'The School that Turned Chinese.'
Think about characters
What fascinates you?
Watch: 'Searching for Sugarman' (Dir: Malik Bendjelloul, 2012)
Ideas that can be empathised with
Sources and contacts
What do you have specialist knowledge of?
Look at other media
Get behind the headlines
Best sellers/Most watched etc
TED talks can be fruitful (for presenters and experts too)
Research: Norma Percy
BBC Three documentaries are usually extreme and character driven
Think location (E.G gym in a town with weight issue)
'Secret History of our Street' - looks at one street a week, gives a social history of the UK
When investigating - go digital!
User generated footage is gold
Watch: 'Sri-Lanka's Killing Fields' (Dir: Callum Macrae, 2011)
Watch: '9/11: The Falling Man' (Dir: Henry Singer, 2006)
Watch: 'Our War, Into the Hornet's Nest' (Dir: David Salzberg and Christian Tureaud, 2014)
Immersive
Characters
Unfilmable by a crew
Asks questions
Socially and politically relevant
Honestly compelling
Affect the audience's heart, mind or wallet!
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