Pitch Research

Pitch Research 

This week my group and I researched into ideas for the documentary individually so we were able to pitch these two each other, then choose our favourite. For this research I needed to consider what aspects of the topic need to be covered and not covered; decide the focus, sources and depth of research; who is the most qualified to speak on the topic (historian/interviewee); where the filming locations will be; will the topic engage the audience; will it reveal, record, analyse, or question; and finally, who the intended audience will be. 

Brighton West Pier 

My first idea was to research into the Brighton West Pier as I was interested in the fact that I knew it was destroyed, however did not know how this happened. I started to research into the 2002 storm that partially collapsed when a walk way fell into the see. Months after this, the concert hall over and the structure collapsed. The fire in 2003 in the pier pavilion is what I find most interesting as the cause of the fire remains unknown as the investigators were unable to enter the site. There was a following fire later on in 2003 in which the cause is still unknown, although rumoured to be arson.  

If my group were to choose this documentary idea I would want to look into the possible theories of the fire causes as this is a factor I am interested in as they are unanswered. This would allow us to gather different options from professionals and the public to engage the audience and include an interview. The purpose of this documentary would be to question what actually happened and reveal facts to the audience. This would be a participatory documentary and the intended audience would be people interested in Brighton's history and landmarks. 

Brighton I360

Another idea I had was to base the documentary on the new tourist attraction in Brighton which is the I360 as this has had a lot of controversial press since being built near the sea front. This is the highest landmark in Brighton, also being taller than the Spinnaker Tower and Blackpool Tower. It took 18,000 man-hours of welding to manufacture the cans and 1336 bolts were used. 

I find this topic interesting due to how controversial the attraction has been and some local Brighton lovers believe that it ruins in the seafront views. This would also be a participatory documentary as the interviewer would interact with the audience by asking their opinions on the I360. A voice over would also be used as the presenter would need to inform the audience with facts. One shot I would love to experiment with would be a worms eyed view shot of the 360 to show the large scale of it. The intended audience for this documentary would be people who live in Brighton and are interested building.