Second Draft - Voice Over (Prescilla Nyemba)

 



In recent years, the increase in teenage pregnancy has risen at an alarming rate. It is proclaimed that the UK's rate of pregnancies in females aged 15-19 makes it the "worst" in Europe. With statistics showing that a total of 41,325 women under 18 fell pregnant in the year 2008 down 3.9% from 42,988 in 2007, the figures show. The information that supports teenage pregnancy as a social issue in developed countries includes lower education rates; a high rate of poverty and also a poorer life outcome in the life of the teenager’s child. The aim of this documentary is to inform the how society views teenage pregnancy and how religion and politics take it into account.

Kemi is a pregnant teenager who already faces challenges with society; she shares with us how pregnancy has changed her life.

Havering's statistics are higher than London's average. The figures show that in these particular boroughs 49% wasn’t aware of where to access free contraception, compared to fewer than 5% having high knowledge on contraception/sexual health service. 

Pregnancy Crisis Clinic is an organisation in Havering, which help those in need with different pregnancy situations. They offer counseling to older couples as well as young single mothers; the clinic also offers moral support and contraceptive advice to sexually active youths. The government believes that organisations like the Pregnancy Crisis Clinic are needed to decrease pregnancy in Britain.         

  

Teen fathers are more often an overlooked population, both as individuals without needs and as potential resources in the lives of their children. Despite common stereotypes that we all live by, there is an increase in evidence that teen fathers want to be and are involved in their child's life in some ways. Teen parent programs, which help young fathers with the legal aspect of parenthood, teach them parenting skills, and promote healthy lifestyles have shown to be effective. As well as programs for teenage parents the family of the teenage father helps out. Daniel is a young father who gives us an insight to his life after his child.

England has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Western Europe. This is an alarming statistic that has entered national consciousness. This is something that our politicians and commentators frequently remind us of. To achieve their aim of lowering the rate of teenage pregnancy they sought to make sex education 'better' both in and out of school. The government also want to improve the access of contraception. Most of the strategies give more space for preventing teenage pregnancies compared to their plans for supporting teenage mothers. These prevention strategies involve a more comprehensive approach to education on sex and relationships. Andrew Rosindell, the Romford MP shares with us his opinion on Teenage pregnancy and what government are doing trying to do to reduce teenage pregnancy.

There are many views in society when it comes to teenage pregnancy. The Catholic Church's perspective of sex and pregnancy outside marriage does not change according to the people involved. Although pregnancy outside marriage is frowned upon, the church believes that the mother needs all the support she can get with bringing the child up. There are many Catholic charities offer teenage mothers advice and help. Father Thomas from Romford Catholic Church gave us catholic views on teenage pregnancy.

Although there are many struggling teenage mothers in Britain, it is still not seen as something that is a norm in society. Many teenagers feel that they are targeted or seen in a negative light. Yinka became pregnant at a young age and since then has been struggling to make ends meet. She believes that more should be done to help young mothers. She believes factors such as poverty or social support is more important than the age of the mother at birth.

Teenage mothers who gain support from their family as well as community support, child-care and social services continue their education and get higher paid jobs as they progress with their education.

Post production questions (Chanel Akinwande)

Post Production Questions

Results of the questionnaire (Chanel Akinwande)

Results of the Questionnaire
For our questionnaire we sampled 20 people. Our questionnaire showed us that the age range 16 - 25 mostly filled in our questionnaire and also that females mostly filled in our questionnaire. Most people who filled in the questionnaire favourite subject matter was music and reality, this was a positive result as our documentary is reality based. The people we sampled, most of them watched documentaries. We found out that our sampled audience had no opinion on our subject and also found out what feature they expected from our documentary; interview, narration, voice over, graphics and cutaways. We also asked what people they expected from our documentary, the mode results was pregnant teen, teen mum/dad and catholic view. We have included all of these people in our documentary. Our final question was if documentaries had an impact on society, 16 said yes, which means we must be cautious of what we say as we don't want to put out a bias documentary.

Week 6 update (Chanel Akinwande)

Week 6 - Last week we aimed to organise the blog but we felt it wasn't done to our best ability. We got a confirmed booking of the catholic priest interview on the 2nd november, We have an interview with a teen mom on the 19th october. We are currently organising our blog, researching about the voice over we are going to use and add links to similar documentaries to our blog.

Behind the scenes (Chanel Akinwande)

Call Sheet (Prescilla Nyemba)

 

This is the call sheet which we have to fill if you intend to take camera equipment off campus. The person filling it out must include contact details such as phone number and address.  Also emergency contacts and nearest hospital or police station in case if an incident.

