Scribd
Upload
128 views1 page

Proposal Documentry

The proposal is for a factual documentary program exploring how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the mental health of British youth. A survey found that 80% of British youth reported that the pandemic negatively impacted their mental health by having to balance online school, isolation, preexisting mental health conditions, and other factors. The target audience is British youth and the documentary will explore both negative and positive impacts on mental health through interviews and discussions of related topics. Special care will be taken to sensitively discuss the pandemic and mental health issues to avoid offending viewers. The BBC should acquire this production because it offers a closer examination of how this important demographic was impacted by the historical pandemic through both detrimental and beneficial effects on mental health.

Uploaded by

api-567761742
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
128 views1 page

Proposal Documentry

The proposal is for a factual documentary program exploring how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the mental health of British youth. A survey found that 80% of British youth reported that the pandemic negatively impacted their mental health by having to balance online school, isolation, preexisting mental health conditions, and other factors. The target audience is British youth and the documentary will explore both negative and positive impacts on mental health through interviews and discussions of related topics. Special care will be taken to sensitively discuss the pandemic and mental health issues to avoid offending viewers. The BBC should acquire this production because it offers a closer examination of how this important demographic was impacted by the historical pandemic through both detrimental and beneficial effects on mental health.

Uploaded by

api-567761742
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

Proposal- Factual Programme

What is the topic of your production and why it is important to British Youth?
The topic of my production is exploring how the pandemic affected the mental health of the
British Youth. This is important to the British Youth as they were largely affected and
impacted by the pandemic, balancing online school, prior mental health conditions, feeling
isolated and lonely is proven to have affected British teens mental health, evident in my
survey where 80% of the members of the British youth who took the survey said the
Pandemic negatively impacted their mental health.
How does the production suit your target audience?
My target audience is the British youth, and my production will suit this as the subtopics will
explore if not being at school negatively or positively impacted their mental health,
interviews with members of the British youth that other viewers will hopefully relate to and
overall the production will be full of topics regarding the pandemic and mental health that
are relevant to the British Youth.
What are the ethical aspects of your production? Will you offend / fight a cause / raise
awareness of it?
My production is based on mental health which is a very sensitive topic therefore I will need
to be careful and thoughtful in how I present the issues and effects on mental health, so I do
not offend or upset any viewers. Additionally, my production is regarding the pandemic
which could also be a sensitive topic due to the deaths and distresses it caused so I need to
make sure to not be insensitive when discussing this. However, my documentary is raising
awareness for the mental health issues the pandemic caused which could be seen as a
positive thing as many people may feel like this isn’t spoken about enough and still feel very
alone in it.
Why should BBC ‘buy’ your productions – what does it offer that hasn’t been covered
before?
The BBC should ‘buy’ my production as it is surrounding a historical and worldwide known
event, the pandemic, in a closer way presenting how such a small group of people, The
British Youth, were so largely affected by it. Not only will it delve in deeper to how the
majority of British teen’s mental health was negatively impacted by it and the long-term
effects this has caused, but it will also depict how some members of the British youth’s
mental health was positively impacted by it and I will explore the vast differences and
effects in this. I think this will make it interesting and unique as there will be two contrasting
views on the pandemics effect on young people’s mental health.

You might also like