Budget

Final Contact List

Hollie Wollaston - Female Partisipent

She will be the counterpart of the case study to add variety and both genders. 

Email Address: N/A

Contact Number: 079******75 (mobile)

Jillian Wollaston - Nurse

She will be the in the documentary as an interviewee. Her section will be discussing the short term effects of sleep deprivation and the how to prevent tiredness and who often people should sleep?

Email Address: Jilly.wollaston@nhs.net
Contact Number: 079******84 (mobile)

Arindam Kumar - GP

He will be an interviewee in the documentary where we will be talking about the long term effects and risks of having little or no sleep. This will be more of the darker side of the study then the nurse's interview.

Email Address: arindamkumar@hotmail.com

Contact Number: N/A

Friends & Family members - Bystanders

There will be no initial contacting for this but people who are around the participants during the period of time, most likely family and friends, will be interviewed for their opinion on the study and behaviour of the participants.

Email Address: N/A

Contact Number: N/A

Question For Interviews

Questions For Voxpop  (Teenagers sleeping pattens).

• What time do you usually go to sleep? 
• What time do you usually wake up and get out of bed?
• How many hours of sleep do you think you get on average per night?
• Do you know how much sleep you should be getting per night?

Questions For Bystanders (Family and Friends).

• What is your relation to the participant?
• What is your opinion on the case study?
• What changes as you seen in their behaviour?
• Do you approve of the study?
• Do you think by seeing sleep deprivation first hand, you understand while sleep is important?

Questions For Nurse, Jillian Wollaston.

• Why are tired people less energetic?
• What can help keep people awake?
• Is there any major risk of having less than the recommended sleep amount regularly?
• What effects will lack of sleep have in short term?
• What is the recommended amount of sleep people should get?

Questions For GP, Arindam Kumar.

• What long term effects can lack of sleep have?
• What risks do people take from not sleeping?
• Is there any health problems that could occur by sleeping less?
• Why do people become unstable without sleep?
• How does sleep benefit people?

Narrative Arc

Section 1 - Warning of content

Jackass Opening Warning section

What- The first section will be a graphic that has a black background with white writing explaining the content in the documentary that could be seen as offensive as well as explaining that there will be strong language. This will also include a big red title in bold saying "WARNING". The whole text wall will be read out by a clear spoken narrator that is not the presenter of the show.  The design and idea is inspired by the Jackass opening section where they do the same warning message, but the host of the show reads it out. The font of the text would be Arial as it is a very clear font to read by anybody. It is also the most commonly used font on the internet with the addition of Times.

Why -This is done to make sure the message is reserved clearly by the audience. This is important to the documentary as it covers the majority of the constraints i would have ran into such as strong language being aired before the watershed.

Who -  No one would be shown in the section but a clearly understood male would do the voice over for the warning reading what is shown on the screen. I will be using John Calvert as my first choice narrator for this section as he has a very clear and understandable voice with good pronunciation of words. If he turns out to be unavailable my back up narrator would be be Mr. A. Philipson who has a strong clear voice that would also get the message across very well.

Location - There is no location for this section as it is a graphic with voice over.

Duration - This message is important and will only be shown as long as the voice over takes to read all the information making the time approximately 10 seconds  long. (0:00 - 0:10)

Section 2 - Introducing the question

What - After Section 1 is complete it will fade to black and fade Section two in. This will be the presenter of the show explaining the study that is about to be viewed and the big question of the documentary, "Whats so important about sleep?" This recording will be done after the study has been completed allowing the presenter (me) to explain with more confidence of the angle and experience what is going to take place in the clips shown soon after. I will finished the section with the a question that the audience can think about during the rest of the documentary. This question could be something like, "How bad is it to have a small amount of sleep?"

Why - This section will quickly inform the audience what the documentary is about and by focusing on explaining the topic and angle is allows multiple questions for the audience to think about during the rest of the documentary.

Who - I am casting myself as the presenter as i want the mode to be participation. I will be best suited to talk about the lack of sleep as i would have went though it not long before the recording of this section.

Location - The first choice in location would be inside of a bed retail store as the environment links with the entire topic of sleep as i would be surrounded by beds left and right.

