Pitch Proposal

Knife Crime: The Image

Tim Oates

Format: Documentary 

Duration - 1 x 40mins

Format: One off documentary 

Premise: A documentary following the activities of a group of London, Southampton and Glaswegian youths. Following the everyday activities of gangs.

Contents: A shocking to the bone documentary. Up close and personal track of the lives of youths in inner city estates. Following their day to day activities, talking to them and having them explain what life is really like growing up on the streets. No glamour, no encouragement just a genuine account of the lives of the people in these situations and how they deal with them emotionally and practically.

Structure: A brief introduction on knife crime in the UK, presentation of statistics graphically. Introduction and brief outline of the people we will be following. 3 groups across the above mentioned cities. Then moving into a fly-on-the-wall tracking of the groups with narration over the top. Interviews will also be involved. 

3 Part Drama.

Format: Docu-drama

Duration: 3 x 30 mins

Premise: A short drama presenting the effects of a son lost through a knife attack. Beginning at the funeral following through to the beginning of the court case,

Contents: The show will demonstrate the pressures of main stream media in families directly affected by knife crime. We plan to have it emotionally raw and have the family reactions based on real life research of people in situations similar to the one we are addressing. The victim will be a father, the breadwinner of the family.

Structure: The show will be shot as a drama with mid and long shots but the docu sense will come through interviews with the characters either singularly or as a couple. Discussing feelings towards the situation, their loss and their feelings towards the person who is to blame for all this. There will be a media fan fair gathering outside the house due to the particularly savage nature of the attack.