Soundtrack for Documentary (Prescilla Nyemba)

As the sound person I had to find a soundtrack for our documentary. I think this is important because without it the documentary will be boring. I searched through CD's to find something that I thought was appropriate and suitable for our documentary. There were many to choose from but I narrowed it down to two. I think that the final two that I chose in the end is suitable for our documentary genre because it doesn't come out of context and it fits well with what we documentary is portraying.




Playful Innocence by prescillanyemba

Shot List (Prescilla Nyemba)

Actors release form (Rebecca Ogunmola)

Actor Release Form

Profiles of the interviewees (Rebecca Ogunmola)

Name: Daniel

Gender: Male

Occupation: University Student/part time job

Reason to be interviewed: We have selected Daniel as one of our interviewees because he is a teenage father, and we would like to get an insight into how having a baby has effect his life and also his thoughts and views of teenage pregnancy and how it has effect society.

Questions he would be asked:

• How has being a father at such a young age affected your life?
• How are you perceived by the people around you now that you have a child?
• Would you encourage teens to be more safe when having sexual intercourse?
• What is your view of teenage pregnancy in society?

Name: Yinka

Gender: Female

Occupation: College student

Reason to be interviewed: Jade was selected as one of our interviewees as she has previously been an teenage mother, this allows us to get understand the views of teenagers going through pregnancy and what they see as pros and cons of the journey.

Questions she would be asked:

• What was your lifestyle before you was pregnant?
• If you could go back in time would you change anything?
• What advice would you give to young mothers going through pregnancy?
• How has your life changed now that you’re a mother?

Name:                                                                                          

Gender: Female

Occupation:  Teenage pregnancy adviser

Reason to be interviewed: To understand the support given 

to teens that are pregnant.

Questions she would be asked:

• What help and support do you offer to help pregnant teens?
• Do you offer help and support to the fathers of the babies as well?          
• Do you think teen age pregnancy is becoming a problem?
• In what way do you educate young teenagers about contraception to avoid teenage pregnancy? 
•  How can pregnant teenagers out there get in touch with you ?

Name: Kemi                                                                                    

Gender: Female

Occupation: N/A

Reason to be interviewed: As she is currently a pregnant teen we would like to get an insight to how she is coping with her pregnancy and how people react towards her.

Questions she would be asked:

• Was the pregnancy planned?
• Was there question about weather or not to keep the baby? i.e abortions or adoptions?
• How do you feel about the young adults going through pregnancy who chose to abort the baby?
• How has this pregnancy changed your life?
• Do you feel that you are judged when people see that you are pregnant?
• Do you think your ready to be a mother?
• Do you receive any support?
• How has this effected your education?
• Has being pregnant been a positive thing in your life?

Name:Andrew Rosindell                                                                 

Gender:Male

Occupation: MP

Reason to be interviewed: To get a political view on teenage pregnancy

Questions he would be asked:

• What are the statistics on teenage pregnant in Britain?
• Is there a rise in the numbers of teenage pregnancy over the past five years?
• What are you doing to decrease the number of pregnancies each year?
• What is your view on teenage pregnancy?

Name: Father Thomas                                     

Gender: Male

Occupation: Priest

Reason to be interviewed: To have a catholic view on teenage pregnancy.

Questions she would be asked:

• What is the catholics view on teenage pregnancy?
• Do you see teenage pregnancy as a bad thing?
• What would your ministry do if a young girl came with pregnancy troubles?
• What is your view on teenage pregnancy in society? 

Week 5 update (Chanel Akinwande)

Week 5 we filmed our 2nd interview which was the 'Teen Dad', the filming went well and we got great footage. We organised our blog and changed our template as we didn't believe the previous template went with or subject matter. We put the actor release form and the profile on interviewees. We also put up our location notes and pictures. Next week we aim to film another interview and have another interview organised, also we aim to rearrange our blog.

Software(Rebecca Ogunmola)

Final cut pro: We used this software to log,capture and edit our footage.
Scribd: To make our blog look presentable, we used scribd as a form of acceptable style.
Bubbl.us: We used this software to create a mind map of what we intend to include in our documentary.
Blogger: We used blogger as the place where we put all our research,planning and final product together.
Soundtrack pro:
Photobucket: Photobucket was used to show that we can use a wide range of software to present our plans and ideas.
Soundcloud: this was used yo upload the soundtracks we chose for our product.

