Task 8

Running Order for Tattoo Documentary:

Documentary: The Human Canvas
Channel: Channel 4
Scheduling: Wednesday evening, 8.00-8.30pm
Duration: 24 minutes


Montage of images of peoples tattoos (music in background)
20 seconds

Opening titles (flick through each letter of ‘The Human Canvas’ that’s painted on body parts) display on split screen to show title.
15 seconds

Still images of old history tattoos e.g. military ones. Voiceover asking the question ‘Where did they come from?’
30 seconds

Interview with tattooist – cuts of tools etc.
1 minute 30 seconds

Footage of girl getting her tattoo.
20 seconds

Interview with person talking about tattoos, opinions and showing their tattoos
1 minute 30 seconds

Voiceover cut to prison break (show map tattoo) how this glorifies tattoos. Cut to lizard man and voxpop of reactions to him.
35 seconds

Interview with Cheryl Cole on tattoos1 minute
30 seconds

Interview with Cheryl fan who has copied her tattoo. Her inspiration.
1 minute

Voiceover explaining celebrity craze of tattoos whilst showing cuts of celebs different tattoos
20 seconds

Archive footage and pictures of Hell’s angels and about them. Rock music playing. Voiceover explaining how it makes them individual
1 minute

National identities and the different tattoos that countries get. Pride in their country
40 seconds

Voiceover about Jehovah witness’s with a shot of church.
10 seconds

Interview with a Jehovah’s Witness about not allowing tattoos in their religion.
1 minute

Montage of religious tattoos – voiceover explaining each tattoo
30 seconds

Interview with Muslim man about his views on them
1 minute

Interview with Tattooist. Point of view shot of fast motion around tattoos
40 seconds

Archive material of Miami ink (Hawaiian episode). Shows the tools and the symbolism of their tattoos
2 minutes


Advert Break – 3 minutes


Interview with doctor about tattoo removal. Cuts of removed tattoos
1 minute 30 seconds

Shots of horrible tattoos and shops
30 seconds

Show a tattoo badly removed – Archive material
20 seconds

Interview with person who wants their tattoo removed
1 minute 30 seconds

Voiceover asking if tattoo is an art form, show footage of art and tattoos
20 seconds

Interview with art critic on what he thinks if they are an art form
30 seconds

Show lizard man and tiger man. Voiceover on how people want to look different but other people don’t get it
30 seconds

Voiceover asking where will we be in the future with tattoos? What will they look like?
25 seconds

Total time: 24 minutes