Statement of intent (Documentary project)

 This is my statement of intent for my documentary project

Statement of Intent 

Genre /Sub-genre
Murder, mystery, kidnapping	Reason: It’s because it's easier for us to get inspiration as most of our research is about murder and kidnapping documentaries.
Topic
Bagus is a diligent student who has a crush on a girl and has a close relationship with this woman they often study together. Weeks and months pass by, Bagus confessed, though he was rejected.  Out of frustration, he stalks the girl to keep track of her whereabouts. One day, the girl went missing, as did Bagus. As time flies, friends become concerned. They decided to check on them but the girl died, and so did he.
Primary Target Audience
Demographic 17+ Indonesia and foreigners	Reason Our reason for 17+-year-old people is because there will presumably be sensitivity and violence, this will automatically make this documentary not fit for children or teenagers, and sensitive topics include explicit violence. Murder and abduction We target Indonesians as this documentary is set in Indonesia with typical Southeast Asian-looking people as actors. The background will be Indonesian villages. We decided to do this to bring up the rare and taboo topic of rape and kidnapping in Indonesia. In which they are usually censored by the Indonesian public. (subvert the norms) Also, we target foreigners by adding English subtitles so English speakers can enjoy the documentary.
Psychographic Have an interest in crime People who like mystery	Reason Since we are making a crime documentary, it is logical to target people who have an interest in crime and mystery.
Secondary Target Audience
People who enjoy school scandals or documentaries involving students	Reason People above the age of 17 can enjoy the crime documentaries such as adults who have an interest in school scandals.
Message (Dominant Reading)
Stay away from people like Bagus	Reason This is because this crime is to inform people (especially women) to avoid people like Bagus and to stay safe.
Characters
Friends of Bagus and Bagus,
Representations (groups, places, events)
The girl is represented as the victim of a boy’s vengeance for the rejection. The rejection shows the intrusive thoughts of people not getting what they want.	Our documentary will show how a certain event in life can completely change the personality of a person. Our documentary will give the changes that happen to our male actor how he disappears and gives himself a new life. A life with regret, violence, and shame.
Audience interaction / Engagement
The documentary presents the actor badly as our main actor plots revenge after the rejection. This might be relatable to some audiences as rejection is common nowadays in high school. The main character got into an unexpected situation where he had to deal with rejection but took it wrong and did something he shouldn’t have done.

Self Reflection:

The statement of intent helped us figure out representations and the targetted audience of our documentary project. With a more detailed niche that has both psychographics and demographics included. This table helped my team and I figure out the effectiveness of what should be in the documentary and what should not. We were faced with several challenges while completing the table as there were several things we didn't think of and while completing this document we still weren't sure what would be in our documentary which made answering several of these questions much more time-consuming.