SWOT’sBy Stefan Mekki

Strengths From the feedback I received from my pitch there were several

strengths with both the content of the pitch and the presentation.One of the most common strengths that was mentioned was my primary research. A lot of the comments included ‘’good primary research. Furthermore, another common comment I received was that my knowledge of the topic was good, therefore that would help me in terms of my structure and people featuring in the documentary. Another recurring strength I received in my feedback was the fact that the topic was interesting, and would be exciting to watch if put together well. Lastly, several of my classmates stated that my analysis of similar documentaries was impressive and very detailed.

WeaknessesOne of the recurring weaknesses stated in my feedback was that I

didn’t include enough content information. However due to the limited time we had to pitch, along with the fact that I had a large amount of information to include, that is the reason why I didn’t include all of my planned content in the pitch.

Along with the content, the structure was another weakness in which was mentioned during my feedback. However, the structure was not included due to the fact that at this point I didn’t hear back from several recipients in which I planned to interview, therefore I couldn't include it in the pitch.

The last weakness that was stated in my feedback was the fact that I planned to not include vox pops in my documentary. This decision was made due to the fact that Vox pops are not a convention which is often included in documentaries. Furthermore because I am including two interviews in my documentary I didn’t think it was appropriate to include vox pops as well.

OpportunitiesThe most recurring opportunity stated in my feedback was that

I have now earned the chance to break a world record. This was mentioned by everyone during my pitch.

Another opportunity I have is that my documentary is unique due to the fact that not many documentary makers have made a film on this subject, let alone break a world record whilst making the documentary.

ThreatsAlthough there were several strengths and opportunities, there

were some threats in regard to making this documentary. One recurring threat mentioned was that I might be hard to interview Ashrita Furman due to the fact that he has an extremely busy schedule. However I did plan ahead as I have set up back up people to interview (Sharran Alexander).

As I did plan to break an eating record, one of my classmates stated that I might get sick, depending on what food I was eating. Although this is true, the record I plan to break my not be an eating challenge.

Lastly, yet the most important threat was whether if I actually had a chance to break a record. Getting an adjudicator to from Guinness World Records would be difficult due to the fact that submitting your request form can take up to 9 months to process.