Running Order

Documentary: ‘Shabby Chic’
Channel: Channel 4
Scheduling: Saturday at 8:00pm- 8:30pm
Duration: 27 minutes (including advert break)

Montage of clothes shop logos gradually getting faster - 20 secs.

Suddenly stops, opening titles - 10 secs.

Voiceover introduces the topic, explaining that in a questionnaire people preferred high street clothing to designer and asking the question why this is whilst tracking shot through Liverpool town centre showing high street and designer shops - 1 minute.

Vox pop “whether you would wear clothes from charity shops” Girl standing with us looking stylish with charity clothes on – 1 minute 30 secs.

Interview with a worker at Topshop explaining whether they think people have to spend a lot of money to look good and whether you have to wear designer to look good – 1 minute.

5 MINUTES

Montage of magazine cuttings: high street clothes vs. designer, ‘Vogue’ by Madonna playing – 20 secs.

Slow zoom out from extreme close up to reveal a size zero model. Voiceover explaining how a lot of people have become obsessed with weight and that they think they have to be super skinny to look beautiful – 20 secs.

Interview with Vivienne Westwood about what she thinks about the size zero situation and if she would consider using over size 12 to model her clothes – 1 minute.

Archive footage of Fashion Label catwalks such as Chanel, Vivienne Westwood, Gucci and Burberry showing skinny models modelling them – 30 secs.

Our own version of a catwalk using models of different sizes wearing high street and charity shop clothes showing that they look good too - 1 minute.

Interview with Mary- Kate and Ashley Olsen (size zero fashion icons) talking about whether they think the media effects their weight and if they feel responsible for girls who look up to them and also talking about their own clothing range – 1 minute.

Interview with Kate Moss about her own label at Topshop and whether she shops more at high street or designer and which she prefers - 1 minute.

Montage of models in LBD’s, voiceover discussing ‘Does every woman have to own a little black dress and does it matter if its high street or designer?’ - 1 minute.

Big close up of programme title made out of clothes, jewellery and shoes etc – 5 secs.

ADVERT BREAK

Big close up of programme title made out of clothes, jewellery and shoes etc – 5 secs.

Interview with Anna Wintour and what she thinks about charity clothes. ‘Vogue’ by Madonna in background – 1 minute.