Documentary
unit
Courtney Stogden
TV Shows
Music:
Arctic Monkeys,
You Me At Six,
Ed Sheeran
Jake Bugg
Neck Deep
Basement
Supernatural
Star trek
American horror story
Criminal minds
Heroes.
Films
Fast and furious
Submarine
Harry potter
Lord of the rings
Bucket list:
Camera follows
someone around
completing their
bucket list.
Festivals & experience
Leeds fest
Holidays alone
Trips away
Celebrities:
Alex turner
Russell brand
Johnny Depp
Aaron paul
Ideas
Childhood memories
Teenage life
Drugs
Smoking
Alcohol
Drama!
Career
Pressures
Education
choices
Tv shows,
Toys
Films
Food
Clothes
proposal
Idea: Kurt cobain
Format: expository / observational
Genre: special interest
Style:
Audience: Teenagers - 40 years
Intended aim: to expose the truth about Kurt Cobain
Budget:£2.50
Channel: ITV1
Developmental ideas.
Programme concept:
To follow kurt cobain throughout his life until
eventually focusing on his death. And the
conspiracies around it.
Development techniques:
I will use trial and error, looking at other
documentaries and identifying things which
I like and think are effective.
research
 Conspiracies
 Life
before nirvana
 Drugs
 Style
 Interviews
 History
 songs
planning
Production organisation:
N/A
Roles and responsibilities:
creator, manager, organisation.
Interview / Contact appointments:
Hayley, kieran, myself.
Location recces:college, media, music,
Risk assessments: N/A
Documentation: do a log book.
Schedule
Who am interviewing
date
Hayley
2nd april.
Kieran
1st april
hope
15 april
myself
Everyday.
“who killed kurt cobain”
 This
documentary is filmed by following
through Kurt Cobains life style, this
involved interviewing many different
people in his life. The documentary also
uses the camera on the front of a car
which shows the neighborhood and
surroundings this gives a better impression
about Kurts environment.
Kurt cobain
life: feb 20th 1967 – april 5th 1994
Aberdeen washington
learnt to play the drums and guitar – 5 years
More popular in seattle.
1994 – biggest rock star on the plannet
death
Just agreed to go to rehab for his heroin addiction
2.
March 30th 1994 leaves seattle
3.
09:45 – bought a gun
4.
Drops him to the airport to visit a rehab centre in LA
5.
7:55 arrived at the hospital 28 day programme
March 31st rehab centre:
1. Showed his counciler he didn’t want to be known as this
big rockstar but also didn’t want to loose it.
1.
death
1st april
1. Kurt jumped over the back wall of exudus.could have walked out
2. He ran away from rehab, didn’t go see
courtney
3. Jumped into a cab to the airport
4. 8:07 first class ticket to seatle
5. Courtney cancelled his credit card
6. Lands 12:57am
death
2nd april seattle
1. 6 hours after disappearing
2. Kurt looked to find bullets couldn’t get any
3rd april
1. Officially listed as missing person.
2. Spotted outside a takeaway round the
corner from heroin dealer
3. Charles peterson met kurt on the street
4. Out with friends at mexican restraunt
death
4th april
1. Met up with friends. happy, excited
2. Lindas tavern 11pm 12am.
3. Walked straight to the back
Death
Tuesday april 5th 24 hours.
Electician 7th april found body
contraversy
Full of drugs enough to kill a horse, no shot
gun
Different hand writing on suicide note
Offed by a drug dealer
Tom grant – private investigator
Hired by courtney to find kurt
Courtneys lawyer spoke to tom
‘the note:
‘I don’t think he wrote it I feel exactly the same way, he didn’t write it, I feel when I read it he didn’t write it that doesn’t mean you
know that could mean any one of a humber of things… at least not the top part.’

In rome courtney and kurt argued kurt said he was leaving her, after drinking, within hours kurt was fighting for his life in hospital after
taking rohypnal in his champagne.
While kurt was fighting for his life courtney told select magazine,
‘if he thinks he can get away from me that easily he can forget it ill follow him through hell.
Kurt planned to leave courtney, he was going to take their money, divorce her and take her out of his will. Courtney would have
been broke, her album would drop, and her wagon to fame was slowing disapearing.
As an effort to stop kurt removing her from his will courtney insisted he goes to rehab.
Some say he checked out of rehab others say not. Friends say he looked better and was talking about the future.
Courtney left her bag at rosmarys house, inside there were 2 notes, ‘get arrested’
The next was a hand writing practice sheet. Very very similar to the suicide note,
Hand writing analysis, concluded the last 4 lines were wrote by a different person,
He didn’t have time to take her out of his will therefore she got everything.
When kurts body hadnt been discovered she organised an electicition to fit and alarm on the greenhouse.
Could he even pick up the shot gun with all them drugs.
El duce got offered $50000 to kill kurt. El duce found hit by a train.after an interview
Courtney released her alum a week later with all kurts money and all money spent on albums
Legal and ethical considerations
Filming in public:
My documentary will be mostly inside, therefore I
wont need to look at this.
Clearances and permissions:
No I don’t.
Privacy
N.A
Libel and defamation
I need to be careful when talking about courtney
love that I am not bias and do not make an attempt
to ruin her reputation.
ofcom
Programmes must not include material (whether in individual programmes
or in programmes taken together) which, taking into account the context,
condones or glamorises violent, dangerous or seriously antisocial behaviour
and is likely to encourage others to copy such behaviour.
2.5 Methods of suicide and self-harm must not be included in programmes
except where they are editorially justified and are also justified by the
context.
2.2 Factual programmes or items or portrayals of factual matters must not
materially mislead the audience.
1.29 People under eighteen must not be caused unnecessary distress or
anxiety by their involvement in programmes or by the broadcast of those
programmes
Legal and ethical considerations
Bbc producers guidelines
Because I am talking about conspirisies it is essential I do make it fair and talk about them in
context, I need to ensure I do not put the blame on courtney love fully and ensure I say ‘this is
some peoples opinions’ as courtney love could then sue the company.
‘The sensitive use of language is also important. Suicide was decriminalised in 1961 and since
then the use of the term "commit" is considered offensive by some people. "Take one's life" or
"kill oneself" are preferable alternatives. We should consider whether a helpline or support
material should be provided, or linked to, when our output deals with such issues. The
Samaritans are usually willing to be consulted by programme makers and other content
producers about the portrayal of suicide and have published their own guidance for
broadcasters. ’
“the use of illegal drugs, the abuse of drugs, smoking, solvent abuse and the misuse of
alcohol:
must not be featured in content made primarily for children unless there is strong editorial
justification
must generally be avoided and must not be condoned, encouraged or glamorised in any
programmes broadcast pre-watershed or on radio when children are particularly likely to be
in our audience, or in online content likely to appeal to a significant proportion of children,
unless there is editorial justification
must not be condoned, encouraged or glamorised in other content likely to be widely seen,
heard or used by children and young people, unless there is editorial justification. ”
Risk assessment
Hazard
Persons
in
danger
Property at
risk
Risk controls in
place
Assessment
recommendation
s
Wires!
All crew
and
cast
N/A
The camera will
be away from
cast members
on set.
moderate
To avoid this I will
ensure wires are
positioned safely
Crowds
Cast
and
extras
The crowd
could get a
bit rowdy.
Security will be
in place.
Moderate
To avoid this I will
not over crowd
and will control
the people
involved,
Traveling
on
busses.
Cast
and
extras
By traveling
on busses
people may
not cross
roads
correctly or
may fall on
the bus.
Signs on busses
and prep talks.
Low
To avoid this I will
inform all crew
members of the
dangers on
busses.