Mission statement

We have chosen to name our documentary Trashed – Drinking and Destruction. It will be aired on a Tuesday on Channel 4 at 9pm. The theory behind showing the programme on a Tuesday will be that more teenagers will be watching TV Friday or Saturday night, with not having school or college in the morning and therefore this will broaden the shows audience numbers. We have chosen Channel 4 for the broadcast of our documentary, as it is a more lowbrow channel compared to the BBC and therefore will conform to our target audience better. This channel is also useful as it provides an online catch up service called 4 on demand; this essentially means if viewers missed the documentary they can watch it online which will again create a wider and larger audience. We have chosen for the documentary to be aired at 9pm, after the water shed, as this enable us to include footage which would not be suitable for a younger audience. The reason for this is that our topic will have a higher impact and effect on the audience by using more shocking clips.

The target audience for the documentary is teenagers and young adults as our documentary will attempt to persuade them not to drink underage or irresponsibly. However the documentary will also be aimed at parents to show them how much teenagers are drinking on the streets, and to warn them of their own children who could be consumed by 'binge drinking'.

In the documentary, Trashed – Drinking & Destruction we set out to investigate why youths are drinking so much and the effects it will have on them in the short and long term. The documentary includes interviews with students and victims of binge drinking as well as nurses and a teacher to find out if enough is being done to help and prevent underage drinking.

Other documentaries that can relate to ours include Brighton Beach Patrol, shown on Channel 5 at 8pm and Underage and Pregnant shown on BBC3 at 9pm. These shows also cover the topics of underage and binge drinking. Underage and Pregnant relates a lot to our documentary as it also investigates why the younger generation are determined to grow up so quickly.
We have chosen to use various places to shoot our documentary including a local college, at a nurse’s home, a Brighton Bar and 'Danger spots' for drunk and venerable youths. We have used cameras, a tripod and editing software to create our documentary.

People should watch our documentary as its not only informative but also entertaining with reconstructions and interesting interviews. We tell the trouth about how drinking can damage the younger generation in many ways and how it will affect their future. Teenagers will learn from it and parents will realise the dangers and can act to protect the future of their children.