Research for Documentary

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Research for Documentary
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Primary Research
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Interviews

• Psychologist
• Person who opposes to dieting- why? their views.
• Person on slimming world- what they want to
  achieve/goals.
• Slimming world organiser- their aims for the
  attendees.
• Body builder- their routine and diet.
• Binge Eater- favourite food and why they do it.
• Member from the gym- facilities, how many times
  do they go per week, their diet etc
• - Nutritionist

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Locations

• Gym
• Hospital
• Slimming world meeting
• Home
• Supermarket
• Holland and Barrett
• Fast food restaurants
• Shopping mall
• Clinic

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Mise-en-scene

• Artificial Lighting
• Inside gym
• Weights
• Stethoscope
• Work clothes
• Scales
• Books on dieting

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Secondary Research
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Physical

• General Facts and Statistics
• Figures are also predicting that by 2050 60 of
  men and 50 of women will be obese if no action
  is taken. Obesity is responsible for 9,000 deaths
  per year in this country, and is a major
  contributory factor to heart disease.
• Weight loss is very often targeted in this
  country, and you probably understand the
  implications. However, did you know, a study in
  2009 claimed that 2 million people in the UK were
  malnourished and a further 3 million were at risk
• Men are more likely than women to be overweight
  (or obese), 67 per cent compared with 58 per
  cent. This compares with 58 per cent of men and
  49 per cent of women ten years ago.
• Eating Disorders
• People with eating disorders often struggle with
  body image and disrupts their normal activities
  with unusual eating habits to alter their
  appearance.
• There are 3 main eating disorders Anorexia
  Nervosa, fear of gaining weight or becoming fat,
  Bulimia Nervosa, the act of binge eating then
  purging or vomiting, and Binge Eating Disorder,
  eating until uncomfortably full in one sitting.
• Eating disorders can be genetic or caused by
  psychological issues like coping skills, control
  issues, trauma, family trouble, or social issues.
  Each type of eating disorder has many possible
  causes.
• Obesity
• There has been a marked increase in obesity rates
  over the past eight years in 1993 13 of men
  and 16 of women were obese in 2011 this rose
  to 24 for men and 26 for women.
• The main causes of obesity are there is easy
  access to cheap, high-energy food that is often
  aggressively marketed to people. Peoples
  lifestyles and jobs are much less active than in
  the past and many leisure activities such as
  watching television, playing video games and
  browsing the internet are usually done sitting
  down. People drive or use public transport and
  walk a lot less than they used to.

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• Archive Material
• Still photos of different sized body shapes, food
  and gym facilities.
• Music All about that bass as it is all about
  embracing your natural body type which links into
  people being happy with their body and also the
  results of the audience research that pop was the
  most popular type of music people like or listen
  to.
• Articles in concordance to what the interviewee
  talks about.

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Bibliography

• http//www.activelifestyle.me/health-and-food/fact
  s-and-figures
• https//www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-e
  ating-disorders
• http//www.nhs.uk/news/2013/02February/Pages/Lates
  t-obesity-stats-for-England-are-alarming-reading.a
  spx