Duration - This section will discuss the basics of the topic and angle. It will not go in depth with each subsection that will soon follow therefore this should last approximately 20 seconds. (0:10-0:30)

Section 3 - Opening Montage of The youth of today

What - This section will consist start off with a montage section away clip where multiple teenagers are sitting up late on games, computers, mobile phones, clubbing and more. During this short montage i will be explaining how so much of today's youth stay up late and wake up early, reducing the amount of sleep they should get per night, (roughly 8 hours sleep). This will go along with the song, "Get Lucky" by DaftPunk. I will have a low volume while I explain the section then i when i finished talking about how it younger generations are staying up late at night, the song will get slightly louder but not too much. Once the montage is finished it will face into the next section. with me staying, " I went out to find out when teenagers actually go to sleep"

Why - This section is more of an establishing section for the next section. This keeps the documentary interesting and a little more lighthearted as i don't want to come out looking very strongly against or for sleep. I plan to be a neutral party.

Who - As a montage i plan to get a lot of people who are between 16- 20, male and female of all ethnicity. This gives me a large range of people that will get the message across that the majority of teenagers do stay up late. I will be narrating in the background as i am the presenter of the documentary.

Location - There is no location for this section as it contains only voice over and short clips and pictures of teenagers staying up late. These location of the small clips would most likely be in bedroom, their houses or clubs.

Duration - I would like this to last a fairly long time to clearly state the teenagers do stay up late in the UK. Therefore the time on screen would be 20 Seconds (0:30-0:50)

Section 4 - The youth of today

What - This section will contain a vox pop style interview where i would asked 10 to 20 different teenagers of all age, ethnicity and gender to answer the questions to do with their sleeping pattens such as, "When do you usually go to sleep?" or, "How many hours sleep do you think you get?"This would be a fast pasted section that would be filmed in various location i can interview the people such as in houses, the street and where ever i can find people to ask. I would get the interviews from people i know as well as the general public in a shopping centre. In the background i would have faint instrumental music that fits with the tone of the interviews.

Why - This section would back up or my statement in the previous section and the entire point of the documentary, teenagers go to bed late and that they should try get more sleep. This section will prove that they do stay up late, often past midnight as i would predict, therefore giving me more support to my observation.

Who- I would uses the general public for the majority of this as i would actually be conducting solid research the stretches beyond people i know personally, but i would also get a couple of people in the school to interview as they are the age group i am after to interview.

Location - There is no location for this section as it contains only voice over and short clips and pictures of teenagers staying up late. These location of the small clips would most likely be in bedroom, their houses or clubs.

Duration -  Dependent on how many people will appear in the vox pop i would have to dedicate more time into it but as it will be fast past and are very short answers i would dedicate 20 seconds to this section. (0:50-1:10)

section 5 - Sharon Eden Establishing speech

What - From the last section i will first cut to me outside the building where i will be having the interview with Sharon Eden (her office), explaining who Sharon is and what this section of research will be benefiting the documentary. This short segment would be provide what information i am trying to gain from the interview and how it should benefit the case Study later.

Why-  This will give the audience a clear understanding of what the next section will be about. It provides a back-knowlage so when the interview is taking place the audience will understand why this interview was planned and conducted.

Who- I would only have me (the presenter) in the section because i this is planned to be a long short of me explaining where i am and why I'm here, then enter the building, cutting to the next section.

Location - The location for this section would be outside of the Interviewee's work place. This would most likely be outside the building of the office or possibly at her house if she prefers to have it done there.

Duration -  This section should not last long at all as it just establishes the interview in the next section, i therefore gives this around 5 seconds of air time. (1:10 - 1:20)

Section 6 - Interview with Sharon Eden

What - This section will consisted of me and Sharon Eden having an interview about the general risks of sleep and her recommendation before i take part in the study. This section will have the graphic in the left bottom corner showing the audience the label of the interviewee. The camera will uses shot reverse shot, where the camera will jump between the Mrs Eden and myself. I would include a few cut aways so i can sew the interviews together to relevant information.

Why-  This interview is more for me to get the knowledge and tips for the study than actually for the audience, but this would give the audience a better understanding of what i am planning and the expert advice of the study, giving the audience a great understanding and prove that i am taking the study seriously.

 Who- Myself the presenter as well as the interviewee, Sharon Eden.

Location - The location would either be in the office of Sharon Eden's or at her house and she decides where the location will be to suit her best.

Duration -  This section is an important section that i would like to be quite long to get a lot of expert advice out of it. therefore it will last around 1 minute (1:15-2:15)

section 7 - Explanation of  case Study

What - For this section i will be talking to the camera in the environment of the study, (my bedroom/house) This will be a short section that explains how what i am going to do during each part of the study shown in the next few sections. I will use multiple graphics on the screen to help explain what i am talking about and possibly animation if i can find some i can use or if i have to to create one myself. The section will hit the following points; What the case study includes, who is taking part, how long the goal and final the rules and conditions of the study.

