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 8^th 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.

Horror Movie

To make this video I used Adobe Premiere. I imported video and sound files and I used the in and out points to select which parts of the clip I thought were relevant to my end project. I also used visual effects like lightning to make it seem scarier and more real. I used some sound and visual effects to allow smooth transition between clips and audio. I also used more than 3 audio files to make it more interesting. Overall, I am very proud of my work.