Title – Boom or Bust?
Audience – Age 15+
The rating will be 15+. There are several reasons for this, one being that it would be difficult for children below this age to understand the evolution Barnsley as gone through and will keep going through. This is the correct age rating for our film because the audience members who just make this age will watch this program and be excited of what Barnsley is going to look like when they are ready to work and live in the town but will also teach them of where Barnsley as come from and how much Barnsley had already changed. Older members of the audience who watch this documentary will enjoy watching it and it will be nostalgic and they can relate to what Barnsley was like in the past, and these people as much as others will want to know what Barnsley will look in the future and these people can fully understand and have opinions on the change Barnsley has and will go through. Our documentary can be classified as a 12 because it has none of the things that would move it to a 18+ according to BBFC, it doesn’t feature strong language or violence which are key for our documentary being 15+ not 18+, People in the Yorkshire area, people with specific interest in Barnsley. Our documentary will be broadcast on channel 4 at 7 PM, the reason for chosing channel 4 for our documentary is that channel 4 often shows documentary's about different subjects and sometimes niche subjects that are more specific such as ours.
Duration – 60 Minutes
Summary/Synopsis –
In part one of the documentary we will feature the past of Barnsley and look back at the history of Barnsley, we will feature interviews with several different people in the social standing, we will feature interviews with older people who worked in Barnsley in their youth and saw Barnsley grow, the interview will feature questions such as “what was it like working in Barnsley everyday”, “what was your first opinion when you were informed about new plans for developments around Barnsley”, “were you happy growing up in Barnsley and what was the feeling looking round at the different buildings. We’ll feature several different areas of Barnsley that are old and see how they look in the modern world; we will feature the area where the mines used to be, the old council buildings that still appear in Barnsley’s town centre area, and also the market which has become an iconic symbol of Barnsley.
In part two and three we will have an in depth look at how Barnsley has changed over the last 50 years to the present day, we will look at which buildings have changed, which are still standing, and also we will see how people have reacted to changes and if they think Barnsley has improved and become a better place to live. We will have images from inside some of the brand new buildings such as the gateway plaza, and we will show the new Barnsley College building with is quite far into its building progress but not finished yet. We will have an interview with someone who works for the council, we will ask them about both the College and Gateway Plaza but we will also ask them their feelings on the Regeneration of Barnsley, how excited are they about the new things they are building and do they have potential to build more.
In Part four we will look more into what the future holds for Barnsley, what new things are in the line to be built, we will go into detail about what Barnsley is planned to look like within 20 years. How does Barnsley 20 years in the future compare to what Barnsley looked like 50 years ago.We will look at what future plans are already in the limelight to be built, an example of this is the planned “new market”. This is a plan to modernise the old still Barnsley market to an upbeat version to match the times. This new development will cost Barnsley millions and in this day of recession we ask the people of Barnsley is it worth it, and will they be supporting it or objecting. An interview will be shown with different people in Barnsley, such as simple members of the public, workers in Barnsley, students in Barnsley and OAPs in Barnsley, to ask what they want for Barnsley in the future, would they like to see any new buildings and if so what type and why.
In the final part, we will round up all our findings and show some of the old and the new to do with Barnsley and will give our own opinion of what Barnsley is like at the moment and how it can be expanded.
