1. CCTV/ SURVEILLANCE
Target Audience:
-24-50 years
-Mixed gender
-Social class B and below
Channel 4:
-Wednesday 8.00pm
Style:
- Narrative

2. RESEARCH AND
PLANNING
Stands for Closed Circuit Television
• The use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, often on a limited set of monitors
• Opponents of CCTV point out the loss of privacy under surveillance, and the negative impact of surveillance on civil
liberties
• Arguments state that CCTV displaces crime, rather than reduces it. Critics often dub CCTV as „Big Brother surveillance‟
• Positive views of CCTV camera have argued that the cameras are not intruding people‟s privacy as they are not watching
private but public space where an individual‟s right to privacy can reasonably be weighed against the intended benefits of
society
• In 2007, Watchdog „Camera watch‟ claimed that the majority of CCTV cameras in the UK are operated illegally or are in
breach of privacy guidelines
Many types of CCTV camera‟s ( Eye in the sky which are primarily located on a high steel pole at airports, Dome CCTV
cameras, A mobile circuit TV Van, IP also known as a easy connect wireless IP, stands for internet protocol and allows the
public to view their cameras through any internet connection available through a computer or a 3G phone and a Wireless
security camera
Uses of security cameras can be crime preventing as in the case of James Bulger where his killers were caught on CCTV
leading him away by his killers
Surveillance cameras are most effective in parking lots where their resulted in a 51% decrease in crime where they are presen t
Public transportation saw a decrease of 23% in crime when a CCTV camera was used on a bus, train or tram
Ways in which CCTV is used:
• Traffic monitoring
• Transport safety
• Control of Retail (selection of goods, moving goods, scanning good and control in the kitchens of fast food restaurants)
• Criminal use (hidden cameras at ATM‟s can capture peoples pins)

3. SIMILAR
DOCUMENTARIES
http://www.everystepyoutake.org/
The investigative documentary “EVERY STEP YOU TAKE” digs deep into an entirely
British phenomenon: nation-wide video surveillance. It features formal interviews with police
chiefs, CCTV managers as well as experts in the fields of surveillance research and data
protection. Investigative research uncovers secrets that will make every responsible Briton
worry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aVpPHFt-_c
Henry Porter embarks on a journey to look at the surveillance technologies being used in the
UK and US today and what lies ahead. Henry also sees security expert Adam Laurie
demonstrate how insecure many of these technologies are.
2006.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSiE8s36fEM&list=PL87F8AE8367574D4D&index=1
&feature=plpp_video
From James Bond to Jason Bourne, the fictional world of spying is a world of danger and
deception, glamour and lies. But how does the myth compare with the reality?