Audience feedback

Audience feedback
For a part of our audience feedback we have made a questionnair to give out to the people watching our documentary, the questions below are the questions we asked. we gave 8 people within our target audience a copy and asked them to fill in out whilst watching the documentary, listening to our raio advert and looking at our print advert.

Questionnaire

Documentary
1. On a scale of 1-5 how did you find each of the following? (1 being not very 5 being very)
• Informative ¬¬¬ 1 2 3 4 5
• Engaging 1 2 3 4 5
• Relevant 1 2 3 4 5
2. Does the title relate to the content of the documentary? Yes No

3. How did you find the technical quality?
• Sound 1 2 3 4 5• Editing 1 2 3 4 5
• Music 1 2 3 4 5
• Camera work 1 2 3 4 5
• Framing of interviews 1 2 3 4 5

4. Does the music relate to the documentary content? Yes No

5. Would it be appropriate to schedule this documentary on Channel 4? Yes No
Print advert

1. Does the print advert look like a real print advert? Yes No
2. Is it eye catching? Yes No
3. Is the image chosen relevant to the content of the documentary? Yes No

4. Does it follow the codes and convections of a real print advert? Yes No

5. Does the print advert make you want to watch the documentary? Yes No

Radio advert
1. Does the radio advert sound like a real radio advert? Yes No

2. Does the radio advert relate to the documentary? Yes No

3. Does the radio advert make you want to watch the documentary? Yes No

4. On a scale of 1 to 5 how did you find the following?
• Engaging 1 2 3 4 5

• Sound quality 1 2 3 4 5
• Music 1 2 3 4 5
Below are our results.

Our results from this questionnaire

We asked 8 members of our class to answer our questionnaire and these were the answers we got;
1. On a scale of 1-5 how did you find each of the following? (1 being not very 5 being very)
Informative- From our classroom feedback we had

4 people that answered with 4 and the other 4 people answered with 5, this allowed our group to know that our production is informative as No one rated our production lower than a four and we got good ratings for the information that is given out in the production.
Engaging- Our classroom feedback showed us that our production was engaging to most of our audience as four people rated our production with a 4 and three people rated it with a 5 and there was only one person who rated us with a 3.
Relevant- The results from the questionnaire feedback show us that the content of our production is relevant to our Title. Four people from the feedback gave us a 4 and the other four gave us a 5.


2. Does the title relate to the content of the documentary? Yes No
For this answers all the feedback from our audience shows us that our title does relate to the content within the documentary. All 8 of the Audience chose to give us a yes for this answer.

3. How did you find the technical quality?
We asked our audience about how they thought the technical quality of our production was and here are the answers:
Sound- Five members of the audience rated our sound quality as a 4 and the other three answered with a 5, this shows that are sound quality isn’t bad as we

scored over half marks from the audience.
Editing- Four members of the audience decided to give us a 4 on the editing of the documentary and the other 4 chose to rate us with a 5.
Music- The music within the documentary was used to relate the emotion with the audience, therefore the results show that two people from the audience rated us with a 4 and the other six gave us a 5.
Camera Work- The camera work in our production didn’t get rated high with the audience as one person rated us with a 3, four gave us 4 and three gave us a 5.
Framing- With the framing of interviews in our production we got rated with six people scoring us with a 4 and two people with a 5.

4. Does the music relate to the documentary content? Yes No
All the audience answered yes for this question, this let us as a group know that we have chosen the correct music for our documentary.

5. Would it be appropriate to schedule this documentary on Channel 4? Yes No
With this question all members from the audience rated us with a yes; this showed us that our documentary would be suitable to be shown on channel 4.

Print advert

1. Does the print advert look like a real print advert? Yes No
2. Is it eye catching? Yes No
3. Is the image chosen relevant to the content of the

documentary? Yes No
4. Does it follow the codes and convections of a real print advert? Yes No
5. Does the print advert make you want to watch the documentary? Yes No

With all of these answers all the members of the audience gave us a yes for each question. Our print advert tries to make people want to watch the programme just from seeing it and we believe that that is what it does. The print advert is very bright but also conveys the meaning and emotion that we want it to. We believe that people will understand the picture as it relates to the name of the programme and the slogan brings people in and will make them want to watch the documentary.