Why-  This introduction main goal is to establish the any question the audience should have on the case study such as the rules and reason behind certain set ups such as having 1 male and 1 female.

 Who- During this section i will be the only person involved with the possibility of having the other case study participant shown.

Location - The location would be inside of my house, preferably the bedroom as it will set the environment for the case study.

Duration -  This section is an brief explanation of the case study but will go into a bit of detail therefore it will last around 30 seconds (12:15-2:45)

section 8 - Day 1 No sleep effects (Male)

What - This section is unpredictable but will be filmed in the style of video log, therefore it will be hand held or put on a still tripod. This would make the footage more real but it would also be easier to record spontaneous moments. I will also possibly have a time-lapse of the entire day in the room if i can set up a camera. The time-lapse would last about 20seconds but then cut into the main video log segments of the day. Graphics will appear in the bottom left corner where it will show the time of day it is and how many hours has past without sleep. I can not mention what will appear in the section as this section is completely observational.

Why-  This is the main part of the documentary that will first hand prove the effects of sleep deprivation as you can see the development though out the section to see how sleep deprivation actually effects a male teenager.

 Who- During this section i will be the only person involved as this part only shows the male participant.

Location - The location would be inside of my house, preferably the bedroom as it is the main location for the case study.

Duration -  This section goes over the main parts of the last 24 hours, therefore it will last around 45 seconds (12:45-3:30)

section 9 - Day 1 No sleep effects (Female)

What - This section is practically the same as section 8 as it will contain a observational study using hand help camera techniques, but this one will involve the female participant instead. This section will no include a time-lapse as the male participant is the main part of the study while the female is a side part to compare the results between genders.

Why-  This is the main part of the documentary that will first hand prove the effects of sleep deprivation as you can see the development though out the section to see how sleep deprivation actually effects a female teenager.

 Who- During this section i will be the only person involved as this part only shows the female participant.

Location - The location would be inside of the female participants house. But also possibly my house as well.

Duration -  This section goes over the main parts of the last 24 hours, therefore it will last around 45 seconds (3:30-4:15)

section 10 - Day 2 No sleep effects (Male)

What - This section is a follow on from section 8, showing the next day worth of footage recored from the males study. This will contain the same camera techniques and be very similar in convention but the content will hopefully be different, showing progression.

Why-  This is the main part of the documentary that will first hand prove the effects of sleep deprivation as you can see the development though out the section to see how sleep deprivation actually effects a male teenager.

 Who- During this section i will be the only person involved as this part only shows the male participant. Also some outside people may be a part of the study such as friends and family. 

Location - The location would be inside of the male participants house. But might involve other locations depended on the activities done that day.

Duration -  This section goes over the main parts of the last 24 hours, therefore it will last around 30 seconds (4:15-4:45)

section 11 - Day 2 No sleep effects (Female)

What - This section is a follow on from section 9, showing the next day worth of footage recored from the females study. This will contain the same camera techniques and be very similar in convention but the content will hopefully be different, showing progression.

Why-  This is the main part of the documentary that will first hand prove the effects of sleep deprivation as you can see the development though out the section to see how sleep deprivation actually effects a female teenager.

 Who- During this section i will be the only person involved as this part only shows the female participant.

Location - The location would be inside of the female participants house. But also possibly my house as well.

Duration -  This section goes over the main parts of the last 24 hours, therefore it will last around 30 seconds (4:45-5:15)

section 12 - Interview with Nurse, "Less energetic and Drowsiness"

What - This section will contain a short interview that will explain to the audience why people get drowsy and ways people prevent it such as coffee ext: this will down done very professionally with a tripod at a mid shot. I will uses graphics to explain who the person i am interviewing is and have cut aways to sow the interview together. There might be faint instrumental music but nothing too distracting.

Why-  This is a short segment to explain the previous segments as by 48 hours the two participants should be getting rather tired and it would be wise to explain why and how it can be prevented.

 Who- This would be between the nurse, Jillian Wollaston and myself.

Location - I am not in control of the location as it arranged to best suit the interviewee. But the location most likely will be in the nurse's house after hours at her workplace.

Duration -  This section shortly explains the topic of drowsiness and its role with lack of sleep, therefore it will last around 20 seconds (5:15-5:35)

section 13 - Day 3 No sleep effects (Male)

What - This section is a follow on from section 10, showing the next day worth of footage recored from the males study. This will contain the same camera techniques and be very similar in convention but the content will hopefully be different, showing progression.

