1. going without sleep for a week
“DEPRIVED”
going without sleep for a week
Aaron Lott

2. Why a week? What’s it about? first-person documentary
going without sleep for a week
makes stronger connections than “3 days”, “5 days”, or even “7 days”
Why a week?

3. Aims: to educate about the effects of sleep deprivation
to show an unbiased and realistic demonstration of one week of sleep deprivation
to intrigue and to make emotional connections

4. Target audience

5. Genre Reality TV. Except it’s not complete trash.
a hint of the scientific
ACCURATE

6. Layout
for the most part, first-hand document of the feelings and experiences of sleep deprivation
intro and outro: former indicates what I am planning to do, latter indicates what can be taken away from the experiment
occasional narration with slight recaps: new facts mixed in with what just happened, and what will happen
sections divided by the days spent awake; “Day 1”, “Day 4”, etc.
tests of cognitive and physical ability each day: playing scales on piano (dexterity), counting backwards (maths cognition), rhyming (linguistic & pattern cognition)

7. What’s different?
“Conventional”? Ew, no. I’m unique and different, just like everybody else!
vlogs, personal YouTube videos, anything not made by a large corporation

8. Format in keeping with the style of documentary, YouTube is best
audience reach
likes, dislikes, comments, etc. allow for improvement in future products, and allow for more accurate determination of success
30 FPS for near-universal acceptance on digital platforms

9. Cast, crew, shipmates, aharrr!me
outside experts (doctors, scientists) are not necessary
all filmed by the subject (me) for previously discussed accuracy reasons
reduces costs

10. Locations no locations specifically required; whatever happens happens
most likely home + college (+ outside?)

11. Equipment & budget camera capable of recording 1080p30 (college have)
camcorder with night vision mode (already have, downside only SD, not HD, also 25 FPS, but manageable)
tripod (already have, other version college have)
microphone (already have)
budget max. £10; all equipment readily available; this is a safety budget should something go wrong

12. Concerns no legal concerns
ethical concerns about state of mind during experiment; will I be able to make accurate judgements about my own wellbeing?

13. Any questions?