unit 27 factual programs

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documentary idea

Topic:

The age of the strong female character in movies.

structure and content:

• introduce where female roles are in films today; we are seeing much more strong female characters in genres such as action films, female lead franchises " hunger games, divergent", directors and studios aren't afraid of making a female lead movie anymore.

• how women were portrayed in the past;  complaints about women having roles that only involved using their bodies for the sexual appeal, being the damsel in distress and more.

• theorist: laura mulvey quotes about the male gaze and sexually objectifying women

• theorist naomi wolf: the beauty myth.

• interviews with the public about: the new age of the strong female character, how they feel about it? what do they think about it , are they glad?, frustrated by the lack of more or the use of them?

• quotes from directors and actors from clips and interviews: joss whedon, david o russel, david fincher, christopher nolan, james cameron, anne hathaway, zoe Saldana, natalie dormer, maggie Q, michelle Rodriguez and more...

• clips from films: divergent, salt, avengers, the hunger games, the remake of snow white and cinderella, and many more

• audience interview's about their favourite female characters in films and why.

• the actors studios session about women being casted for talent and not looks

Documentary project proposal

over the years we have seen a change in female character in movies. we are seeing a good number of strong powerful female characters. our documentary will be looking at the age of the strong female character in movies, we will have a look at female roles from the past and see how they have evolved over time and what that says about the movie going audience today as well as how they feel about it. 

the documentary will involve interviews from public members, specialist as women studies students and teachers, feminists as well as some actresses and aspiring actresses. it will also include clips from well known movies such as the avengers, divergent, the hunger games, interview clips from famous directors and actresses as well as quotes.  our program will be a participatory program that will involve our presenter interacting with public members as he interviews them, as well as the audience whiles giving information and facts. 

the length of the documentary is from 10-15 minutes, and its target audience is the general film watching audience from the age of 15 to 50.  stylistically our documentary will be different as it will contain elements of a movie as well as several documentary styles such as participatory and observational. the opening scene will be a reenactment of a famous scene from the movie which the presenter will be acting in just before making his introduction of himself as well as the topic.