Why-  This is the main part of the documentary that will first hand prove the effects of sleep deprivation as you can see the development though out the section to see how sleep deprivation actually effects a male teenager.

 Who- During this section i will be the only person involved as this part only shows the male participant. Also some outside people may be a part of the study such as friends and family. 

Location - The location would be inside of the male participants house. But might involve other locations depended on the activities done that day.

Duration -  This section goes over the main parts of the last 24 hours, therefore it will last around 30 seconds (5:35-6:05)

section 14 - Day 3 No sleep effects (Female)

What - This section is a follow on from section 11, showing the next day worth of footage recored from the females study. This will contain the same camera techniques and be very similar in convention but the content will hopefully be different, showing progression.

Why-  This is the main part of the documentary that will first hand prove the effects of sleep deprivation as you can see the development though out the section to see how sleep deprivation actually effects a female teenager.

 Who- During this section i will be the only person involved as this part only shows the female participant.

Location - The location would be inside of the female participants house. But also possibly my house as well.

Duration -  This section goes over the main parts of the last 24 hours, therefore it will last around 30 seconds (6:05-6:35)

section 15 - Interview with GP, "Hallucinations and odd behaviour"

What - This section will be focused on explaining the side effects of sleep deprivation, I have researched that hallucinations and unusual behaviour is a side effect that often kicks in on the 50hour mark. This would mean that it might happen in section 13 and/or 14. The lay out will be over the shoulder shot while interviewing the GP in his office. I will contain multiple cut aways to keep the footage interesting as well as adding in the graphic i have used for the previous interviews to explain who the GP is.

Why-  Having an interview non the less about the topic will explain to the audience what has happened in the last sections and if not, still give them a warning of possible harmful effects.

 Who- This would be between the GP and myself.

Location - I am not in control of the location as it arranged to best suit the interviewee. But the location most likely will be in the GP's office when he has some time to spare.

Duration -  This section will briefly explain the role of hallucination and off behaviour, mainly using the case study as reference, therefore it will last around 45 seconds (6:35-7:20)

section 16 - Stop the Study & Why

What - By the end of the 3rd day the case study may be stopped due to the risk of the participants health. When this happens i will be explaining why i stopped the case study and what my experience was like. Overall this would be a summery of the case study and what i personally have learned. This would be done with a mixture of Video log style  filming using close ups and mid shots to capture myself talking to the camera, but also have some footage from the pervious sections when i am talking about certain parts of the study.

Why-  This will make the case study look much more real as i can explain to the audience who it really made my feel and now that i am well rested i can explain what it was like so they don't have to do it themselves.

 Who- This would only include me, (the presenter and the male participant)

Location - My bedroom would be most likely location as it fits with where the case study was held in and keep the footage consistent. 

Duration -  This section will talk a lot about my overall experience, therefore it will last around 40 seconds (7:20-8:00)

section 17 - Conclusion of the entire documentary (Wrap up)

What - This would be a follow on from section 18 but will be based around the entirety of the documentaries angle and topic. Explain and concluding the final results that i have found out. This would be done very similarly to section 18 therefore the conventions would be similar too, but will contain more motion to make it more professional.

Why-  This nicely wraps up the documentary with a conclusion for the audience that will allow them to know what information they should have gained from watching the video. 

 Who- This would only include me, (As the presenter0

Location - This will most likely be in the same location as section 2,  a bed retail store, as it nicely tires the story to a close with the beginning question being answered in the same location at the end of the documentary.

Duration -  This section will talk a lot about my overall experience, therefore it will last around 20 seconds (8:00-8:20)

section 18 - Repeat of Warning message Graphic.

What- This section is a complete repeat section 1. At the end of this section the screen will fade to black and end the documentary.

Why -This is done to make sure the message is reserved clearly by the audience. This is important to the documentary as it covers the majority of the constraints i would have ran into such as strong language being aired before the watershed. By repeating this at the end of the film it will ensure they will not forget straight away after watching as it is the last thing they see.

Who -  No one would be shown in the section but a clearly understood male would do the voice over for the warning reading what is shown on the screen. I will be using John Calvert as my first choice narrator for this section as he has a very clear and understandable voice with good pronunciation of words. If he turns out to be unavailable my back up narrator would be be Mr. A. Philipson who has a strong clear voice that would also get the message across very well.

Location - There is no location for this section as it is a graphic with voice over.