Radio advert

1. Does the radio advert sound like a real radio advert? Yes No
2. Does the radio advert relate to the documentary? Yes No
3. Does the radio advert make you want to watch the documentary? Yes No

All three of these questions were answered by

the audience and they all answered with a yes. Our radio advert has the most interesting bits of the documentary in them, we believe that this will engage the audience and make them feel like they want to find out what the documentary is about. We have many different parts of the interviews in the radio advert therefore we have many different emotions being brought into the advert.

4. On a scale of 1 to 5 how did you find the following?
Engaging- One person from our audience rated us with a 3, Five people gave us a 4 and the other two rated us with a 5.
Sound Quality- One person answered as a 3, four people gave us a 4 and the other three people answered with a 5.
Music- One person gave us a 3, two people gave us a 4 and the other five rated us with a 5.

We uploaded our documentay onto facebook to widen the feedback we get. this is some of the feedback we got.

"Music relates well to the topic of documentary.
Photos used well with voiceover.
Good use of cutaways and interviews.
The sped up section worked well and effective."

"I like the way you dont know what it is about at first because of the voxpops, the interviews are good because its interesting to hear from a specialist and someone who suffers from hair loss. all the cutaways suited the documentary and where used appropriately and the voiceover suited the topic, as did the music."

"really like the vox pops and the title sequence
the graphics for each interviewee is really good with the picture next to it. like the way the pictures that appear, appear when the interviewee starts talking about it. the music doesnt draw your attention away from the interview either. really good :-)"

Drafting News paper advert

Drafting News paper advert

When designing the print add wewanted to creat a divide of the girls face and hair. Showing one side is happy with hair and the other isnt without hair, it was difficult to make one side of the girls hair look like it isnt there however the shots which are closer up in editing looked better and more realistic that there is less hair on one side. We tryed her doing different expression, different poses and her doing differen things with her hair extensions, there was a number of good shot which were good but some looked like an advert

for make up rather than an advert for a hair documentary. To create the writing on the print add i took different screen grabs of the writing on the channel for website to make the print add look more aurthentic, this was hard work but i think that it has paid and looks like an actual channel 4 advertisment

We took several images of a girl pulling her hair out and some of her holding her hair. we felt this would be a good idea to make it seem as though she is pulling her hair out, this is because out documentary includes a section on tricotillamania.

News paper advert

We used the channel4 logo we got from the internet and edited it into the image. We changed the colour of the image to give it a more serious look because it was to light for the content of the documentary.

Codes and conventions of news paper advert

Bold central image
Starts to form a narrative
Channel
Information
Clever image
Playing round with the presenter
Colour co-ordinated
Slogan - doesnt have to be snappy
1 strong key image
Words kept to minimum
Logo
Scheduling

Radio Trailer Recording and Editing

Radio Studio: We used the radio studio to let us record our voice over for the documentary and the radio advert. Using the radio studio to do this instead of a voice recorder allowed us to make the voice sound more clearer as a voice recorder picks up every bit of movement that happens and tends to echo so being in the radio studio made sure we were isolated from any other sound and made it sound much better quality

For our radio advert we wanted to include sections from out documentary. Adobe Audition: We used Adobe audition to produce our radio advert, this allowed us to cut the sections we want out of the actual production and let us change the sound levels so they all link together. Some sound leveles where much lower than others so the sound had to be changed to that the radio advert's sound was equal.

Scripting the radio trailer

For our radio trailer we decided to take sections from our documentary and put it into the trailer we included a voiceover where the name of the documentary was given and the time, date and channle it was being aired.



This is the script to out radio trailer.

