Documentary Film to brainstorm and plan for a documentary
What I will learn: PREPARE
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If you were making a documentary about teenage life in your school, what would you include? What message would you like to send out? Do you feel school life is positive and full of opportunities, or negative and restrictive? Would you make a film about how teenagers act around each other? Would you want to send out a message about the pressure of exams?
A documentary is a film or TV programme presenting facts and information rather than telling a fictional story.
Answer the following questions to help you plan a documentary about teenage life in school. Question
How would you describe teenage life in school?
Who would you interview in your documentary?
What message/information would you hope the interviewees might give?
Name three locations you might film in.
Would you need a voice-over? What would they say?
What music would you have? Would it be background music or a feature song?
What will your ending be? What is your overall message?
