Increase in Tuition Fees

Intentions

I am proving that students from poorer backgrounds are less privileged to study for higher educations for better qualifications and jobs. As they would have less income in order to pay for the tuition fees. Young students are stressed as it is a huge amount of money they would not be sure what to do with their future as many students now are having second thoughts.

I am proving … I am exploring …

I am exploring how many students are and not going university in 2012, and whether this may be because of the rise in tuition fees. They may have given up the idea of going university. Those students who have took gap years and those who wanted to go to university at a later stage of their lives.

My ANGLE will be the affects increase in university fees will have on students.

I am challenging …

I will be mainly showing the affects and disadvantages this will have on students.

Investigating I am going to be investigating on the increase in university fees and why they have risen in the first place and whether it is going to impact the future students. Looking at the statistics of those people that are taking out loans and those are financially good.

Technical Viability Production • Video camera

• Boom mic- vox pops/interviews

• Computer (Archive footage and images)

Post production • I mac – import footage

• Final cut pro- to edit filming

• USB- To save images

• Sound recorder- To record voiceovers

• Live type- For graphics

Crew • Presenter (ME)

• Editor (ME)

• Camera operator (Halima)

Structure and running order

• Segment one – Introduction (Me presenting outside a university) • Segment two – Vox pops with question ‘ what do you think of the increase in university fees • Segment three- Archive footage of students protesting • Segment four – An interview with Connexions ‘’ what advice do you have for students’’ ‘’ Do you think that the rise in tuition

fees will have an affect on younger students’’.

• Segment five – ( Facts and statistics) which will be done by graphics and voice over

• Segment six – An interview with a student who has been affected ( in school)

• Segment seven – An interview with Michael Gove MP ‘’ Do you personally think that the increase in tuition fees was even necessary? ‘’ By the fees risen do you think it has benefited the parliament in any way’’.

• Segment eight – I will be showing footage of students studying in the university library in Roehampton University.

• Segment nine – Interview with Lee Scott a government minister

• Segment ten – Interview with Robert Kagawa professor from Roehampton university‘’ Do you think it is fair for students who are not privileged. ‘’ Is there even a point for students to go to university anymore as a degree was a passport before?

• Segment 11 – sign off conclusion

Content of idea • My topic is on increase on university fees and my angle is how this will have an affect on students.

• It is a current topic which everybody knows about and want to know more information. Especially those students who want to go to university , I will be focussing on the negative factors of tuition fees which will prepare students to make a decision. The unique selling point for my documentary is it will be different to other documentaries as it will include sixth formers and opinions of experts with Facts and statistics linked to the topic, it will include information which they are concerned about.

• This would grab by audiences attention as it will inform them about information which they need to know.

• I will be speaking to those who are affected also considering to take a gap year, working to earn money and then thinking whether it is worth going.

Content of idea

Key questions my documentary will answer:

• What are the affects of increase in tuition fees?

• Why has the cost of university fees risen?

• Can tuition fees be reduced to a certain amount in the UK?

• I will be interviewing students and experts to get their opinions across to my audience.

• Interviewing those who are thinking of going university.

Structure and running order

• My documentary will include vox pops for short interviews

• Graphics will also be appearing on screen for facts and statistics to educate my audience and peoples names for interviews to inform the audience who they are.

• Music at the back ground to keep my audience entertained and tuned in.

• Interviews from sixth form students and opinions from experts

Interviews

• Connexions, PROFESSOR Robert Kagawa, Miss Myford, Lee Scott a Governmental Minister

• Vox pops will be included in my documentary to get quick opinions from the public on whether the increase in university fees will affect them and what they think of the increase in university fees.

• I will have a female presenter in my documentary to introduce the topic to my audience.

Profile of target audience and appeal of your idea

• My documentary is aimed between the range of 16-24 year olds • It targets towards both males and females • interested in reading magazines, keeping updated with the news and sports

• The socio economic group is D to E • For Occupation and education my audience are in college or school • My docummtary targets all ethnicities

• My audience finds out about the news by using Facebook , radio, newspaper and BBC

news they uses these resources to find out about the news because it’s interactive.

• Monthly disposable income spending power is £60-£120

• For media consumption they like watching BBC NEWS and programmes which are related to university fees.

• My documentary targets a niche audience, only appeals to students who want to go University

• Ambitions go university , have a good job and earn money

Explanation of Research and Key Findings

For focus groups

• I received opinions on what the group thought about the topic

• It made it easier for me to choose the increase in tuition fees, as it will be effective and appeal to both genders.

• It consisted of both qualitative and primary research.

