Recently i watched a documentary produced by the BBC, the documentary was called 'people like us'. The documentary was produced to make people have a better understanding of those who are on benefits and want to achieve best, the documentary takes us step by step and shows us how the main characters achieve this, for example there was 3 main story lines in this documentary, one being focused on Sophie who was a mother of a young baby, the BBC allowed us to get a deeper understanding of the life that she leads, they showed us two completely different scenes, one of the scenes consisted of Sophie the mother stood with her family drinking and offering the baby some of the bottle of beer whereas the other scene was Sophie telling the cameras that she is ready to stand on her own two feet and put her name down for a house whilst playing with her daughter in the living room.
The second character in this documentary was called Gareth a young boy who had a dream to be an actor, his aim was to loose weight before his university interview. The BBC showed the background he came from and where he lived, on the other hand it showed Gareth at the gym working hard to achieve what he wanted and showed his success in getting into the university he wanted to go to.
The final character was called Charlie who worked in his dads chippy, Charlies goal was also to become a professional actor playing a role of a 'gangster drug dealer'. The BBC showed Charlie working in his dads chippy to earn a bit of extra money and also showed his dad talking about passing the business down to Charlie, on the other hand it shows Charlie in a performance playing lead role and discussing how far he wants to get in the future.
By the BBC being balanced it allows the people being filmed to voice their opinions of how they want there life to be and how they see there future instead of living off the benefit system; in the show it gives of a negative image for all three of the characters before they are able to explain themselves, once they have talked about there situation it becomes clear that they do not want the life they have grown up in. By the BBC giving them the chance to change the opinion of the public it is allowing a balanced view of the show and the people in it.
The final character was called Charlie who worked in his dads chippy, Charlies goal was also to become a professional actor playing a role of a 'gangster drug dealer'. The BBC showed Charlie working in his dads chippy to earn a bit of extra money and also showed his dad talking about passing the business down to Charlie, on the other hand it shows Charlie in a performance playing lead role and discussing how far he wants to get in the future.
By the BBC being balanced it allows the people being filmed to voice their opinions of how they want there life to be and how they see there future instead of living off the benefit system; in the show it gives of a negative image for all three of the characters before they are able to explain themselves, once they have talked about there situation it becomes clear that they do not want the life they have grown up in. By the BBC giving them the chance to change the opinion of the public it is allowing a balanced view of the show and the people in it.
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