Vox pops
Voice over 'Hair, Billions of pounds are spent cutting it, cleaning it and making it perfect. But what if you didn’t have it?'
Part of the interview with the Trichologist
Part of the interview with Hair loss sufferer
Voice over ‘What’s your style? Hair, you either have it or you don't. Thursday at 9 on 4'

Codes and conventions of radio trailers

Vox pops first
Voice over: 'Hair, Billions of pound are spent cutting it, cleaning it and making it perfect. But what if you didnt have it?'
Part of the interview with the Trichologist
Part of the interview with Hair loss sufferer
Voice over: 'Hair, you either have it or you don't. Thursday at 9 on 4'

Voice over recording

our audience feedback from our questionnaire we conducted, most people wanted to hear a women voiceover in a documentary and because of our target age .... we chose a girl who was in that target range. This voiceover is played when a collage of celebrities appear on the screen, this also links to the voiceover which follows.

When we recorded the voiceover we used the radio studio we did this because then the quality of the voiceover will be better than if we used a dictaphone. Once this was done we added the voiceover into our work we had already done in Adobe Premier here we edited the voiceover and added it were we needed it

Scripting voice over

To go with the documentary we had to record a voice over. this is the script for out voice over.

Celebrity collage voiceover:

We spend billions of pound a year on hair, to look after our hair, keep up with hair fashions or to recreate our favourtie celebrities' looks. Many people admire celebrity hair styles and men are no exception Actor Patrick Dempsey was chosen the male celebrity with the most wanted hair for men. Also when out nation's sweetheart, Cheryl Cole, dyed her hair red, red bos dyes flew of the shelves, but would we want these celebrity styles if they didnt have any hair at all?

Trichologist

Some people unfortunately suffer from hair loss caused by stress, fungal infections, certain medicines, hair loss can also be caused be a serious operation or pregnancy and some have a serious case called tricholillomania whihc is the compulsive urge to pull out their own hair. It is recognized as a disorder leading to noticable hair loss, distres, and social or functional impairment. It is often chronic and dificult to treat.

Hairdresser Information

When it comes to happiness at work, hairdressers are a cut above therest. Hairdresser are the happiest worker in the UK, with two out of five syaing they are very content in their job. Clitens appreciate them because they make people feel good and look good, Hairdresser also have he opportunity to be theri own bosses. Part of their happiness in work is making clients happy with how hairdressers make them feel.

These were all the original scripts for the voice overs in our documentary however we had to cut them down to fit the size of the cut aways between interviews to link them together.

Editing

For our documentary we desided to create one on hair. To edit our documentary we used adobe premier pro, we captured the documentary then began to edit. this was a difficult part of the process this is because it was very time consuming. the images below are screen shots of the porcess we went through.

After the questions were edited out of the interview we had to choose cutaways which would fit in with the answers from the interviewee. These cutaways were also able to hide jumps between the answers, when choosing these cutaways we found footage for our trichologist interview from an embarassing bodies programme on tricholomania. However we had to write a letter to see if we could use this footage:
Channel 4,
I am a media student from Weatherhead Media Arts college in Wirral. I am in my second year of my media course and am producing a Documentry about Hair.
I am writing to you to ask for permission to use a section of "Embarressing Bodies" as archive footage within my documentry.
If possible could you please reply with your answer.
Thankyou.
Also after all the editing of the interviews and all the cutways were in the interviews, we recorded a voiceover to fit in with the documentary. We used the ice radio studio to do this,We used these interviews to introduce the documentary and to change subject from hair loss to being a hairdressers.

Edit decision list

Logging

Filming the documentary

theses are some photograpic evadence that all our filming is our own.

Trichologist interview













hairdressers interview








opening titles

Mise en scene and Story board

These are the story boards for our documentary, we did this before our filming t help organise and plan what we where going to do.

