get the answers you want.

11. Extra Shots
Extra shots is extra shots you may need to add to your documentary.

12. Sound
Sound check is just where you check if your sound is correct.

13. Lighting
Lighting is to check the lighting is fine for when you are filming your documentary

14. Safety
Safety is just is it safe where you are filming or is the camera you are using in a safe place away from anything hazardous.

Similar Programs Geordie Shore

Geordie Shore

Another Similar program to my idea will be Geordie shore because the main aim on the show for the guys and girls is to put fake tan on when there going out also on this program they spend hours on doing there hair to make themselves look good then get themselves ready to look good in front of the girls and this is similar to my idea with guys wearing fake tan and having really big piercings and wearing tank top vests to ether make themselves look good infront of women or it is just to make themselves feel better about themselves. Anther reason it is similar because again it is scripted reality so the script writers will write the script for them and they will say whats on there in the program.

Similar Programmes The Only Way is Essex

The Only Way is Essex 

This blog post is going to be about the similar programmes to my documentary that I am going to be making which is about Metrosexuality. The Similar Programmes to my idea would be programmes such as The Only Way Is Essex because in that Television programme it is about a load of girls and lads who wear fake tan and go out and dress themselves up to try to impress girls or feel good about themselves to try to attract women on the show and they also have fake tan on a lot whilst being on the show both men and women. The Only Way is Essex is a Scripted reality show which is where the writers will write the script for them to say on the program.

Similar Programs Made in Chelsea

Made in Chelsea

Another similar program to my idea is Made in Chelsea because it is very similar to my idea with the lads wearing fake tan and wearing girls jeans and tank tops when they go out to attract other women or maybe feel good about themselves and style there hair in a certain way which is different to most people and they all wear fake tan men and women on the show. These types of programs are dramas and are scripted reality and the documentary formats are Dramatisation and also are Narritvisations which is scripted reality which is where the writers will write the script for them to say on the program. 

Research for Female Metrosexuality

Female metrosexuality is a concept that Mark Simpson explored with American writer Caroline Hagood They employed the female characters from the HBO series sex and the city in order to illustrate examples of wo-metrosexuality, a term Hagood coined to refer to the feminine form of metrosexuality. The piece implied that, although this phenomenon would not necessarily empower women, the fact that the metrosexual lifestyle de-emphasizes traditional male and female gender roles could help women out in the long run. However, it is debatable whether the characters made famous by Sex and the City truly de-emphasized female gender roles, given that the series focused a high amount of attention on stereotypically feminine interests like clothing, appearance, and romantic entanglements.

Research for Metrosexuality

Metrosexual is a neologism, derived from metropolitan and hetrosexual coined in 1994 describing a man (especially one living in an urban, post-industrial, capitalist culture) who is especially meticulous about his grooming and appearance, typically spending a significant amount of time and money on shopping as part of this term is popularly thought to contrast heterosexuals who adopt fashions and lifestyles stereotypically associated with homosexuals, although, by definition given by the originator.a metrosexual might be officially gay, straight or bisexual.

David Beckham was one of the main reasons with men caring about how they look with all his different hair styles and his big global image around the world and because how big he was with his global appeal everyone would follow his trend and they would all try to be like him by caring about how they look and is it for to impress girls or os it to feel good about themselves. By 2000 David Beckam had married Posh and his global appeal went massive and he then created his own clothing brand and has his own perfumes and aftershaves and now he is the face of most mens underwear companies such as Calvin Clein and Emporio Armani so this shows that David Beckam was one of the main reasons men started to care about how they look.

Metrosexual man, the single young man with a high disposable income, living or working in the city (because that’s where all the best shops are), is perhaps the most promising consumer market of the decade. In the Eighties he was only to be found inside fashion magazines such as GQ. In the Nineties, he’s everywhere and he’s going shopping.

However, it was not until the early 2000s when Simpson returned to the subject that the term became globally popular.

In 2002, Salon.com published an article by Simpson,^[3] which identified David Beckam as the metrosexual poster boy and offered this updated, succinct definition:

The typical metrosexual is a young man with money to spend, living in or within easy reach of a metropolis — because that’s where all the best shops, clubs, gyms and hairdressers are. He might be officially gay, straight or bisexual, but this is utterly immaterial because he has clearly taken himself as his own love object and pleasure as his sexual preference.

