Unit 27: Factual Programme - Treatment

DIMITAR Z

Treatment / proposal. You should include: the genre of your factual programme, subject idea, format, style and techniques, target audience, intended aim and budget, interview and contacts appointments

The genre of our documentary is …………… as we are focusing on the culinary side of things, exploring foods and historical elements by having a

The subject idea is to explore the different tastes and spices that consist in the food. We’d like to get deeper into the history of the food for the audience to understand in more depth about the origins of each dish as well as explore the variety that there is, as most people only know about kebabs and baklava but usually not more than it.

Format - The format of our documentary would be expository. It’s aim is to inform and persuade the audience about the restaurant by enriching them with interesting information about the history of the place and what makes it unique and authentic with its dishes, it is trying to persuade in some way the viewers to go and visit the place for  themselves, in other words, promoting Mangal 2. Voice overs often known as the Voice of God narration will also be present in the doc. It will be there to communicate and engage with the audience in a way where it is directly addressing them, creating some sort of intimacy.

Style and techniques - In terms of style and techniques, it is pretty straight forward doc with establishing wide shot of the place’s exterior and interior. Most shots will be mid shots showing the people cooking up the food as well as close ups to show details.

Target audience - the audience we are targeting is food lovers. People that love trying out new cuisines and exciting flavours. Audience can be from any age, mostly targeting people 16+ as this is the age where people start to really discover their passions and interests.

Intended aim and budget - The intended aim was to produce a short 3 min doc about a particular restaurant specialising in fine dining Turkish cuisine, exploring the food and history as well as talk to some of the people working there. The intended budget is £40 pounds for the food itself, as we’re planning on trying multiple dishes from the menu in order to be able to experience and compare the flavours , as well as tell the audience what they should not miss out from the menu. For transport it would cost us about £6 each, for return access on the underground.  

Interview and contact appointments - We’ve emailed the place and are happy to proceed with the project as they’ve given us the green light. The interviews would consist of carefully selected questions particularly focusing on areas that we ( the filmmakers ) are interested in and believe the audience will also be.