Equipment List (Rebecca Ogunmola)

Tripod

The use of a tripod is very essential as when filming there 
needs to be a stable/steady balance and also helpful in
achieving precise framing of the image or when more
than one image is being made of the same scene.  

PD170 Video camera

The PD170 has good sound quality and also produces 
high definition standard.

Tie and Clip Microphone      

The tie clip microphone is ideal for hands-free or discreet recording.

Headphones 

Headphones are needed to pick up the sound within the
 scenes but with more detail than what the video camera
 picks up. 

Paglight

Paglight is used to brighten the surrounding in when
 a scene is too dark.

XLR Cable

XLR plugs and sockets are used mostly in professional audio 
and video electronics cabling applications, for microphones
 and line level signals.

E-mailing and contacting possible Interveiwees (Prescilla Nyemba)

After successfully getting two interviewees we were advised to get people of a higher status, such as councilers or MP's to contribute to our documentry. I sent an e-mail out to councillors in the Barking and Dagenham and surrounding borough's such as Newham and Havering to see who we could get ahold of to interview. I searched websites of councilers and MP's and got hold of contact numbers and emails. This is the same email i composed and sent to all the possible interveiwees...

 Dear (interviewee)

I am a A2 media student at Havering College and I am currently producing a documentary for my coursework. The documentary topic is about how the society veiws teenage pregnancy. It is important to have different veiws and opinions to make it more effective, so I am interviewing people to contribute to our documentray.

I am writing in regards to a possible interview with you or someone on your team to ask you a few simple questions about  issues raised in when talking about teenage preganancy andweater it a good or bad thing in society. There are no more that five questions and the interview should not take longer than ten minuntes. The interview will be filmed by one of my group members but will not be shown on TV.  It is just part of my coursework which will go towards my final grade.

Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much for your time. Please get back to me as soon as possible about whether or not you can do anything to help.


Your sincerely,
Prescilla Nyemba




Email : Prescillanyemba@hotmail.com

Possible Broadcasters (Chanel Akinwande)

Channel 4

Channel 4 would be a suitable broadcaster for Babies having Babies because it airs a lot of documentaries similar to our own documentary. Channel 4 has a lot of viewers meaning our documentary could potentially get viewed by many people. Channel 4 also enables its viewers to watch documentaries online on 4OD, it also has its documentaries on YouTube which can be viewed by a much larger audience. Channel 4 documentaries gets showed in the evening, meaning our target audience are likely to view to documentary.

BBC3

BBC 3 would also be a suitable broadcaster as one of our main similar documentaries 'Underage and Pregnant' is viewed on there, which allows us to believe  BBC3 would air our documentary. BBC 3 also have a lot of viewers. Our documentary could air on adult season on BBC3, this relates to our target audience as they are more likely to watch as it is aimed for them. BBC3 also enables viewers to watch documentaries online.

First Draft - Voiceover (Prescilla Nyemba)

In recent years, the increase in teenage pregnancy has become a worrying concern in society. It is proclaimed that the UK's rate of pregnancies in females aged 15-19 makes it the "worst" in Europe. With statistics showing that a total of 41,325 women under 18 fell pregnant in the year 2008 down 3.9% from 42,988 in 2007, the figures show. The information that support teenage pregnancy as a social issue in developed countries include lower education levels, a high rate of poverty and also poorer life out comes in children of the teenage mothers. Teenage pregnancy in society today is usually outside of marriage and it carries a social stigma in a lot of communities. For reasons like this there have been many campaigns and studies which try to unveil the cause and try to limit the numbers of teenage pregnancies each year. 



Havering's statistics are higher than London's average. The figures show that in these particular boroughs 49% had poor awareness of where to access free contraception, compared to fewer than 5% having high knowledge on contraception/sexual health service. Pregnancy Crisis Clinic is an organisation in Havering who help those in need with pregnancy troubles. They offer counseling to older couples as well as young single mothers. The clinic offers, moral support and contraceptive advice to sexually active youths. The government believes that organisations like the Pregnancy Crisis Clinic are needed to decrease pregnancy in Britain.         


Although there are many struggling teenage mothers in Britain, it is still not seen as something that is a norm in society. Many teenagers feel that they are targeted or seen in a bad light. Jade Simmons became pregnant at sixteen and since then has been struggling to make ends meet. She believes that people view young mothers like her in a bad light. She believes that more should be done to help young mothers. For the mothers aged between 15 and 19 the age in its self isn't a risk factor. But more risks may be associated with factors linked to a more socioeconomic side. The life outcome for the teenage mothers and their children varies. Factors such as poverty or social support might be more important than the age of the mother at birth. Teenage mothers who use family as well as community support, child-care and social services continue their education and get higher payed jobs as they progress with their education.


