Tattoo
This idea follows questions such as; why people get them? Do they affect your career? Is it worth it? etc. These questions will be answered by Sarah a tattoo artist at Ink'd Tattoo & Piercing Studio and Jodie Foster a client of Sarah's. The narrative and purpose for this documentary can be seen in the treatment below.
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Tattoo - Treatment
The narrative is going to be based around a middle twenty year old female tattooist called Sarah who works at Ink'd tattoo at Barnsley studio since 2013, she is going to discuss with us what she finds appealing about tattoos and what significance certain ones can mean for her or her clients. We will also be introduced to Jodie who is a 19 year old student but has been getting tattoos since the age of 16 and will also discuss the personal stories behind some of her favourites as well as discussing her relationship with Sarah who has been doing her tattoos for over a year.
Other contributors will consist of 20 year old Jakob Trott, 18 year old Jack Done and Victoria Knaggs who is also 18. All three of them who are studying various subjects at Sheffield Hallam University. They will be discussing their body ink, telling us stories about their first tattoos, what inspires and motivates them to get the permanent body modification and what their families and friends thought once they first made the leap. We will be going to the tattoo studio Ink'd in Barnsley to do the interview with Sarah, our main interviewee in the documentary, to discuss with her what its like to be a female tattooist in the mainly male industry. She will also be discussing with us as well as our contributors about any significance around her tattoos and what appeals her to them. We will shoot our small contributors such as Jodie in different locations but with the same background by using a mandala wall hanging to keep a continuity going throughout the documentary.
We are wanting to keep a dark/gothic theme throughout the documentary and really concentrate on the traditional tattoo style. We also aim to have close up of our contributors and Sarah's tattoos to put around the documentary and also had visuals for the audience when they are discussing their art. We will also get cut away shots of around Sarah's tattoo studio such as her artwork on the walls, all her gear and equipment that she uses and photos on her wall of friends and family. This will give the viewers a more intimate feeling towards her, and give a personal insight of what her life is really like and her personality whereas the other contributors won't have this kind of background as they aren't our main characters in the documentary.
Other contributors will consist of 20 year old Jakob Trott, 18 year old Jack Done and Victoria Knaggs who is also 18. All three of them who are studying various subjects at Sheffield Hallam University. They will be discussing their body ink, telling us stories about their first tattoos, what inspires and motivates them to get the permanent body modification and what their families and friends thought once they first made the leap. We will be going to the tattoo studio Ink'd in Barnsley to do the interview with Sarah, our main interviewee in the documentary, to discuss with her what its like to be a female tattooist in the mainly male industry. She will also be discussing with us as well as our contributors about any significance around her tattoos and what appeals her to them. We will shoot our small contributors such as Jodie in different locations but with the same background by using a mandala wall hanging to keep a continuity going throughout the documentary.
We are wanting to keep a dark/gothic theme throughout the documentary and really concentrate on the traditional tattoo style. We also aim to have close up of our contributors and Sarah's tattoos to put around the documentary and also had visuals for the audience when they are discussing their art. We will also get cut away shots of around Sarah's tattoo studio such as her artwork on the walls, all her gear and equipment that she uses and photos on her wall of friends and family. This will give the viewers a more intimate feeling towards her, and give a personal insight of what her life is really like and her personality whereas the other contributors won't have this kind of background as they aren't our main characters in the documentary.
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Drugs
This idea follows the questions, why do people use drugs? How do people get them? Are drugs easily accessible What drugs are most commonly used in the Sheffield area? etc. we will look into these questions by asked them to the people who deal the drugs and the people that buy the drugs. For more information please see the treatment below.
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Drugs - Treatment
This documentary approaching use and affects of drugs will take a realistic approach and highlight the dangers of drug taking and how they can affect your health and your career. One thing in particular that we looked it as where you can get drugs and how accessible they are, and one thing that we've found out is that in some places in Sheffield you’re never more than stone’s throw away from someone either abusing or dealing drugs; especially when it comes to clubbing. From our point of view looking at how accessible drugs are in Sheffield is more common knowledge than anything else and would be an easy thing to incorporate into the documentary. There’s also been a case recently where a footballer that plays for Sheffield United has received a six-month ban because of an illegal substance found when he was taking a drugs test.
