Formal Proposal for Documentary

Formal Proposal – 'No Body’s Perfect’

Topic – Body Image
Type of Documentary – Mixed/Fully Narrated
Style of Documentary – Informative/Formal
Channel and Scheduling – 9pm, Channel 4, inheritance from Embarrassing Bodies
Target Audience – Young adults +

Primary Research Needed – Interviews;
• Personal trainer
• Weightwatchers Group leader
• Psychologist (Miss Borges)
• weight watchers member (Nathan)
• Cosmetic surgery patient
• public (vox pops)

Secondary Research Needed – Archive Material;
• Music Videos
• Other Documentaries
• News bulletins
• food packaging
• beauty products

Narrative Structure – Linear, Closed
Outline of Content
• Open on vox pops of words related to body image
• Opening titles
• Vox pops – different styles 9celebrities) + body sizes clips of pressure of young people (Louise Redknapp and Natalie Cassidy)
• Introduction to weight watchers + point system
• The success rate of weight watchers – talk about how males care more about weight loss. Interview with weight watchers leader, talk about supplements people take to lose weight.
• Explanation of cosmetic surgery, explaining the different procedures and pro’s and con’s. Sun beds. Beauty products – male and female
• Finally ending the documentary, talking about body image and how it is more important.


Summary of programme
• Tattoos/ Piercings
• Beauty
• Cosmetic surgery
• Clothes
• Celebrities
• Eating disorders
• Ideal weights
• Celebrity image
• Yoyo dieters