Duration - This message is important and will only be shown as long as the voice over takes to read all the information making the time approximately 10 seconds  long. (8:20 - 8:30)

Proposal

Aims

My main aim for the documentary is to find out first hand how sleep deprivation effects people, and mainly young teenage people. The main reason for this is because they are the people who stay up the latest and get up for school not soon after. The aim to show the 16-24 year olds that sleep is very important and by showing them real footage of someone going without sleep to the extreme it would help open their eyes to the problems of only have a couple of hours sleep each night.

Content

There are 3 main areas the content will be focusing in, the expert interview where i will go to experts to get reliable and more believable information on sleep deprivation and how it can be help though psychological nursing and chemical nursing. The next section would be the largest portion of the documentary  that would be the study itself. I plan to have a huge amount of footage to pick out from to use for the documentary to ensure progression is shown day by day. I will also include numerous mini interviewer lasting a sentence or a phrase, just to get outsiders opinions on the situation as well as inside information from people who are around the Sleep Deprivation people. The last section would be the introduction and conclusion of the study and documentary as a whole. I would warn the viewers of all the content in the show such as strong language and scene that could be viewed as unpleasant, as well as giving a good intro to why I'm doing the study (the Aim section above) and the conclusion i get out of it. Multiple warnings will be displayed not to try what i am doing at home.

Target audience

My main target audience is 16-24 year olds who watch BBC3. I will be keeping to this group from the brief entirely as the cast from the documentary are all between 15-19 with the exceptions of parents and the experts. The study will be carried out by people of the same age as the target audience ensuring the have a connection to the participants and the reason behind the study to explain to the target audience that, although work from school and university is important, so is sleep and it is critical to stay on top of it. The audience are male and female as the participants are 1 male and 1 female. I did this on purpose so that the different genders can be observed differently as well as giving the target audience a choice from what person they have more relation to.

Format

The mode i will be using is Obervational and Performative as i will focus the documentary mainly around myself, the presenter. As i will take part in the study and i will be being observed during the procedure.  By having the participant and I doing video logs it makes the footage more interactive than if it wad purely observational. I plan to use observation when a message or segment i can look back at is shown such as a phone call being recored where i just let the call play with graphics reading out what is being said.

Genre

This is going to be a documentary that focuses very deeply on a study. This is done as interviews will be shown though out the documentary to give facts as documentaries do as well as providing a narrative that is based on facts and figures, usually finding something out. For my documentary i am trying to find out and prove that sleep is important by not sleeping. Having a clear narrative will ensure the documentary is clear to the audience.

Style

The start of the documentary will start with a warning annotation, very similar to jackass's where i will explain that strong language is used and that it should not be copied at home or anywhere else. 

Jackass Warning message at start
and end of each episode & movie.

Once this is announce i will start the documentary by explaining the narrative and what i have already put myself though as i plan to record all the footage that is not directly linked to the study after the study has be carried out. This ensures that i am fine after the study but i can explain from experience what happens. I would have graphics under myself when first introducing myself as well as every character in the documentary giving them their title relevant to the project as well as their name.  i would use a dark royal blue that is transparent slightly to use as the banner of the labels with a clock at the left side of it. This template of a label will be used for the vast majority of titles. When i introduce the aim of the project i will then show the interviews with the experts so the audience can understand what is happening during the study when unusual things may occur.

The interview will be very professional and serious like any new report interview with a high ranking member of a company. I will do this to make sure this section of the documentary is serious so the audience understands that the information given is important and could benefit them and be important later on in the documentary. I would have very faint music in the background that is instrumental to keep the engagement of the viewer up without losing the seriousness of the situation.

The interview will end with a mentioning to the study such as "good luck" or a statement that would smoothly link in to the start of the study.

I would make the study displayed similar to BigBrother (shown in the video at 12:45) as i would have a graphic in the bottom left or top left corner stating the time in digital with an analog clock next to it with the day underneather. Big brother does similar as they display the time and mention the situation with a voice over. I plan to use a voice over when necessary to explain what is going on as i will most likely explain what is happening the first couple of days in the video logs. Each clip will be fade in and out at the beginning and end to give it a smooth transition to the real clips.  To split the study up it will up between the two participants with a large amount of cut aways to keep the documentary engaging and lively. No music would be played unless it suits the situation very well such as if a song was related to what was being said in a video. The footage recorded would be mainly hand held as the video logs will be done by the participants themselves and the camera language professional standard will most likely drop during the study as the participants will be less focused and struggle to use the camera properly. This is not a bad thing as it shows the development of the study. But to ensure good footage is filmed i will have the participants monitored most of the time during the day by another person so they can film them with good camera language. On the third day of the sleep deprivation the friends of the participants will spend a fairly long time with them giving me a good moment to make a montage of the day with multiple burst interview statements from the friends on their opinions.
When the study is over i will go though the study showing brief moments of it that was perviously shown, to back up the statement. This conclusion may also involve an expert checking in with me at the start and end of the study to show the difference in cognitive changes. After the documentary has finished i will once again fade in and out the Warning message, stating they should not try what had be shown in the documentary at home.