Another point we’d be looking at in the documentary s the different types of drug consumption. As a group it’s likely that we would all know someone who’s taken recreational drugs at least once in their life and as a result of this, we would be able to talk to those people and gain their knowledge. However we understand that this would be a difficult hurdle to get over as a lot of people might not be willing to share their experiences.
This result is something that could potentially harm our approach to the documentary. We realise that drug use is a controversial and very disputed subject and we need to be very careful with the content that we produce and not everyone we approach will be keen to tell us their story or their experiences with drugs. Obviously there are ways to avoid this person being shown (i.e. interview as a silhouette and/or change voice tone) however if the contributor doesn't trust us as film-makers then there’s nothing we can do to change that. However whilst looking at contributors, we feel that it would be a crucial part of our documentary to have a quick interview with a GP, health advisor or someone who can give advice when it comes to the treatment of drugs. By having someone of this calibre, it shows another dimension of the documentary and could potentially reach out to the audience.
The documentary will have to be presented or at least have a voice-over as there’s lots of facts and pieces of information to be taken in by the viewer and it wouldn't have as much as in impact if we were just trying to tell a story through interviews. If we were to look at drug abuse from a different approach then we could just show stories of how people are affected, some of their most shocking experiences etc. However because we’re trying to come across with a more informational approach it needs to be broadcast in a way that the information can be easily transmitted to the audience.
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As a team we was all more passionate about the Tattoo idea over the Drug ideas as we felt it took our interest as individual people, and as a collective group with different point of views on the subject.
Drugs - Treatment
This documentary approaching use and affects of drugs will take a realistic approach and highlight the dangers of drug taking and how they can affect your health and your career. One thing in particular that we looked it as where you can get drugs and how accessible they are, and one thing that we've found out is that in some places in Sheffield you’re never more than stone’s throw away from someone either abusing or dealing drugs; especially when it comes to clubbing. From our point of view looking at how accessible drugs are in Sheffield is more common knowledge than anything else and would be an easy thing to incorporate into the documentary. There’s also been a case recently where a footballer that plays for Sheffield United has received a six-month ban because of an illegal substance found when he was taking a drugs test.
Another point we’d be looking at in the documentary s the different types of drug consumption. As a group it’s likely that we would all know someone who’s taken recreational drugs at least once in their life and as a result of this, we would be able to talk to those people and gain their knowledge. However we understand that this would be a difficult hurdle to get over as a lot of people might not be willing to share their experiences.
This result is something that could potentially harm our approach to the documentary. We realise that drug use is a controversial and very disputed subject and we need to be very careful with the content that we produce and not everyone we approach will be keen to tell us their story or their experiences with drugs. Obviously there are ways to avoid this person being shown (i.e. interview as a silhouette and/or change voice tone) however if the contributor doesn't trust us as film-makers then there’s nothing we can do to change that. However whilst looking at contributors, we feel that it would be a crucial part of our documentary to have a quick interview with a GP, health advisor or someone who can give advice when it comes to the treatment of drugs. By having someone of this calibre, it shows another dimension of the documentary and could potentially reach out to the audience.
The documentary will have to be presented or at least have a voice-over as there’s lots of facts and pieces of information to be taken in by the viewer and it wouldn't have as much as in impact if we were just trying to tell a story through interviews. If we were to look at drug abuse from a different approach then we could just show stories of how people are affected, some of their most shocking experiences etc. However because we’re trying to come across with a more informational approach it needs to be broadcast in a way that the information can be easily transmitted to the audience.
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As a team we was all more passionate about the Tattoo idea over the Drug ideas as we felt it took our interest as individual people, and as a collective group with different point of views on the subject.
