Running order

Documentary: Batteries not included
Channel: Channel 4
Scheduling: Tuesday November 22^nd 9.00pm – 9.30pm
Duration: 27 minutes including advert breaks.

Images of some of the toys our interviewees had

Ella's favourite dolls house.

The inside of Ella's dolls house

The latest princess barbie, Horse and Carridge.

A collection of Brats, Barbies, Disney princesses and other dolls Ella had.

Another dolls house.

New board games they have to offer to children.

Ellas's teddy bears.

Beckka's teddy bear collection.

Sylvanian family set up at a dinner table (nintendo DS) with the plastic food you can buy for the toys.

Sylvanian Family sat at another dining table (jewellary box) with more plastic food.

Picnic mat and food especially made for Sylvanian family

Filming our opening title 'Batteries not included'

Lydia and Jordan placing the blocks in shot ready for stop start filming.

Jordan moving the title blocks.

Testing out filming with the lamp.

Adjusting the camera and light to get all of the blocks focused in the frame.

Changing the position of the lamp for better lighting.

Capturing the blocks for each shot.

Moving the blocks into place.

The angle of the camera so we could film the clocks for our opening title.

Second to last shot before the blocks had to be moved for the finished piece.

Filming our first interview

Jess interviewing our toy shop owner at Carousel.

Jess interviewing our toy shop owner with a hand held mic and the camera on a tripod.

Jess interviewing our toy shop owner.

The toy shop and Jess interviewing.

Lydia filming stock footage of toys in carousel.

Lydia filming toy shelves, and cutaways for the interview.

Task one: film our own interview

Research: List of popular toys

Hula Hoop Barbie
LEGO G.I. Joe
Mr. Potato Monopoly
Star Wars Figure Yo-Yo
Slinky Play Doh
Radio Flyer Match Box/Hot Wheels
Etch-A-Sketch Scrabble
Easy Bake Oven ATARI
Nintendo Teddy Bear
Water Guns Lite Brite
Silly Putty Crayola Crayons
Cabbage Patch Kids Battleship
Twister Ninja Turtles
Connect Four Tonka Toys
Strawberry Shortcake Pogo Stick
Transformers Raggedy Ann
Frisbee Hungry Hungry Hippos
Gameboy Speak & Spell
He-Man View Master
Mouse Trap Barrel O' Monkeys
Stretch Armstrong Simon
Operation Rubik's Cube
Roller Skates Jig Saw Puzzle
Slip & Slide Walkie Talkies
Erector Set Army Men
Trivial Pursuit My Little Pony
Dominos Care Bears
Model Sets Uno
Remote Control Cars Sea Monkeys
Laser Tag Chutes & Ladders
Pong Spirograph

Magic 8 Ball

Research: Questionnaires for our documentary

‘Batteries not included’
We would like appreciate if you would give us some of your time to complete this survey for target audience research into our documentary based on toys
Are you male or female? (Please circle)


Do you think toys are stereotypical to gender?


What toys did you used to have?


Are there any toys that you have now, that are still on sale?


What do you like about toys?


What do you dislike about toys?


Do you think toys set a bad example? If so what?


What was your favourite toy when you were younger?


How much do you roughly spend on toys a year?


How have toys changed since you were a kid?


Do you think children play with toys as much as they used to?


How has technology influenced the change in toys?


What is your favourite colour?


What is your favourite type of music?


When are you most likely to buy toys?