Planning

The genre of our idea is a special interest which is boxing and the life of a young developing boxer who would like to make it pro one day,hes currently an amateur boxer and in our documentary i will be interviewing him and looking at clips of his boxing career. the questions i will be asking him are on aspects such as:

Training timings?

 what inspired him to go into boxing?

 How long have you been boxing? 

Are you aware of the risks and harms of it?

 Do you get scared when you go into the ring? 

What you have achieved so far, how many fights have you had?

 What are you looking to achieve in the future? 

The target audience for this documentary are boys that are interested in boxing and would like to pursue a career in boxing. from this documentary they can learn to start off with amateur boxing to make it to pro, they can learn from it how long they would have to train etc.  

Legal and ethical considerations

We got verbal permission from the local gym to film inside the boxing ring. i filmed clips of the young boxer Kaseem training inside the ring etc.

Factual Programming

Assignment 1 – Issues in Factual Programming

You must produce a media production textbook chapter on the issues facing producers of factual programming and the impact this has on their work:
You must:

• research the issues facing the producers of factual programming

  Accuracy;

 Care must be taken when researching and releasing contents of information that might be revealed in the future to be inaccurate such as medical information or advice which if followed could put peoples health at risk.



Balance:

 When making a documentary the the person should consider what the message is and it should have an affect on the viewer. it should make the audience think and expand their minds.it should not be a bias documentary because this will take away the affect of making the audience think. Also to balance a documentary there should be at least 2 points that are thoroughly explained and then interviews to go with them.

Impartiality: 

When making a documentary the person shouldn't be biased to the the subjects. You should stay neutral, outside the two subjects and share opinions and facts.

Subjectivity:

When making a factual documentary you should keep all your personal views and opinions out of it because this can lead to making the film bias and it will ruin the whole film.


Objectivity:

The objectivity of factual programming is when interviewing the person should consider the questions they present and the facts that they state. you should be open minded and get the point across as quickly and accurately as possible.


Bias:

A bias factual documentary is when the argument is one sided and the person does not not explain or go into detail on the other subject or side of the argument.

Opinion:

When producing a documentary you should ask the interviewers to share their opinions to give more ideas which can help bring the message of the film become more clearer and understandable. when asking or stating a fact make sure it is is researched properly and you should research outside the subject too. this will help the audience to have a different viewpoint to the subject.

Representation:

Representation is when you are stereotyping someone or a subject by their  cultural identities, events,objects or places.

Structure of the Documentary - Inside the ring with Kaseem Mahmood

This is the soundtrack which will be playing in the beginning of the documentary in the background introducing kaseem in the ring and clips of his fights and training.


After the training clips the interviews with kaseem will be put in about his boxing career and the health and safety aspects on boxing. The interviews will be about 3 minutes long and then after a clip of boxing fatalities will be played.

 

Audio

                                                                                                 
 We are thinking of using this song for the introduction to the documentary because th

Boxing - Health Risks

 Taken from  http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/boxing.shtml 
BBC - Health:Boxing

Cuts and bruises are the most common boxing injuries, and many boxers leave the ring needing stitches to the face and dental work. Body blows can lead to broken ribs and internal bleeding. Potentially blinding eye injuries can occur but may be difficult to detect except by specialist examination.
Although many injuries occur, boxing accounts for fewer deaths than many other sports, but the British Medical Association (BMA) says this is insignificant compared to the effects of brain damage that may go unrecorded in many boxers.

As boxing involves powerful people hitting each other repeatedly, often around the head, there are significant risks of head injury. Most serious of all is a risk of permanent severe brain damage. According to brain surgeons, over 80 per cent of professional boxers have serious brain scarring on MRI scans. The evidence for harm or cumulative brain damage to amateur boxers is less clear.

Other research has shown that a chemical called neurofilament light or NFL, which is released when nerve cells are damaged, is four times higher than normal in boxers after a fight and up to eight times higher when there have been more than 15 high-impact hits to the head. It takes about three months for levels to return to normal after a fight.

While other injuries repair relatively easily, brain tissue, once damaged, remains damaged. The symptoms of such brain damage - commonly known as being 'punch drunk' - include slurred speech, slow reactions and even occasional blackouts (‘chronic traumatic encephalopathy’). These symptoms may take years to appear – on average about 16 years after taking up boxing, but sometimes as later as 40 years, long after the boxer has retired from the sport.

The BMA, which represents 84 per cent of the UK's doctors, opposes boxing primarily because of the threat to the brain and eyes.

Change of topic

Iv changed my idea and decided that i'm going to work with Kaseem. The documentary is going to be about a young boxer and his life-
questions include-

How long have you been boxing?
What makes you want to do it?
Are you aware of the risks and harms of it?
Do you get scared when you go into the ring?
What ive acheived so far, how many fights ive had?
What are you looking to acheive in the future?