Youtube clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUXCoEdDrEM

Formal proposal

Topic

The Topic we have choosen for our documentary is hair, we have choosen this because of the broadness of the question there are a variety of different people who we can talk to about either their hairstyles or others hairstyles.
For an example we are going to talk to barbers, hairdressers, ethinc hairdresssers and high end or low end hairdressers.
Style of Documentary

We have also chosen to make out explository documentary, were we will have a 'voice-of-god' narration which addresses the viewer and is anchored by the images we will use in out documentary.
We chose to do this type of documentary because the voice-of-god narration will directly address the audience, which we make the audience feel part of the discussion, also if we choose a male voice over it will add authority to the documentary.
Type of Documentary

We are making a documentary on hair, which is immediately associated with the outside image, which also links to fashion therefore this is the style of documentary.
Channel and scheduling


Through our own research on scheduling we have realised that documentaries are usually seen, in the evening.
I believe this is done because documnetaries are aimed at adults and teenages, therefore documentaries must be scheduled for this time because they are home from work and school so they can focus on the programme.
Also following the audience research, the people who have answered our questionnaire have also realised were documentaries would be placed in the scheduling.
Also following the audience research, most of the people who we asked said that they would usually see documentaries on either channel four or BBC 2, this is also true looking at my scheduling research.
Target Audience

The style and type of my documentary will appeal mostly to women, this is because the documentary is about hair. However more and more men and becoming more interested in there appearance, this is evident from the audience research.
This documentary could appeal to hairdressers and barbers therefore some men could also be attracted to this documentary.
The target audience age rage for the documentary would be 15-40 years this is because it is a broad audience.
Primary Research

In order to create our documentary on hair we will have to conduct varies pieces of research, we will need both primary and secondary research.
The primary research we have conducted and will conduct are the questionnaire and the interviews we will do in the filming of the documentary.
The questionnaire has given us ideas of what the audience will want to see in a documentary, how important hair is to them, weather or not they follow hair fashion.
This has helped us with ideas of how to appeal to people who dont often watch documentaries and how we can adapt the interest in hair to this.
The interviews which we will film can also appeal to this audience who filled in the questionnaire because they can give these people advice on hair and could make these people more interested in hair fashion.
Secondary Research

The secondary research which we have conducted is a timeline of hairstyles throughout the decades, this will appeal to older audiences this is why our target audience is broad.
This will appeal to the older audience because some hairstyles which will be in this documentary, they could have had that hairstyle or sould have bin jealous of that hairstyle.
We have done this for both men and women so try and appeal to the male audience. Also we have research hair facts these could be used as graphics in the middle of the screen.
Also so we are appeal to a wide range of hair types we have research ethnic hairstyles, this is because other hair types need different hairdressers and treatments.

Running order

Thursday, 7 October 2010Running Order
Channel: Channel 4
Scheduling: Thursday 25th November 9:30- 10:00pm
Duration: 27 minutes (including advert)

• Establishing the plot of the documentary- summary -30 secs
Grabs the audience’s attention and makes them watch more
• Opening titles - 20 secs
• Tracking shot of people sitting in a line with their heads down
So we can see all their hair, when it gets to the end they swish
Their hair. - 30 secs
• Interview with three people about why they their hair. -1 minute 30
• Interview with high end hairdressers about how they like to
Make peoples hair different and nice. - 2minutes
• Montage of woman’s hairstyles through the decades - 30 secs
• Interview with older woman who have had these hairstyles - 1 minute
• Archive material of different celebrities performing or being
Filmed by paparazzi in the 70’s, 80’s….. - 1 minutes 30
• Archive footage of these hair styles being done- - 30 secs
• Vox pops of people in Liverpool who have crazy hair - 2 minutes
• Close up of someone’s hair pan out and they shake their hair - 20 secs