Teen fathers are more often an overlooked population, both as individuals without needs and as potential resources in the lives of their children. Data from the National Centre for Health Statistics suggest that around 17.4 per 1,000 teenage males ages 15-19 years became fathers in the year 2002. Studies suggest this number might be even higher. Teen fathers face developmental dilemma, where they need to transition into parenthood while simultaneously going through the stage of adolescence and become a adult. Despite common stereotypes that we all live by, there is an increase in evidence that teen fathers want to be and are involved in their child's life in some ways. Teen parent programs which help young fathers with the legal aspect of parenthood, teach them parenting skills, and promote healthy lifestyles have shown to be effective. As well as programs for teenage parents the family of the teenage father helps out.


There are many views in society when it comes to teenage pregnancy. The Catholic Church's perspective of sex and pregnancy outside marriage does not change according to the people involved. Although pregnancy is frowned upon, the church believes that the mother needs all the support she needs to bring the child to birth. There are many catholic charities out there who give teenage mothers help who need it. The Catholic Church also encourages  adoption.


Pregnant teenagers face many of the same obstetrics issues as older women in theirs 20s and 30s. However there are concerns for younger mothers, mostly to those under the age of fifteen and also to those living in a country that is less developed than others.  Teenage mothers are more likely to have a baby that is premature and at a low birth weight. Pregnancy and birth can also put a tremendous amount of strain on the teenagers body. The pregnant teenager takes risks of of injuring her spine and her pelvic bones altering her life forever. irresponsible behavior in some teens may put them and the baby at risk. Sexually transmitted diseases can easily be spread to an unborn baby. If untreated can result in disastrous consequences for both the mother and unborn baby.


England has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Western Europe. This is an alarming statistic that has entered national consciousness. This is something that our politicians and commentators frequently remind us of. To achieve their aim of lowering the rate of teenage pregnancy they sought to make sex education 'better' both in and out of school. The government also want to improve the access of contraception. Most of the strategies give more space for preventing teenage pregnancies compared to their plans for supporting teenage mothers. These prevention strategies involve a more comprehensive approach to education on sex and relationships. 

Voice over (Chanel akinwande)

Name - Andy Popperwell                                                          
Role - Voiceover                                                                     
Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique where a voice which is not part of the narrative (non-diegetic) is used in a radio, television, film, theatre, or other presentation.We decided to use Andy Popperwell. We felt he met our criteria well, as his voice is impartial, it varies in tone. Andy Popperwell has a British voice using Standard English, the advantage of using the standard form of English is clarity and establishes tone (seriousness) and establishes authority.

Facebook page (Rebecca Ogunmola)

I have create a Facebook page for the group which will enable us a lot of feedback from our target audience. Having a facebook  page is also another way for us to publicize our product in an officiant manner, as it is easier and also a quicker way to reach out to our target audience and find out things that appeals to them in a documentary and also their views on our topic and how we would like to come across to fascinate our target audience. 

BBFC (Prescilla Nyemba)

British Board of Film Classification

Production Certificate (Prescilla Nyemba)

The certificate we chose for our production was certificate 12. We chose this certificate because we feel that the material included is suitable to those who fall in that age group. The certificate was also ideal because people who are older than the age of 12 can still sit down and watch it without them feeling like it’s too childish for them. We feel that the certificate chosen is versatile to allot of ages.

Font (Prescilla Nyemba)

I've analysed documnetries to see the ways fonts are being used and to see what will be best to use in our own. The font chosen for our documentary will be Helvetica. We chose this font because it was a popular font which is used on alot of tings such as, airling logos, street ads and office software. Also it has a dominant and more effective presence which will be important in our documentry, if we want to make a lasting effect on our audience. The font size will be twenty two because its big enough to be seen by our audience and it doesn't over power anything else that will be on screen for example details or people.

Logo (Rebecca Ogunmola)

Our logo ' HCTV' stands for havering college television, as we are students who are based in Havering College. This logo will be displayed within our documentary, it was adapted from the BBC logo to give it more of a formal approach.

Week 4 update (Rebecca Ogunmola)

Week 4 consisted of more arrangements of interviewees, which was successful, we were also able to plan dates of filming for when we and also the interviewees were available. We also decided to start filming of our set cutaways and deciding on which score music would best suit the theme of our documentary. Next week we plan to have all our interviewees organised waiting for filming. 

