Formal Proposal For Documentary

By Lily Gray

Topic

• The topic of our documentary will be tea.

• The uses of tea will be a section

• The health benefits and possible consequences of tea will be another section

• The tea market and the idea of tea being the national drink will also be a section

Name

• The name of the documentary will be “bags for life” which is a pun on the idea of “bags of life” the re-useable shopping bags. This is because the teabag can be used for numerous other uses as well as just making a cup of tea.

• Other working titles including: brewing up a storm, think outside the cup (goes along with the alternative uses of tea) and bags of life which was then refined and changed to bags for life in the end.

Scheduling

• The documentary will be broadcast Wednesday at 7pm on Channel 4.

• This was done to hammock Hollyoaks and The Food Hospital, which means that we can advertise to a larger audience and we can also inherit the audiences from both programmes

Channel

• The programme will be aired on Channel 4 because Channel 4 have a specific target audience who we wanted to aim our programme towards.

• It is also the best for our programme to hammock programmes and as a variety of programmes and topics.

Target Audience

• The target audience of the documentary will be females and males alike aged 16-30.

• This is because it is Channel 4’s target audience as a whole channel and it is a light hearted aimed to interest teenagers and students who can find uses of tea which is cheaper than cleaning products for example.

Interviews

• In our documentary we will interview:

• Professionals from the tea industry (Steph from Brigettes and Paul Needham of Lancashire Tea)

• A hairdresser who uses tea to dye hair

• A tea leaf reader (Donna) who uses tea to foresee peoples futures

Interviews

• We will also interview a dietician (Clare) who can tell us the advantages and disadvantages of drinking tea.

• Also members of the public will be asked questions about tea

• An interview will also be held with someone who drinks a lot of tea.

• These interviews will give us a range of angles to come at the documentary and the topic from

Bags For LifeChannel 4

Wednesday 7pm