TREATMENT- WHOLE FILM- JACOB

Title: The Rise and Fall of Lola Rouge

Synopsis: The documentary is to be shown on Channel 4 at 9pm. Although there is some content that involves expletives, we plan to censor them with a bleeping sound. Showing the program at 9pm will ensure that most children will view it, and appeal to a young adult audience.

Duration: approx. 40 minutes.

The documentary dives into the life of the once popular singer/songwriter Lola who eventually, drunk on her own fame and success, entered a downward spiral of cataclysmic mistakes; including gambling, regular excess alcohol consumption and numerous public catfights with various unsuspecting celebrity “girlfriends” of hers. Now the documentary picks up 3 years since her last studio album. The documentary starts with videos of Lola in her prime (concert footage, interviews etc) with commentary from the interviewer. Then the audience is introduced to Lola as she is now in her home.Lola gives the interviewer a tour, and they sit down to talk about her life as it is now.The interviewer first asks Lola about how she began her singing career, and clips follow along with commentary from the interviewer. This is the structure for the main interview that is in the show along with the one that features in the 5 minute extract. The show is divided into 4 parts each roughly 10 minutes in length with advert time in between. Each segment concludes with a classic “coming up” feature that is a usual device in documentaries such as this. During her interview swearing is bleeped out so the program would be suitable to younger audiences. Lola talks about her life answering questions from the interviewer. As well as the footage shown outside of the interview that is played under a voiceover from the interviewer. Footage from concerts, studio performances and still images from tabloids etc. Similar to beginning, during the documentary Lola shows the interviewer an insight into her life with tours around her haunts etc.


Suggested elements:

When it comes to the footage of Lola outside of the interview the documentary adapts a “fly on the wall” style showing Lola’s day to day life, each group of clips relating to the particular section of the interview. A portion of the documentary particularly at the beginning would feature footage shot in a style that would look like a handheld camera. Some shots particularly in the 5 minute extract will be shot in black and white to create a “star like quality” Interviews will be constructed in a classic format with Lola and others sat down infront of the camera, in a brightly lit setting. Howerver in certain instances the individual been interviewed may be subject to no lighting at all to hide their identity when it comes to discussing Lola.