List Of Cutaways (Chanel Akinwande)

Cutways

• People walking down the highstreet - reason being is that we felt like it represented society
• Young mums walking down the street - subject matter 
• A teenager  different shots of her body - shows effect of pregnancy
• Pregnant teens baby stuff - preparation for the baby
• Teen mum where she lives - shows the reality of teen mothers home
• Teen mum playing with child - shows her reality
• Teen mum feeding the baby - shows her reality
• Teen mum pushing buggie - reality
• Clinic people walking in an out - interview is taking place there
• Sexual Health Clinic walking in and out - shows young people avoiding teen pregnancy
• A welcome to Romford sign - as we interviewing romford Mp
• Teen dad making a bottle - shows his reality
• Teen dad playing with child - shows his reality
• Newspaper ad - shows the media view
• Catholic church - filming an interview there
• Catholic Church - the venue, showing catholic church environment
• Romford town hall - filming Romford MP
• Contraception - shows young teens avoiding pregnancy
• Children playing in the park - shows children

Teen Pregnancy Questions (Prescilla Nyemba)

Teen Pregancy Questions

Newspapers Articles which relate to teenage pregnancy (Chanel Akinwande)

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Similar Documentaries (Rebecca Ogunmola)

These video's are examples of what we aim to demonstrates. The documentary shows the views and reactions of members of society perception of teenage pregnancy through the experience of the teenagers and their families. Which is what we hope to achieve, but instead we intend to personally interview individuals on their thoughts.

The framing of our documentary will also have differences, we hope to set our interviews according to the correct interview shot (the interviewee on one side of the shot,with no head room or a tight shot depending on the surrounding.In this documentary the interviewee is in the middle of the shot with space either side of her.

Like these documentaries we intend to use our voice over to introduce the scenes taken place, and also the use of cutaways to bring more meaning to what is being said by the interviewee. 

Pre production questions (Chanel Akinwande)

Pre Production Questions

Potential Target Audience (Chanel Akinwande)

Name: Shade Mendes
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
Likes: Shopping, Fashion, chilling with friends
Dislikes: Smelly people, unhygenic people, obese people
Political Views: None




       


 Name: Caleb Ramsey
 Age: 18
 Occupation: Dancer
 Likes: Driving, clubbing, food,
 Dislikes: Bake beans, Smelly people
 Political Views: Conservative

Research into Target Audience (Chanel Akinwande)

Target Audience   

We have researched and discuss as a group who would be our potential target audience and decided to aim our documentary among the target audience of 16 to 34 year olds. We decided this age range would be more suitable as our subject matter is a very controversial. Our documentary is about how teenage pregnancy is viewed in society? meaning teenagers would need to grow up much quicker and become an adult.  We believe the age range 16 - 34 is perfect as 16 is the beginning of young adults and 34 is just about the end of young adults. We feel like this age range would be able to understand and could potentially relate to the situation and there would be a range in people's opinions. We decided to compose a questionnaire to find out what is our target audience and what they are expecting from our documentary. Research showed us that teenagers from lower socio-economic groups are disproportionally likely to get pregnant. Girls from working-class families are 10 times more likely to become teenage mothers than those from affluent, middle-class backgrounds.

Aim of the documentary (Chanel Akinwande)

We aim to inform the viewers how society view teenage pregnancy taken into account religion and politics. We aim to show real life examples of teens who had children young and pregnant teens. We want to put across a non bias report on teenage pregnancy.

Research Into Similar Products - (Prescilla Nyemba)

How teenage pregnancy can be seen as a positive thing (Rebecca Ogunmola)

Teenage pregnancy can be seen as a positive thing in the lives of teens as it focuses on a big changes that require them to grow up and take more responsibility in their lives, as well as the benefits of being a young mother and growing up along with their child and providing themselves with purpose for their lives as they are more independent. It also makes them more mature and prevents them from indulging in activities like drinking alcohol and doing drugs.

Teenage pregnancy 'can be positive' (Taken from the metro)

The book, Teenage Parenthood: What's The Problem?, argues teenage pregnancy is not necessarily the result of ignorance about contraception or low expectations. Its authors say the majority of teenage mothers they interviewed were more motivated to succeed at school or work because they wanted to provide for their families.

Dr Claire Alexander of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) said teenage mothers were often stereotyped as "dysfunctional and immoral.

She said: "In contrast to the ignorance, fecklessness and hazardous consequences reiterated in policy and media, our research makes it clear that young parenthood can make sense and be valued and can even provide an impetus for teenage mothers and fathers to strive to provide a better life for their children."

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/813083-teenage-pregnancy-can-be-positive

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/feb/12/teenage-pregnancy-study