Constraints Grid

Contact List

Emails and Phone Calls to Contributors

1- Hollie Wollaston (participant)

I rang Hollie to ask her if when she would be able to do the documentary as she is a close friend who i can rely on and i told her i was aiming to do the recording of the 5 days without sleep between the 10th to the 20th maximum. So i would need to start the 5 days by at least the 15th of June. She said that her school exams will end on the 9th of June so she is happy to partake in the study and we agreed that she can drop out of it anytime if she feel ill or incapable of staying up any longer.

2- John Calvert (participant + Friend of participants [get opinion] )

When i was taking to John Calvert on the phone i asked him if he was happy to partake in a study where he will not sleep for the goal of 5 days, but he can drop out any time he feels like during the period of time. He was happy to partake but asked when i would be doing the study due to his 6th form exams. I mentioned i was aiming between the 10th to 15th june to start filming. He said that he would be unable to partake due to focusing on his exams that will not finish until the end of June. John did ask if he could do a could of cognitive testing on me and the other testy to track the effects of sleep deprivation as he is doing psychology for A-level and it would be useful for him as well as extra, backup, footage for me. We agreed that he will do the cognitive testing as well as spending one of the days with me

3- Alice Golding (Friend of participants [get opinion] )

I asked Alice if she would be happy being interviewed a few times during the sleep depravation study about how it is like to be around people who have not slept. Also i added that i would like her to spend a fairly large amount of time with the people doing the study but not partake due to child protection laws. She was happy to do a couple of interviews to give her opinion on the study and she is very close to the participants so it will not be a problem to spend time with them. I will also need to get written consent of the parents to ensure i am following any laws that could be breached from having a minor in the documentary. I will obtain this written evidence closer to the date of production.

4- Aridam Kumar (GP)

5- Jillian Wollaston (Nurse)

When i phoned up Jillian we discussed that topic and what i would like to get out of the documentary. She agreed that she would try to keep space for the interview but would like to have a meeting booked at a closer time incase of unexpected situations come up. For a rough date we agreed the 18th June at her house. She explained that he does not have the most in-depth knowledge of sleep deprivation but would still be able to explain the majority of my questions.

6-Chadwell Heath Doctors (Grove Road)


7- Prof. Colin Espie (Clinical and Scientific Director of sleep studies)

8- Dr. Simon Kyle (Expert Adviser on sleep)


9-  The London Sleep Centre


When i contacted the London Sleep Centre they first wanted to know the details of my study and what their involvement would be. I told them i was making a documentary for A-level media about sleep and would like to have an interview with any of the stuff to get an inside opinion on the topic. the receptionist said that they only see people for the therapy and would have to book an appointment. I then told them that i would not be able to because i am not in need for the therapy session and i do not have the funds to pay for one. I then asked if i could talk to one of the experts now to see if i could interview them in their free time but the reception repeated again to me that they only can book appointments. I thanked them for their time and they then hung up. I will not be able to get an interview with the London Sleep Centre.

10- Jacqui Farrants (Therapists from The House Partnership)

This is a screenshot of the message system on The House Partnership Website

11- Sharon Eden (therapist)

12- Michelle Simpson

I did not need to ring up or email Michelle as i live with her. She agreed that she would allow me to interview her serval times during the study to give a mothers opinion on what i am setting out to do and how she thinks it has effected me. As a parent she would know my usual behaviour patten quite well therefore she is a good person to get interviews about my own behaviour change.

13- Darren Simpson

I did not need to ring up or email Michelle as i live with her. He agreed that she would allow me to interview him serval times during the study to give a fathers opinion on what i am setting out to do and how he thinks it has effected me. As a parent they would know my usual behaviour patten quite well therefore are good people to get interviews about my own behaviour change.


14- Sophie Roberts (Friend of participants [get opinion] )

Sophie is good friend of both myself and Hollie Wollaston (the other participant of the study) Sophie agreed that she could come round to see us at least one day of the study as she is not busy between the 10th-20th of June too much and would sort out a day to come round with the other friends of mine and hollies as it would allow a group opinion of the study from different viewing angles. Bethany was with Sophie at the time of the phone call therefor she also agreed to the same terms.


