Eden | Research

The documentary film that we will be producing is being made to suit the UKTV wildlife and science channel 'Eden'. I decided to do some research on the channel to help when deciding on a story and deciding how we are going to present the documentary.

What I Found

• The first thing I noticed about this channel is that it's aimed at a very niche audience, meaning that not many people have heard of the channel or watch it. 
• This suggests that our documentary can have quite a unique and original style while also making sure the content and information in it are up to the standards of the channel.
• The programmes featured on the channel range from "10 Things you didn't know..." to "Forecasting the End". To me, this means that the channel is quite experimental and they like having a big variety of documentaries that focus on a whole bunch of different topics. 
• The time slot our documentary will hypothetically cover is 8pm. I had a look to see what sort of programmes are on at 8pm, to give me a sort of idea on what our documentary should be based on, and how it should look in terms of style.

Saturday - Human Planet [Artic - Life in the Deep Freeze] (1hr)
Sunday - Human Planet [Rivers - Friend and Foe] (1hr)
Monday - World's Wildest City [Monkey City] (30m)
Tuesday - World's Wildest City [River Icons] (30m)
Wednesday - World's Wildest City [Urban Vultures] (30m)
Thursday - World's Wildest City [City of Giants] (30m)
Friday - World's Wildest City [Reptile Central] (30m)

• This told me that there is a variety of themes and subjects that they usually talk about at 8pm. This means that we can either focus on talking about animals and wildlife or nature, or even both. All of our ideas that we have come up with would suit this time slot very well.