3MW: Proposal

Mind Map

For our documentary, our initial concept would be looking into whether people believe in paranormal phenomenon. We would like to present our piece in the form of an expository and observational documentary. The genre of our documentary would possibly be classed as reality or docudrama.

 Our primary target audience would be people who are interested in the paranormal roughly from ages 15 and up.  Our secondary target audience would be mostly older people or people who have no beliefs at all in the paranormal.

The aim of our documentary would be to question the existence of various paranormal phenomena. We hope to intrigue our whole audience and make them believe more in the paranormal if they didn’t before.

We will be filming at a few locations in Norwich including the Adam and Eve Public House, the Maid’s Head Hotel and Elm Hill, as these are popular paranormal sights according to our research. As we live closer to Norwich than our college, it is easier for us to film in these locations as we know more about it.

We are planning to film our documentary ourselves, however we will also need someone to voice over our documentary, if needed. We would like to be able to speak to some witnesses if possible, as well.

Here are some questions that we were thinking about asking people:

-          Do you believe in the paranormal?

-          Have you had any paranormal experiences?

-          Do you believe it is possible to contact any paranormal beings?

-          Do you believe in out-of-body experiences?

-          Do you believe that children and animals are more likely to have a paranormal experience?

We will need filming equipment, including a camera, tripod, a microphone and a dictaphone. We do not need any props or costumes and the equipment we need is already accessible to us.

We are not currently sure of the budget for our documentary, however we do not think we will need to buy anything too expensive.