1. Connla Documentary Pitch Unit 27: Factual Programme Production Techniques Unit 5: Working to a Brief Unit 21: Single Camera Techniques

2. The Genre For our factual programme we have decided the genre of the documentary will be infotainment. The Purpose This documentary will revolve around Connla, a local Traditional Irish band. The purpose of this documentary will be to outline the band’s lives and their love for the work that they do. We hope that this documentary will help the band achieve a bigger fan base and reach a wider audience. The Crew Christopher O’Neil – Director + Interviewer Natasha Curry – Co-Director + Camera Operator

3. The Research For this documentary we will be carrying out interviews with the band, these will be filmed in the TV studio and will be used to find out more information about them and why they wanted to become musicians. Some of the information that we needed for the documentary can be found on Connla’s website, from the website we can find out information about each individual member. Their music and future concert dates can also be found on their website. http://connlamusic.comhttp://connlamusic.com

4. The Proposal For this documentary we intend to bring the band into the TV studio to conduct interviews. These interviews will then be edited together along with cut away shots of the Boatman music video that we have also been working on and cut away shots from their live performance at Culturlan. The idea behind making this documentary was to do something that could possibly help the band reach a wider audience and possibly help them achieve a bigger fan base.

5. The Target Audience The Target audience for this documentary will be fans of the band and we hope that this documentary will help the band reach a wider audience. The Shooting Schedule Band Interviews: These will be carried out in the TV studio and are scheduled to take place Wednesday 11 th November. Cutaway Shots: We have already gathered some of our cutaway shots during the Boatman music video shoot and the bands live performance in Culturlan. We will also gather more cutaway shots during the re-shoot of the beach scenes for the music video, which is scheduled to take place Friday 13 th November.

6. The Equipment Needed The equipment that we will require is as follows: 1X JVC Camera 1X Tripod 2X Soft Box Lights 2X Microphones 5X Collar Microphones