Research on Jo Ferns

Jo Ferns Salon 

Address: 158 Stamford Street Central, Town Centre, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 6AB
Phone:0161 343 5533
Website: http://www.jofernshairandbeauty.co.uk/about.php

This is the salon in ashton I hope to go and film most of my metrosexuality documentary because it is where I go myself to get my hair cut. I hope to interview the owner of the salon Jo who is in the image above. I hope to film my hair dresser who works there to get hair views on Metrosexuality and why lads and women go to get there hair styled and what It means to them. In hope to interview the tow men who work there to get there views on why they want to work at an Salon and why lads have started to care more about there image. I will also If the customers don't mind is filming them getting there hair done and just getting a few shots to use as cut ways and I will also be getting shots of the building and inside just to see what goes on in a hair dressers and I will be getting as much shots as I possibly can. With regards to my interview questions I will be making two different sets of interview questions one for the lads who work there and ones for the women who work there. The questions that I will be asking are for example for the men Why do you care so much about your hair cut and what does it mean to you to get your hair cut in a certain way questions similar to this will be asked.                           

Call Sheet

This is my Call Sheet for when I am filming which shows who is the director the location manager and the producer and also the date of filming. This call sheet also shows the time of filming my documentary and also shows how I am going to be getting to the location of where I will be filming. It also shows the equipment such as Camera, tripod and paper work.

Shooting Schedule

This is my shooting schedule showing the different time and dates of when I will be filming.

Actor Release Form

This is my third Actor Release Form for my documentary confirming that I can interview the manager of Jo Ferns 

Actor Release Form

This is another one of my Actor Release forms showing confirmation of Olivia Coleman allowing me to interview her. 

Actor Release Form

This is one of my Actor Release Forms that I have from one of the men I interviewed at Jo Ferns just getting conformation that they will let me interview them.

Shot List

This is my shot list showing the different shots that I will be getting during my time at Jo Ferns such as Cut aways interviews mid shots and close ups.

Risk Assesment

This is my Risk Assessment showing if there are any risks whilst I am filming my documentary the only 3 that are risks where I am filming is keep the camera away from water and the weather being don't film outside if it is raining.

Production Schedule

This is my Production Schedule showing when I'm starting filming and when it has got to be finished.

Interview questions Women

These are the interview questions that I will be using when I am interviewing the two women stylists in Jo Ferns

Interview Questions Men

These are the interview questions that I will be using when I am interviewing the two men workers from Jo Ferns. 

Editing

Here are a few screen shots of my documentary all edited and finished the documentary lasts 3minutes 45 seconds and there is a song playing in the background called Just Jack Stars in their eyes the song is only playing in the background so it doesn't go over the interviews and answers What went well whilst I was creating my documentary was all the filming that I have done is good and the camera worked well and I had no problems whilst using the cameras ether when I was doing filming and the batteries never ran out ether whilst I was using them. I had some problems with editing such as getting the hang of editing but once I did editing was fine as well so whilst I made my documentary I didn't have to many problems creating the documentary. 

Editing

This is me adding my cross dissolve onto the ending of my documentary which is going to be a few cutaways of the stylists cutting and washing hair with By Joe Dootson Filmed By Joe Dootson Produced By Joe Dootson 

Editing

This is me adding all of my questions to the documentary and another cutaway on there to keep the documentary running smoothly.

Editing

This is me adding the names of the stylists at the start so during the documentary you will know there names.

Editing

This is me editing adding some more answers to my questions and also adding another cut away in there and I am half way through editing the documentary. 

Editing

This is me editing some more of my documentary and what I am doing is adding a couple of interview questions and answers in there and I am also adding a cutaway to keep the documentary running smoothly.  

Editing

This is me editing the sound on my song to go in the background of my documentary and what I am doing is testing how loud it is in the background of my documentary

Editing

This is me editing my documentary and what I am doing here is doing my introduction with a cutaway and adding the title of my documentary with a fade in and fafe out effect. 

Editing

Here is my first 30 seconds of my documentary all edited up with my introduction the first 2 questions a cutaway and another question and another cut away to go with it.

Editing

This is me putting my documentary together and this is me adding one of my cutaways to the documentary 

Editing

This is me splitting the interviews away from the cutaways so I can start putting the documentary together. 

Editing

This is me starting editing my documentary and splitting the interviews and cutaways and the intro and the end of the documentary so I can put the documentary together.

Metrosexuality Documentary

This is my finished piece for my factual documentary and there is a link at the top of this page which will take you to youtube to allow you to watch my documentary on youtube. I have enjoyed making this documentary and the part that I have enjoyed the most about creating my documentary is the filming of the documentary and the planning that I have done into creating the documentary. The part that I have disliked about making the documentary is the editing part as I think I need to develop my skills when editing and learn a bit more about Final Cut Express. Another thing that I struggled with whilst making my documentary was some of my interview shots there are to much head room and for next time I make a documentary I need to make sure that there isn't to much head room. Also on my finished documentary the sound on my documentary isn't as good as I would want it to be. 

My powerpoint on Balance and Impartiality