JAMES

Working Title:                          US Vs THEM

Summary of the idea:
A clean game of Dodge ball in the sports hall within City Of Westminster, the participants within the the 5-10 minute game will be students, who either study but it is open to any student who wants to take part and also teachers/staff will be versing against the Students.

Legal Issues:
The Legal issues will involve health and safety, along with permission from students, teachers/staff and the enrichment team. A contract or permission form will be made to make sure the all that are going to be involved would like to filmed, also with it being alright for the footage to be breached on the college website if it was possible. To further add health and safety;

Exits – I will make sure that there are enough exits for everyone to leave the building in a short amount of time, safely.
Spillages; to ensure that the surfaces are safe and dry, so if there are spillages they will automatically be cleaned up before any situations occur.
Cables; as there will be camera equipment within the area, the cables will need to be hidden with the cable matts to make sure that no one trips over or has an accident.
Dodge balls; to make sure that the balls aren’t too firm, as the players will be throwing them at each other from waist below.
Health Kit; this may be needed as someone may endure an injury during the game so the kit will be present at all time to attend the injury quickly.
Required Space; is a must there will be a lot of equipment in the same environment around people, so the space will be needed to keep everyone clear from anything so nothing will be broken.

Overall this is will ensure that everyone including; audience, production team, participants and personell are safe at all times as anything can happen at any moment.

Content Synopsis: My idea for the pre-recorder entertainment is a game of softball/dodge ball where we will find out if the younger or older generation has a better team. This is a game/sport where they will be opposing teams (students Vs teachers) where they will throw balls at each other and dodge it. The people who dodge them and have the most people standing will win.

Target Audience: 16-35 years old as teachers and student will be involved. As the entertainment is a sport, this will be appeal to them because during primary and secondary school day’s students always used to see sports as a fun lesson. This will have a broad audience as within this generation sports is very popular, especially to men older or younger. Most participants will be studying sports between the ages 16-19 but this is an open option to those that want to take part whether they study sports or not, and surely male teachers would like to take in a challenge with their students more than females teachers would.

Resources required:

Camera/s; 4 cameras will be needed to recored the event, along with be positioned differently as well as two cameras being either hand held or placed on a tripod with or without wheels for a tracking movement. If this is done, the overall production will have a variety of shots once it has been edited so it wont look bland as dogdeball isn't a slow paced sport.
Microphone: For the presenter to announce what’s happening, who’s coming off the court, and how the game ends. The presenter will be able to interact with the audience so they can feel engaged within the game, as their opinions will be stated having a little lime light for a few seconds.

Dodge ball: as the balls will be needed to be thrown at each other, so overall 12 balls will be needed 6 on each team. Slowly as players are being taken off the court, balls will be taken as well as the players may become a little hasty at the fact the one team as so many against 1 or 2 on the other side.

Knee pads; for health and safety reasons, as they may need to get on their knees to retrieve the ball/s.

Floor tape; to let them teams know where the line is for them to know where the border line is, if you cross the line you will be off the court. Once the line is crossed, the player/s who have crossed the line will be given 2 chances if those 2 chances have been used up they will be out of the game until the final round.

Personnel required:

Students & teachers: both teams will need 6 teacher and 6 students will be needed for the game to be played.
Presenter: The presenter will be needed as he or she will need to announce what’s happening during the game, to introduce the game itself, commentary throughout the game and introduce the players and the winning team.
Cameraman; to ensure the shots are at a variety with both cameras from both prospectives.