ADVERT BREAK

• Close up of a hair style, then pan around the head with the title
Superimposed - 20 secs
• Different hair styles from the past and present being shown with
A voice over talking about how things have changed in the hair
industry. – 1 minute
• Interview with a Barbour about his job, and then footage of him
Doing a persons hair. - 1 minute 30
• Interview with a person who hairdressers old people, then with
A montage of elderly peoples hair, with a voice over. - 2 minute 30
• Interview with all three hairdressing experts about the
Cosmetics which they use on different hair and voicing their
Opinions on one and other are choices. - 1 minute 30
• Montage of different things that are used on hair, with a
Voiceover describing the products. -30 secs
• Interview with a elderly person after getting there hair done - 1minute 30
• Archive footage of elderly people getting there hair done - 30 secs
• Interview with a man and a woman who have had their hair
Done in a top salon. Asking why they go their and what they
Prefer about it. – 2 minutes
• Interview with a top stylist from the 80’s with archive footage - 2 minutes 30
• Archive material of hair models, modelling different styles from
The past 40 years. – 1 mitute 30
• Ending credits - 1 minute

Interview Questions

High end hairdresser- voodou

1. What interested you in being a hairdresser?

2. How long have you been qualified to be a hairdresser?

3. Do you enjoy being a hairdresser?

4. What makes your job so enjoyable?

5. What is the most dramatic hair style you have done?

6. How often do you get your hair done?

7. Do you feel a pressure to have your hair perfect because you are a hairdresser?

8. Weekly how many clients do you have?

9. What is the most common hair colour you are asked for ?

10. Have you ever had anyone not happy with their hair cut or colour?

11. How did you respond?

12. Is your hair important to you? how would you feel if you didn't have any?

Sarah J's hairdressers

1. How many clients do you normally see in your salon?

2. How much do you normally charge for a cut and colour?

3. What is the most popular haircut/Style?

4. Do you sell products in your salon?

5. What is the best seller?

6. What made you get into hairdressing?

7. Hairdressers always come top in a survey for people who enjoy their jobs the most. do you enjoy your job?

8. Who cuts and styles your hair?

9. How long have you been a hairdresser?

10. Is your hair important to you? how would you feel if you didn't have any?

Trichologist

1. Why did you decide to become a trichologist?

2. How long did it take to train to be a trichologist?

3. When did you become qualified?

4. What do you enjoy about your job?

5. How many people do you see a week?

6. What is the oldest and youngest people you have seen?

7. What is the average age of the people you see?

8. On average how much do people spend on this treatment?

9. Do you take extra care of your own hair because of your profession?

10. How are people referred to you?

11. Is your hair important to you? how would you feel if you didn't have any?

Barbers Questions

1. What made you want to become a barber?

2. What made you choose to become a male hairdresser rather than a female hairdresser?

3. How many clients do you see a wek?

4. What is the most popular hair cut you do?

5. How long did it take you to become a qualified barber?

6. Do you enjoy your job?

7. What makes your job enjoyable?

8. What is the age range for your clients?

9. How often do you get your hair cut?

10. How important is your hair to you?

11. How would you feel if you didny have any hair?

Trainee Hairdresser

1. When did you begin your training?

2. How long did you have left of your training?

3. Have you ever done a dramatic hairstyle?

4. What are you already qualified to do?

5. What made you want to get into hairdressing?

6. Do you feel you need to have to have nice hair because your a hairdresser?

7. How often do you get your hair done?

8. Have you ever had a disaster when doing somones hair?

9. Whos hairstyles do you envy?

10. How important is your hair to you?

11. How would you feel if you didnt have any hair?

Results

These are the analysed results.

For this question we specifically asked 28 people what gender they are. 14 people where male and 14 where female, beacsue of these results the documentary will include aspects that male audiences can relate to.

My results show that the mojority of the people i asked were 15-20 years old, this will help to deside the target audience of the documentery.

Brainstorming documentary

• Voxpops
• interview with male barber
• interview with high end hairdresser
• interview with trainee hairdresser
• interview with trichologist
• interview with a hairdresser and transplant reciver
• cutaways of hairbrushes, hair rolles, mirros, people getting their hair done.
• images of celebrities with trichology treatment
• celebrities with inspiring hair

Research For documentry

Timeline research- http://www.ukhairdressers.com/history%20of%20hair.asp

16th century Queen Elizabeth was the main female icon and set the trends for the era. Her lily-white complexion and red tresses set women everywhere rushing for copious amounts of white face powder and red wigs.

