Planning

Primary Research

Interviewees

• Drag queen, mise en scene- dressing table with mirror, his make-up and outfits in the background.
• Public, filmed in centre of Liverpool.
• Boy & Girl, mise en scene- dressing room seated on two chairs near dressing table.
• Make- up Artist filmed in own shop at make-up counter.

Locations for filming

• Liverpool
• Night Clubs in Liverpool
• Dressing Room
• Make-up shops
• Centre of Liverpool (shopping centre)

Secondary Research

Music - results of questionnaires show pop music is most popular so will we use pop music in the background.

Voiceover - will talk about the results of the questionnaire.

Emails shown from male make-up lines.

Formal Proposal

• Topic - Make-Up.
• Type of Documentary - Mixed
• Style of Documentary - Informal, informative and entertaining.
• Scheduling - Channel 4, Wednesday 8 pm.
• Target Audience - 14-25
• Primary Research - Questionnaires, interviewees, locations for filming (Liverpool) and props/make-up items.
• Secondary Research - Music, archive material, footage of drag queens, someone having a make-over, extracts of celebrities, magazine articles and advertisements.
• Narrative Structure - Open, single strand and non-linear.
• Outline of Content - Interviews with drag queens, celebrities, public and make-up artists.
  
• Archive material - footage of drag queens, people buying make-up, someone having a make-over, male celebrities getting ready backstage. Shots of make-up shops, Liverpool, public buying products, establishing shots.
• Resource Requirements - Tripod, computer with Adobe Premier and Photoshop, digital video camera and voice recorder.

Running Order

• Montage of different people saying what they think about make-up and naming their favourite type of make-up. 20 secs
• Opening titles. 20 secs
• Establishing shots of Liverpool and shots of people walking in and out of make-up shops. Voiceover introduces topic and mentions statistics on make-up from our audience research questionnaires. 20 secs
• Interview with make-up artist about how many people have make-over’s and why. 30 secs
• Footage of the make-up artist doing a make-over. 30 secs
• Shots of make-up shops and people buying make-up. Voiceover revealing how many boys would wear make-up. 10 secs
• Interview with a boy who wears make-up and a girl. 30 secs
• Interviews with members of the public asking what they think of boys wearing make-up and drag queens. Stop male members of public to see if they would put make-up on. 40 secs
• Actuality footage of drag queens in night clubs. 20 secs
• Interview with a drag queen whilst applying make-up ready for a night out. 40 secs
• Actuality footage of people accepting drag queens in night clubs with quick interviews of the people in the club saying what they think about drag queens. 20 secs
• Archive material- low pan and zoom on male make-up companies emails with voice over reading parts of the emails out as to why male make-up lines have been created and why men buy the make-up. 20 secs
• Montage of images of make-up and culture. 20 secs
• Actuality footage of foreign countries and their cultures and make-up- clips of their dancing, theatre, religious practices and anything related with make-up. 2 mins
• Interview with a make-up artist from India about what make-up means to them and why they wear it. 2 mins
• Shots of theatre and acting industry including close-ups of faces with stage make-up on. Voiceover talking about make-up within the theatre industry. 20 secs
• Interview with stage make-up director about how make-up helps the theatre industry and whether males are reluctant to wear make-up. 2 mins
• Archive clip of theatre production play were make-up is used to portray characters, ends on an extreme close-up of face with make-up and fades out. 30 secs
• Close-up of boy with mask on and he removes mask to reveal his face which is covered in dramatic make-up. 5 secs

• Advert Break 3 mins

• Close-up of boy with mask on and he removes mask to reveal his face which is covered in dramatic make-up. 5 secs
• Slow pan and zoom of archive material (magazines and articles of fashion industry). Voice over introduces topic about the fashion industry and why make-up is so important within it. 2 min
• Interview with fashion designer about why they want their models to wear make-up. 2 min
• Archive clip of models on the catwalk with close-ups of models faces. 30 secs
• Interview with fashion make-up artist about the demand for make-up within the fashion industry. 2 min
• Archive material of someone airbrushing a picture of a model. Voiceover talking about the importance of make-up and airbrushing. 30 sces
• Archive clips of the results of animal testing. Voiceover introducing the topic and the effects of animal testing. 40 secs
• Interview with make-up company that uses animal testing about why they use animals and if it affects their sales. 1 min 30
• Interview with Body Shop manager about why they don’t animal test and if their sales increased when they stopped it. 1 min
• Interview with members of the public about what they think of animal testing and whether they would wear make-up brands if they animal test. 1 min
• Closing credits superimposed over the title written in lipstick over a mirror. 30 sec