15- Bethany Hall (Friend of participants [get opinion] )

When asking Sophie Roberts Bethany Hall was also there allowing me to ask her though Sophie, saving time. She agreed to the same conditions as Sophie and would be happy to come to my house one day of the study to just have a normal "relaxing time with friends" as quoted by myself during the phone call. and have a small interview to explain her opinion on the topic.


16- James Golding (Friend of participants [get opinion] )

James said that he would be able to spend some time during the study with me but might not be able to come the same day the other people may arrive. i told him it quite important to have them all there at the same time as it gives a more real felling to the event than just having him round. He then said on the phone, "well i'll see, I most likely will be able to come but i can promise anything." I then said thanks and explain about the short 1min interview and we ended the called agreeing on all terms and putting him down as a maybe of coming to the gathering of friends.

17-  SleepMed Inc. (experts on sleep)

18- Toby Wollaston (Hollies Brother)

When talking to Toby though hollies phone i asked him if he would be willing to give me a short video log, himself explaining how she has changed at home, or have an interview about it with the camera man and the person i would ask to be the Interviewer while I'm doing the study. He seemed very interested and agreed to the request. I told him i would ask him closer to the time as well to make sure he is still up for having the interview.


19- Grandparents (Evelyn & Ray)

When i told them about the project they where not too happy about the idea as it could be very dangerous and they are worried about me. I told them that i got everything under control and that i have organised people to stay with me the majority of the time period i will be taking part in the test and that i would not force myself to the point of major damage. They said they would be ok with the interview if i need it but are worried in the behalf of my health. I ensured them i have everything under control in a stable environment and will most likely send one of my friends ground (most likely alice as they know her well) to do the interview as i would not be in the best shape to be presenting an interview.

20- The Sleep School.org

Analyzing the competition

Embarrassing Bodies

This example is called Embarrassing bodies, from Channel 4. It is shown on 4seven at 10:00pm and again on 4more at 11:15pm but mainly airs on Channel 4 on Tuesdays at 8:00pm. The viewing figures for the show in the past week on its main channel, Channel 4 are, 1,290,000 views. This is a huge amount of views for any TV show and mainly has this many due to the channel it is broadcasted on as well as the content of the show itself.

This show is similar to my own as we both focus on the topic of health and medical based advice. The show Embarrassing bodies is about multiple people from the public coming onto the show to see the doctors there to get advice over the embarrassing abnormalities on their bodies. This makes the show seem very personal to the views as members of the public are used. Although this would make the audience feel more connected it might not feel as real as my pro formative mode documentary as i plan to have myself and another person as the topics on the situation, filming ourselves without sleep on hourly intervals. This may also incorporate opinions from others who are effected by the outcome such as family members of mine and my other host. Embarrassing bodies uses a lot of factual sources though out the show and does not give much opinion and uses experts to give trustworthy facts consistently such as at 5:17 of the video shown above. I don't really want my documentary to rely on facts although i do aim to get a segment at the start very similar to this where a doctor will explain the risks, problems and solutions i will and could face during the experiment. This would make my documentary seem much more legitiment and believable as i would be taking part in the situations. Embarrassing bodies only focus on the curing of the problem instead of the way the got the problem too. I plan in my own documentary to focus on filming myself at the start of the experiment all the way though the duration, giving a clear change when i go though the multiple days without sleep. This show uses a lot of graphics with diagrams and words to show the facts of the topic. At 4:00 it uses graphics to explain Endometiosis as well as using a voice over that does most of the explaining. The reason they do this is to keep the viewer engaged during the explanation as well as making a clearer image of the topic. I will be uses very little graphics during my documentary as it would take away the raw footage feel of having a video log every couple of hours during the experiment. I will uses graphics to label the doctor interview as well as the time of each Video log made. This would mostly be done in the bottom left corner of the screen with a clock showing the time with the time in digital shown next to it. I think my show could beat this show in ratings as although both shows will focus on real people and no acting, I feel mine is more compelling to watch as you can see the presenter suffer to endure the situation as personally i think people would find someone going though a difficult challenge more entertaining than people admitting to their embarrassing parts of their bodies. Realistically my should would not be very likely to beat the viewing figures of Embarrassing bodies as it has 1,290,000 views and is aired on a major channel. BBC3 is where i am airing my documentary and BBC3's top viewing figures of the week are 1,187,000 views. It not much of a difference but it very unlikely to beat my own channels most viewed program by over 100 thousand.