18th century saw the emergence of elaborate wigs, mile-high coiffures and highly decorated curls. White powdered wigs with long ringlets were the order of the day often tied back with a black bow for men or decorated with feathers, bows and garlands for women. Big hair was definitely the ‘in’ thing and many styles were modelled over a cage frame or horsehair pads – the bigger the better. Some immensely tall coiffures took hours to create and were heavily starched and powdered.
imaginative ladies to create mini-bird cages complete with birds on top of their heads!
Following the decadence of the previous era,


Victorians took a much more subdued and puritanical line. Middleclass ladies, although not abandoning make-up completely, did tone things down considerably with more of an emphasis on natural beauty. Hair was supposed to look sleek, shiny and healthy and styles were altogether more elegant and demure. The hair was often smoothed down with oils and curled into long ringlets, fringes were short and decoration was more subtle.
Hairnets were often worn during the day to keep curls
confined and clipped to the back of the head with a simple ivory comb or black bow. Later in the century hair was often plaited and wound into heavy coils pinned neatly to the nape of the neck. Neatness was the order of the day and ‘loose’ hair would have been considered vulgar. Men of the time kept their hair relatively short, pomaded with macassar oil and most would have worn some form of moustache, beard and sideburns.

1920’s society very much abandoned the puritanical standards and constraints of Victorian life. The ‘Roaring Twenties’ saw the emergence of short, bobbed and waved styles, signifying the new independent, free-spirited, free-woman ethos of the day. Women increasingly had access to cinema and theatre and trends were set by the ‘superstars’ of the time.

1940’s women continued to follow their on-screen idols, with the emphasis on feminine, romantic styles. Soft curls falling onto the shoulders or long, wavy natural looks were popular and for the first time sun-tans became popular – probably inspired by Hollywood starlets. Of course these styles would have been saved for evening wear – as the war years raged something of a more practical nature was needed. Many women worked either on the land or in the munitions factories, and as shampoo and non-essential items were hard to come by fashion was often dictated by practicality. Practical women wore their hair in a neat roll around the nape and over the ears, often covered with a headscarf knotted at the front
leaving only the fringe exposed. Plastic hair rollers were an essential part of styling as was styling lotion to hold the hair in place for as long as possible.

1950’s, with the constraints of war at an end, glamour became popular and women attempted to achieve a look what implied ‘domestic goddess’ The impression that all household chores could be accomplished whilst still looking stylish and well groomed was aspired to. Returning to the home duties after the demands of war-time meant women could spend more time on achieving the ‘50’s ideal of beautyHair began to suffer abuse however and was teased, sculpted, sprayed, permanently waved and forced into perfectly formed curls. Hair often resembled a perfect
helmet and women started to visit salons on a weekly basis for he ‘shampoo and set.’ Men of the day were also prepared to spend time copying their idols James Dean and Elvis and greased back hairdo’s were coupled with long, heavy sideburns.

1960’s. Complex hair styles were definitely ‘out’. Women were once again moving into the workplace and needed to adopt a more achievable style for a day-time look. Many favoured short, back-combed hairstyles that could be quickly styled and held in place with hair spray, softened with a long, feminine fringe. Younger women who left their hair longer tended to wear it loose or in a simple ponytail, adorning it with flowers or ribbons during the fashionable ‘hippy’ phase. Both hair and make-up was kept simple, the emphasis being on natural, healthy looks – the all American girl-next-door look was widely popular.
Blonde was the colour to be and darker hair was often given
highlights and the sun-kissed look by soaking strands of hair in lemon juice and sitting in the sun.

