A2 Media Studies - Formal Proposal For Documentary

Our proposal for our documentary is as follows:

TopicAs a group, our final decision with regards to the topic of the documentary is to produce a Boxing documentary. The main focal point of our text is the mental and physical preparation a boxer and boxing trainers go though before a fight.

Type of DocumentaryThe type of documentary we are going to produce is going to be a mixed documentary. Our mixed documentary is going to include the use interviews, possible archive footage, and ideally live footage of a boxing match.

Style of DocumentaryThe Documentary will be portrayed in a linear format, consisting of various cinematic shots of the boxing gym and boxer alike. The Documentary will ask the questions on presentation of class throughout the sport, and if both the middle and lower classes are represented equally, if not why is this the case. We also want to make the audience aware of the different training methods involved depending on the fighter.

Target AudienceIn terms of target audience the documentary will cater more for the male audience. This is because stereotypically boxing is a male dominated sport. Age I do not believe is a factor as boxing can be enjoyed by all ages.

Narrative Structure The Narrative structure of the documentary will be presented in a liner format. The documentary will have no main focal characters, instead we have chosen to create various storylines. We will start our documentary with a few cinematic shot of various fighters, and the audience will be taken in to the main content of the film.