My proposal

My proposal

Aims

The aims of my documentary is to see whether anime has become more popular in recent years by going to an expo, where the majority of people there know about anime and have different opinions on the different types of genres. Through doing short interviews with people at the expo, I will be able to get a variety of different opinions on if it has become popular or not and what the reason for why it has grown in popularity. Overall I think the main aim for this would be by the end of the documentary, to come to a conclusion whether it has become more popular or not by the information  and footage shown through the documentary. But also I think another aim for my documentary would be to show some of the audience, who are not that familiar of what anime exactly is and to sort of introduce them to it, while still answering the topic question. But also when it comes to the topic of my documentary, I think it's mainly just to show how far anime has or has not come compared to earlier years.

Content

At the beginning of the documentary, I hope to include some archive footage of some anime shows, with a voiceover, introducing to the audience what anime is, while showing them some different genres of anime.The content that I hope to include in my documentary would be information about what anime is, presented through a voiceover at the beginning of my documentary , as this way it is able to introduce the part of the audience who know little about anime. As if I don't establish what anime actually is, some of the audience might become confused and mistake it for something else. Also through my documentary, I hope to include vox pops with people around the city of London and just ask them simple questions such as "do you know what anime is and if not what do you think it is?". As this would be able to relate to my angle, by seeing if more people know about anime compared to recent years and also get to see what they think it actually is. I also plan to film at the London MCM expo, where I think a a bit of my footage will come from, as I plan to ask the people at the event " do you think anime has become more popular and if so why?" and from this I would be able to get a variety of different opinions from people who share an interest in anime. Another thing I hoping to include in my documentary, is an ten minute interview with someone who cosplays and who has taken part in previous expos, as this would be able to provide the audience with more information on what people do at events and also get a answer from some who has a strong passion towards anime.

Target audience

The target audience for my documentary is both British males and females between the ages of 16-24. As my topic is quite an obscure one and only a handful of the audience will actually know what anime is, I plan to introduce the niche part of the audience at the beginning to what anime is and then following that just give them a highlight into what conventions are like and what the people are like who attend them. Also to clear a stereotype in which anime is considered "weird", by showing at the event that it's just people who are enjoying their interest and how there's nothing strange about that. I think my documentary is mainly for entertainment purposes, but at the same time it's able to introduce to the audience, the different types of interests people can have and what expos and anime are.

Format

I think the format for my documentary will be participatory, as I think this is the main mode which would be able to come across most effective in my documentary. But also I think observational mode can come into it as well, as I would be recording what people are doing at events and what the event is like in general, which would be able to give the audience a more realistic feeling. As I am planning to be the presenter for my documentary, I will try and be involved as much as possible e.g. being in the shots of the vox pops or so.

Genre

The genre is a documentary and for my documentary I will make sure that includes all the elements that make up a documentary e.g. noddies, interviews. I will keep to my topic and not go of course and make sure that through it I provide all the necessary information and footage.

Style

When it comes to the style of my documentary, there will be a variety of different things included such as vox pops, interviews,graphics,archive footage and different locations. The main location that I plan to film in will be the London MCM expo, as this is the main area, where I would be able to get the opinions of people who have an interest in anime, as well as the streets of London for vox pops, and I think the last location, would be where ever would be best to interview a cosplayer. So three locations in general and quite different from each other, and will be able to cover different sections of the main the documentary topic. Also when the documentary begins, I plan to use archive footage of previous anime shows, with a voiceover, that will hopefully get the audience more engaged and also provide them with a small introduction to what anime is.

           
When it comes to the beginning of the documentary, I want to introduce it with footage like shown in the above clip such as at 0:13-7:17, as this way it can show the audience different types of anime genres, while I provide a voiceover to it. But the one thing I really want to include in the beginning would be this clip here.
         
I want to mainly include the part between 0:01-0:03 for the beginning of my documentary, as for one this has been one of the most popular anime aired in 2013 and has a large and popular fanbase, which would be able to appeal to the part of the audience who do know about anime and get them even more excited about the documentary. But also because I think the music instantly becomes very engaging and dramatic and just makes anyone want to continue watching to see what else is going to be shown. Then from the ending of this music, it would go into other clips of anime, provided by an voiceover.

Then I think after I establish what anime is etc, I think it would move on to the vox pops section of the documentary, where I am able to ask the public with short questions regarding anime such as:
. Do you know what anime is and what do you think about it?
. Do you know what anime is and if not what do you think it is?
Also when it comes to the vox pops, I think the main camera angle would be a mid-shot, as the way it is able to show the person and their facial expression, as I think a long shot wouldn't really work well and I might not be able hear what the presenter/interviewee are saying. Also i don't think a close up would be appropriate either, as I wouldn't want to invade their privacy too much, as it's just short, simple questions.

Then following that part of the documentary, I think it would lead into the London MCM expo. Where I would start it of by doing establishing shots of the area and people entering the building, and possibly might do a voiceover for this bit as well, such as showing graphs and statistics of how many people attend each year. Also for this introduction bit for the expo, when it comes to the background music, I could either go down the route of having anime music playing or I thought maybe have some alternative rock music such as this:
        
As I think having this playing during the establishing shots, which just set the mood more for the documentary and also I think it would go with the footage of cosplayers as well. Also the music is too rough and is at the right pace, to introduce a fun event. Then following the establishing shots, the documentary would then move on to talking to the people attending the event, and maybe have the music softly playing in the background. Also when it comes to interviews, I could include cutaways of the event, just too keep the audience engaged with the documentary. Once again, I most likely would use mid-shots when it comes to the small interviews, but maybe add in some panning shots during the documentary of some cosplayers, as this way the audience would be able to see their cosplay in more detail.

Following the event part of the documentary, it will then go to the main interview, which would hopefully be with a cosplayer, as this would be able to give the audience more in depth look at why people cosplay, but at the same time, the cosplayer would be able to provide their own thoughts in a bit more depth about the the topic " has anime become more popular in recent years?". When interviewing them, I could also include archive footage of them at previous events and what they cosplayed as, as this would keep the audience engaged and wanting to know more about anime as a whole. Then when it comes to the end of the documentary, I think i will include footage of the event combined with archive footage, with either a voiceover or the presenter walking towards the camera, coming to the summary of the documentary.