1970’s. Manes of free-falling curls, soft partings and long fringes were complemented by bronzed skin and glossy lips, soft tailored clothes and the ultimate aim was soft, feminine and romantic. The cult-series ‘Charlies Angels’ depicted everything that ‘70’s woman should be. Even male styling became softer with ‘feathered’ cuts, highlights and soft layers. Use of products was limited as the aim was ‘natural’ looking hair and products were marketed accordingly with an increase in the use of plant and herb extracts.
Towards the end of the era though, certain sections rebelled against this floral, romantic image and the distinctive if somewhat shocking looks of the ‘Punk’ briefly pre-vailed. Spiked hair, dyed vivid primary or fluorescent colours, tattooed scalps or outrageous Mohicans ‘graced’ the high streets.

1980’s saw less constraints and more freedom of choice in styles and trends. People were no longer prepared to conform to a set image and many variances occurred. On the one hand were the ‘power dressers’ – immaculate women with strong tailored clothes and meticulously groomed hairstyles. The long-bob was highly favoured-precisely cut and evenly curled under, a good hairdresser was an essential part of this woman’s life. This woman’s hairstyle reflected ‘control’, a busy work life, a hectic social life but on top of it all –
even her hair style!The rebellious element on the other hand were busy following Madonna’s ever-changing style and were willing to sport unconventional, choppy off-coloured hairdo’s, to match their unconventional, eccentric clothing.

1990’s hair and beauty styles were constantly changing and pretty much anything was acceptable. A huge fad was the ‘Rachel’ cut, Jennifer Aniston’s character in ‘Friends’ hair was long and sleek with longer length layers, a ‘grown-out’ fringe and framed with highlights around the face. Also extremely popular were short, choppy styles as Meg Ryans and many variations on the same theme. Messed-up hair was very much in but whether long or short it seemed the whole world had definitely gone blonde! Multi-toned highlights, all over blonde – any shade of blonde in fact, even previously brunette models and film stars turned blonde. With golden tresses and full, pouty glossy lips and sultry eyes the look was definitely a throwback to the Bridget Bardot ‘Sex Kitten’ style.

Men on the other hand were very minimalist in their approach – shaved heads being the order of the day. In fact anything over an inch was deemed long and there was a new trend for products. Prior to the nineties men had made do with shampoo alone, or occasionally pinched the girlfriends hair gel but the ‘new man’ image encouraged companies to produce all kinds of new products for men. With new all-male packaging of men’s toiletries it became completely acceptable for men’s bathrooms to sport as many products as females.

Facts about hair http://www.ukhairdressers.com/news3.asp
A blonde head of hair has usually much more strands than red or dark hair heads.
Hair consists mainly of keratin, which is also responsible for the elasticity of fingernails.
A single hair has a thickness of 0.02 - 0.04mm, so that 20 - 50 hair strands next to each other make one millimetre.
Hair is strong as a wire of iron. It rips after applying a force equivalent to 60kg, only after it stretched itself for about 70%.
Even on a good hair day, everyone loses at least 40 to 100 strands.
The average scalp has 100,000 strands, or just fewer than 1000 per square inch.
We are born with all our hair follicles. Some are programmed to grow pigmented hair (as on our scalp) up to 3 feet in length.
In America in '96, 38 million men and 19 million women experience common hair loss determined by heredity.
The trait for baldness can be passed down through paternal or maternal genes.
Hormone imbalance and crash dieting can trigger temporary hair loss.

The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery announced its top celeb manes -http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Photos+Best+Hair+Hollywood/3536555/story.html

• Penelope Cruz won the Best Hair vote, followed closely behind by Jennifer Aniston.


• Jennifer Aniston claimed second place in the hair contest, nabbing 40% of the votes.


• 17% of voters thought reality star Kim Kardashian has the best hair.


• Singer Beyonce Knowles drew nine per cent of votes.

• Actor Patrick Dempsey was chosen the male celeb with the manliest mane, with 54 per cent approval.


• Hugh Jackman earned 24 per cent of votes in the hair contest.


• Johnny Depp earned 10 per cent of votes for his shaggy mane.


• 12% of voters thought actor Tom Cruise has the best hair.