Kate Sargent, Sam Babington, Aaron Perks

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Pitch

Obsessive or passionate, stalkers or inspirers, people who you would think are
celebrities are instead, heroes for some eyes. Watch the journeys and extremes
of your unordinary super fans and their stories of how celebrities arent just
celebrities, but for some are instead real life heroes.
Characters
Jake Barrett Lady Gaga super fan. Jake has been since she first came
onto the scene. Jake has collected many posters and books of Lady Gagas,
half of Jakes wardrobe is either inspired by Gaga or has Gaga on them,
Jake has countless Gaga products such as; perfumes, jewellery, bags etc.
He has also gone to concerts, alone, when he had no one else to go with.
Jake got a tattoo inspired by Gaga in the same place where she has one of
her own and lastly Jake knows every single dance move to every Gaga
song.
Kylie & Jaimie Girls Aloud fans. Avid fans of over 10 years, the girls have
accumulated a lot of merchandise from the band, its not so much the
products that is what makes the girls super fans but how they act towards
the band. The pair organise movie nights to watch back old concerts that
they were at, Jaimie still remembers Cheryls vote line number from Pop
Stars The Rivals. They actually managed to meet & talk to the band as
they were getting into their coach, the band stopped and had a chat with
the two.
I hope to get in touch with a a steward/bouncer to hear what it is like
from their side, how they control these super fans when they faint and
or when they try and get to the hero.
Narrator we want a voice over in our piece, similarly to Come dine with
me because whilst still giving facts theres a comedy element to the way
its scripted and wed want someone who could portray that in just audio.

Creative Vision
Throughout the doc we are going to have a constant thread of tickets and
posters etc. to keep it dated so the audience has a feel that it has been a
journey for the super fan, and to truly see what it takes to get SO involved in
that hero. The intro sequence is going to start with one questions who is
your hero and we are going to flick through members of the publics answers
then stop at Jake our first character and introduce him.
Locations

In the persons house: to create a more personal and inviting feel within
the documentary, making the audience feel more engaged and relate to
the characters in the documentary. Perhaps showing fans products and
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fan items in the background (i.e. posters) or anything relating to their
hero
Deliberately positioned where the fan saw the celebrity e.g. the first
venue where the celebrity played, where they saw them in person, or
anything which relates back to a previous memory which can be
discussed
White based background for interviews of people at the start of the
documentary (for the montage) the location must show the difference
between our superfan characters and arguably normal interviewees

Style & visuals

Generally an unforced tone of approach not wanting to interrogate our
characters by asking questions, so that we get an idea of what they tell us
is all truthful and not forced and any lies
Voice of god: having a narrator so that the documentary will be able to
flow easier, as well as making it clear what is being discussed within the
documentary
Informal style: to conform to BBC 3 standards there shouldnt be a
serious feel to the documentary as the idea is that it id meant to be
entertaining, however not too funny that it may look unbelievable and
fake
Using a montage: having a collection of people at the beginning saying
who there heroes/aspirations are, which then juxtaposes against our
characters who say there surprising heroes. This juxtaposition should be
emphasized and there should be a clear difference i.e. change in
soundtrack, difference in locations.
Tracking/panning shots showing our fans products i.e. posters, concert
tickets etc. This should be consistent and is used to cross two scenes
together to make it flow easily and to allow the audience to understand
how much they adore their celebrity heroes
Adventurist/ clumsy sort of soundtrack: a soundtrack, which seems
informal and should be used when focusing on our super fans. An
example of a similar soundtrack would be perhaps when a
cartoon/animal is on an adventure (e.g. on the programme Hidden
Kingdom this is used to show the journey of a mouses life)

Time
Aired at 8pm, on a weekday. This is because our programme isnt explicit
so wouldnt have to be aired late, and we want as many viewers as
possible so have decided to air at peak times. It aims at a wide variety of
audiences however of course more importantly focusing on the BBC 3
target audience (16-35)


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Why we have chosen this
Relevant timing: there are more stories appearing recently which involves
the attempts of fans trying to meet there desired fans. Particularly
involving teenage girls trying to meet Boy band One Direction and Justin
Bieber
Originality: hasnt been done yet
Accessibility: have direct access to the people we want to use. They are all
local meaning easy to find and reliable sources as they are both friends.
Also more likely to tell the truth and be comfortable as our group knows
who they are
Research: Examples of super fans

One direction fans go to extreme measures to meet the band including hiding in
a bin for FOUR hours: A fan was found hidden in a dust bin as an attempt to meet
one direction by waiting for security to pass so that the fan can follow the boy band
through a back entrance

Jessie J: Friends with Fractures: When Jessie J broke her foot falling off stage, a fan
deliberately broke her foot as well and quoted "I will do anything to be just like you"

Drake forehead tattoo: Following from Drake's lyrics from his song Free Spirit "Tat
my name on you, so I know it's real" a fan literally tattooed the singer's name in big
high school varsity font on her forehead.

Brad Pitt Stalker: In 1999, a women was found sleeping in an upstairs bedroom in
Brad Pitt's house wearing his tennis shoes, sweatshirts and shorts. The women was
sentenced to 3 years probation and psychological help.

Michael J Fox: Pen Pal: A women was charged with terrorist threats for sending
around 6,000 letters to the celebrity with some containing rabbit droppings and
threats to his wife. In fact, around 800 letters were sent in the month that Michael
got married.