MAN V. FOOD (TUE 2032) Dave Ja Vu 87,000 views

Man V. Food is a show based upon a man who set himself a challenge of eating the most ridiculous feasts he can find in america. This show is shown on Dave, but has it highest rating on Dave Ja Vu where it reaches 87,000 views in the past week. It is shown on Dave Ja Vu at 8:32pm. Dave Ja Vu reruns what was shown on Dave in the past hour, meaning it was shown on Dave at 7:32pm.

Man V. Food is not completely linked into my own documentary as Man V. Food is about the food industry while mine is about sleeping and health. The role i linked these together is they both are putting themselves in a dangerous situation to get entertainment to the viewer. My documentary defiantly takes  more serious and darker approach as Man V. Food is purely to entertain the audience instead of giving them much information. The only information the show ever gives about the food is what is in it, how much is in it and where it is from. The Camera language of Man V. Food is very professional with a full staff of camera operators being around to film each event. This makes the show very professional and allows the audience to se the facial expression when the host put himself though the struggling size of foods he eats. My show would not be so professional as the cameras used for my documentary will be easy access camera that would be hand held or resting on a surfaces while i talk to it explaining how i feel or recording my actions. This would make my documentary feel much more real than Man V. Food or at least have a more drastic impact instead of a entertainment impact that i personally think is makes the show more compelling to watch as it has more drama. These would be my main up goal to this show as i believe as my show would be more compelling and contain more realism that would enhance the dramatisation of the show which would make more viewers watch my show that would be show at roughly the same time as Man V. Food. I also notice that the show uses a lot of background music that i would stay clear from as it takes away from the raw footage of the sleepless nights and days. It makes the situation less serious and more entertaining then real.

HOSPITAL SYDNEY (SERIES 7B) (WED 2200)

I could not find a video online of the show but i did find a TV schedule for the show. I watched an episode i could find running on TV and have used my knowledge from watching the show to explain how i feel my documentary relates and would beat the show in ratings.

The show Hospital Sydney is shown on a small channel called Discovery Home and Health at 10pm on a Wednesday. It come in with a total of 31,000 views and is the top rating views on the channel in the past week.

Both Hospital Sydney and my own idea are about health and show in a real environment what happens. Both the show demonstrate realism in a very justifying way as I plan to make my documentary compelling to other not to attempt doing the same experiment i went though and explain the danger of it. Hospital Sydney does the same as getting the doctors to explain that is going on during the procedures and have real footage of sugary, giving the audience a real feel for what the environment is like and how the people must feel being in the room during the operation. An example from the show is shown in the picture above where you can see the team of doctors being suited up for the operation and it gives the audience a sense of realism and hard hitting truth of what is going on. I plan to do the same as i will be showing the audience the hosts going though a tough state where it will most likely have at least a slightly bad effect on their physical and possible emotional well being. The camera language of Hospital Sydney is mostly professional when interviewing and filming around the hospital but if there is a scene where it is in a serious environment like surgery it often is brief and hand held. This make the show appear to be very professional as it knows when it is suitable to use hand held cameras. Using proper camera language outside of the sugary scene would make the show look well structured and legitimate from an expert company. If it was filmed hand held it would look very amateur. My film will use similar camera language but take more of a priority on having the footage recorded than presentation of the recording. The likelihood would be that the camera language would worsen as the time goes on as with less sleep i would not be as steady minded and accrete when setting up the camera. This would also allow the audience to see the progression of the deprivation of sleep. Having so much realism in my own documentary would go higher than the hospital Sydney's realism making my own shown more hard hitting to the audience. Also my channel BBC3 is a very popular channel that has over a million views on its most watched this week whilst Discovery Home and Health only got 31 thousand as their top viewing figures of the week. This huge gap between the channels rating would give my a very good chance of beating the rating of this show.

I used this source to find out when i can watch the show
http://www.locatetv.com/tv/hospital-sydney/6255305

Also this link shows why i could not find any recordings of the show online.
http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Watching-Sky-Questions/I-missed-an-episode-of-New-Hospital-Sydney-last-Wednesday-22nd/qaq-p/1139260

Based upon all the shows i have analysed and compared above the best viewing time for my show would be between 8pm and 10pm. All the shows above are aired at these times and because my show might have conflicting with the watershed i would aim to air the show after nine. This would mean all the footage recorded would be allowed to be aired the way it was intended but if it was show a little before 9pm (watershed time) i would bleep out and use cut away to any scene that would be frowned upon by the broadcasters. BBC3 would still be the a great channel to air the show on as it has the target audience that my show would appeal to most, and at approximately 9pm would be a time where my target audience watches the channel the most.