Assignment 8: A2 individual Coursework Presentation

Maria Younes

Exploring Topics

Health and social care

Educational/school, health etc..

ReligionCrime

Should smoking be banned?

Is a lottery a good idea?

Should little kids be involved in beauty pageants?

Potential topics Should kids be involved in beauty

pageants?

Are their parents pressuring them into doing something they don’t want?

Are they growing up too fast?

Would their self esteem be damaged?

Is their mental health also being damaged?

Is entering little kids morally right?

This documentary is observatory and would observe how the parents of these children react to this and what the children think of it.

What would my audience learn? Whether or not the child is being affected by this Whether the children are being brainwashed by their parents How the children are reacting to this and whether they have a

say

Do violent video games cause behaviour problems?http://www.debate.org/opinions/do-violent-video-games-cause-behavior-problems Does spending too

much time on video games cause someone to have behaviour problems?

Does it cause them to become anti-social?

Do violent acts in these video games cause the player to try copy them?

Do aggressive thoughts start to come to their minds?

How do their parents feel about this?

Do their parents provide the money for it?

This is a observatory documentary as it explores whether kids are becoming too violent while playing these games

What would people learn from this?• If parents would watch this

they would learn whether or not their child is being affected by this

• The audience would also learn how the child is changing and how much the media in these video games has brain washed the children

• Why are these video games appealing to the young children?

Same sex marriage…should it be allowed?

Should this be allowed? Should they have they

right to marry in a church? Should it be banned? Should they be allowed to

adopt or have children? As divorce rates are high

should the court be allowed to grant the chance for them to risk the divorce rate to get even higher?

This is a informative/observatory documentary

What would my audience learn about this?1. How the society has changed

over time and whether or not they feel more accepted in todays society

2. If they have been able to marry in a church and whether it was hard?

Chosen topic

Beauty pageant Violent video games Same sex marriage 0

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What is your favourite topic out of the three?

What is your favourite topic out of the three?

I asked 20 people an these were the results that I got:

RESEARCH • The idea of beauty pageants

first struck up in America • Originally it was for 11-18 year

olds however it was then overpopulated so then it changed from 1 month-18 years of age.

• A child would have no more than one minute and a half on stage and would typically spend up to 4 hours getting ready backstage.

• Children are judged on their individuality, capability and confidence.

Beauty pageants• A child beauty pageants

includes children up until the age of 18.

These talent shows include children dressing up in:

SWIMWEAR

PARTY WEAR

CASUAL WEAR

EVENING WEAR

THEME WEAR OUTFIT OF CHOICE

Debates about beauty pageants

Results I went around the study room and

asked 30 people aged 16-18 what they thought about beauty pageants for children and these were the results:

Pros Cons

Beauty pageants teach kids to be their best

Parents enter children for their own insecurities

The majority of beauty pageants may be fun for the children and show them new experiences

They teach that self worth is only in physical beauty.

For some children it may boost their self esteem

For most children their self esteem might be lowered

They teach kids to follow rules and to be fair

They may enlarge a child's ego to a bad level

Beauty pageants are for both sexes so no one is left out

They encourage girls to grow up too fast

They teach good life lessons It worsens paedophilia

There should be better alternatives to build a child's self esteem

Pros & cons

Toddlers and tiaras • This is an American TV

documentary about kids who enter for beauty pageants.

• The documentary goes through each beauty pageant contestant and how their families prepare for it

• It was aired on a American channel called D-MAX

• This TV show also shows the top 10 controversial parents

• The show is on almost everyday at 6pm and lasts for an hour. The target audience may be teens and younger children as they would have come back from school and would be probably watching TV at that time

Is this acceptable?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Gq6xV0jeg

As in this video one of the mothers said that she is making her child do this for her to raise money for her college.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=j8NR32mxZJY&NR=1

However in this programme it seems that the parents are entering their children because of their own insecurities

INSPIRATION

• My inspiration was my big fat gypsy wedding which was shown on channel 4.

• It inspired me because of the conventions used.

• Such as: the voice-over, the interviews with the parents and also the bride themselves.

• The pros and cons such as the problems faced being a gypsy.

• Also from what the children wear, it is the same as what you would see children from a beauty pageant would wear.

TARGET AUDIENCE• The target audience would

be 16+ as the documentary would be shown at 8pm.

• It would appeal to that age group because the adults would be interested in what other adults put their children into

• Also teenagers would find this genre particularly interested as programmes such as my big fat gypsy wedding were very successful for that age group.

Chosen channel

• I would put it on channel 4 because channel 4 mostly broadcasts similar subjects.

• E.g. my big fat gypsy wedding

• Channel 4 also broadcasts documentaries which are aimed at a teenage audience.

Seven dwarves: the wedding

TIME it would be shown

This documentary would be shown at 8pm. As they would have come back from school and did their assignments and the parents would have come back from work and they want to relax.