Facts and statistics

• Secondary research

• It consisted of both qualitative and quantitative examples for this are the number of students who have applied to go university next year compared to last year, and the number of students who have given up on going university completely.

• To give evidence and clear understanding.

Explanation of Research and Key Findings

For questionnaires

• Primary research

• It consisted of both qualitative and quantitative

For textual analysis

• Primary research

• The pace was slow

• Conventions were used through out the documentary such as a voice over to inform what was happening. Archive footage to not bore the audience and music to keep the audience entertained.

Explanation of Research and Key Findings

What I found from Facts and figures • I found that less people are willing to go university compared to last year.

• From the facts and figures a high percentage of students are put of going university. Whilst

others are having second thoughts.

• I have also found out that 14% from poorer backgrounds are less likely to go compared to 9% who are privileged.

What I found from questionnaires • I found out whether they are in part time on full time education.

• How much money they spend

• For social matters majority of the people are concerned about the university fees.

• The ideas is useful and be appealing

Explanation of Research and Key Findings

What I found from textual analysis • The old documentary appealed to mostly

men. • Appeals to older people. • Not much archive footage was used. • Slow pace

What I found out from the focus group • The topic of Increased university fees appealed to them • Appeals to both genders • Whether they will be going university or not

Practical Viability Robert Kagwa (Professor) Location-Office Access- Permission Granted Lee Scott (Governmental Minister) Location- Office Access- Approved Miss Myford Location- School Access- Still to request Connexions Location- Office Access- Still to request I will be using archive footage of students protesting from YOU TUBE which I will be needing permission to use.

Defamation

I cannot criticize the views and opinions of anyone taking part in my documentary. Privacy and Confidence As I am going to be interviewing Lee Scott a governmental minister who is a conservative member, I will need to ask his permission to release any confidential information of the footage I have recorded of him during the interview. However in this case I have asked his permission for his interview to be shown. Copyright several sources which I will be using will be from secondary research. I will have to take permission for images, archive footage of students protesting and music which I would like to include in my documentary.

Media Law

Legal and Regulatory Considerations

OFCOM stands for office of communication which is permitted by the government allowing to broadcast on TV and radios in the UK. Reconstruction- I cannot film anyone random who is not a specialist, such as someone who is not a professor or a governmental minister. An example for this is filming an interview with a person who looks similar to an Governmental Minister on an event which did not take place. Criminality- My documentary cannot consist of violence because it would be inappropriate for younger people and may influence them. Examples for this is of a man throwing a fire distinguisher from the roof and students vandalising police vans.

BBC Editorial Guidelines

The BBC has a set of principles and regulations that a programme lawyer, commissioning editor and producer has to follow. Serving the public interest – This includes giving the audience information which is in their best interest. In this case my audience want to find out more information on increase in university fees to get them prepared and make a decision. Truth and Accuracy – This informs the audience of truthful content and provides accurate and reliable sources to the audience so that they get the correct information. This will affect me as I am going to have to make sure that all of my resources I use are reliable and the facts and statistics are correct.

Commercial Viability Budget

The money will be spent on basic equipment to film which will be needed in order to create my documentary such as Camera, tripod, mic, tape.

I will not have to pay to film in the venues as I will be asking permission to the experts which I will be interviewing.

The shots are simple for anyone to do which will not cause a hassle.

The locations I will be filming are near and local which will for cheaper as I will not need to spend a lot of money to travel.

Inform

My product will enable the BBC to fulfil its ethos to inform as it will inform my audience on what my documentary is about.

Educate

I will have facts and statistics and tell them the affects the increase in tuition fess will have on them.

Entertain

My documentary will be entertaining as it will consist of upbeat background music in the background, different shots, vox pops, different locations, interviews from experts to students who are going to be affected.

The market

For unique selling point I have not yet watched any documentaries on increase in university fees however I have seen clips from u tube. I feel that this hasn’t given the audience much information about the topic and that this documentary will be useful and beneficial for them to watch as I will educate them. An example of a programme which my audience would watch is Misfits it’s aimed towards both males and females. This can help me as I can pick out points on how I can make my documentary appealing . By using up beating music and the type of mode address they use is informal. This will help me as it will make my audience interested in listening and watching my documentary. My documentary will be broadcasted on weekdays, the advantage is that there are no other existing media texts which broadcast this so there is not a clash between similar programmes.

Question Time

Would you be interested in watching a documentary on the increase in tuition fees? My documentary is going to be formal as it is an important topic do you think it will appeal to my audience? Do you think I have covered the ethos of the BBC? What do you think of the structure of the running order? Do you think this is the right angle for this topic?