Planning: Pitch

DOCUMENTARY PITCH 

My very brief idea it a doumentary that focus' on the growing number of schools adapting their sujects taught in their school to not feature the "creative" and "artistic" subjects such as subjects like theatre studies, music, art, textiles, design and technology etc. Further more how the creative subjects are givien the least money for resources for students despite being in the most need. The two social groups I can interview will be students who take the creatve subjects who will justify their importance (sometimes being the only reason motivating them to come to school). The second social group being teachers, who can put across their view on why their subject is important (Jobs at risk etc) and the possible interview with Mr Carey the head teacher of a school who is very supportive of the arts in schools. 

I would like to find a school that has taken a creative subject off the GCSE or A level couse list and interview the head teacher on their thoughts (for example, belfairs did not offer a music course to this years year 12 students that caused many students leave to another school that did offer music)

According to a study conducted over 1200 schools across the UK, 90% of schools have had to make cut back on the creative subjects in terms of teaching staff, time, Money given to the subject and school facilities. This being because of the governments emphasis on the academic subjects being far more important. 

The common view on the matter is that subjects like music for example are easy and unimportant and therefore can easily be cut back. However studies show that students that play a musical instrument perform better in all core subjects aswell as having all round better creativity, problem solving and social skills. Music helps people express emotion and release stress

Being someone who has alway strived and been higher achiving in there more liberating and personal subjects i am able to put across my view of how important they have been to me in my school career and how it would affect me if they were taken away. 

For audience participation in the online media section, I will have a comment section box where viewers can tell their stories and experiences on the matter and i will also make a poll for agreeing or disagreeing with the documentarties proposed viewpoint.

I will include hashtags at the end of the documentary on the ending credits for the viewers to use in social media post who feel stongly agreed to the issue.