Sunday, 5 February 2012

Horrible Histories Proposal

This is my first ever Media proposal. To produce it I used an already existing TV show as a template (Horrible Histories) and pretended that this show never existed; instead, I was the one creating it and proposing this idea. The font I used was Courier New: traditional proposal writing font. This is my work below:

Media Production Proposal
Group names and contact details:
KnockOut Productions
Khadijat Oyeleye

Project title:
Horrible Histories

Type of Video
A funny and gruesome insight to historical facts and figures
30 minutes long
Every Monday evening
It broadcasts at 6:15 pm
You will be able to watch it on CBBC- Children’s British Broadcasting Cooperation



Purpose of Product:
To approach history which is normally seen as boring with a fun yet interesting approach that will appeal to the younger generation.
Content:
-   Songs sung by historical figures such as Cleopatra and Henry the 8th which teach about different aspects of history in a fun and interesting way.
-   Stupid deaths feature: short explanations of ‘stupid’ deaths that happened to historical figures.
-   Different themes in every episode
-   A puppet presenter (Rattus Rattus- a rat)
-   Historical Wife Swap- An entertaining short documentary feature which is a twist on modern wife swap.
-   Same opening sequence in form of a catchy song.
-   Short animated openings to each section of history e.g. the ‘Measly Middle Ages’.
-   Same actors/actresses but dressed differently every time.
-   Same closing sequence in form of a catchy song.
Target Audience:
Girls and boys aged between 8 and 14. They should enjoy history, love comedy, and enjoy the gruesomeness or all three. They should like songs and entertainment and just generally having a good time. They should also love finding out new things and they should have an open mind.

1 comment:

  1. Khadijat

    Distinction
    You have written an excellent proposal. You have written it in the correct format and provided information about the name of the programme, the content and who would watch it. You have also said when it would likely be on the TV and the channel we’d see it on.

    You have written in detail about the content of the programme and it is really clear what would be in it each episode.

    You have included detailed information about your audience and explained who they are and what their interests are.

    To make it even better, you could also try to use some media language to make it sound more effective. You can look at the Glossary that is in the Proposal folder in the shared area.
    Mr Monahan

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