We had to conduct research on our target audience and had to construct a questionaire so we could gather information about the audience's knowlegde on the subject we are focusing our documentary on. By doing a questionaire and handing it out to our target audience we can find out peoples likes and dislikes and people's opinions about the subject which will help us make decisions about the content about the documentary and will result in statistical information that we can use as evidence in our documentary. Some of the answers that are produced in the questionaire can also help us find possible questions that we will use in the documentary. By doing this questionaire, it will also help us to decide when we should broadcast our documentary as we can find out what time of day is most popular for our target audience to be watching the tv and we can find out what tv channel is most popular to our target audience so we can get the biggest amount of viewers who will be interested in wacthing the documentary.
Here is the questionaire that we handed out to thirty people-
Q1. How old are you? ________________________________________________
Q2. Are you Male or female?
Q3. What is your favourite type of biscuits? ________________________________________________________
Q4. Are you a dunker?
Q5. When you have a cup of tea or coffee do you have a biscuit with this? _____________________________________________________
Q6. Do you have a wide range of biscuits in your house? ____________________________________________________________
Q7. Do you prefer chocolate biscuits or plain biscuits? _______________________________________________________________
Q8. Have biscuits changed since you where a child? If so how? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Q9. What is your favourite TV channel?
_____________________________________________________________
Q10. What time of day do you watch TV the most? _____________________________________________________________
Q11. What is the first biscuit you remember from your childhood? __________________________________________________________________
Q12. Have you ever made biscuits yourself? __________________________
Q13. Do you always have to buy branded biscuits? _____________________________________________________________
Q14.How many biscuits do you eat per week? __________________________________________________________________
Q15.Do you think a Jaffa cake is a cake or a biscuit? __________________________________________________________________
Q16.Have you ever tried an Oreo biscuits? If so what made you want to try one? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Q17. What is your least favourite type of biscuit? _________________________________________________________________
Q18. Who do you eat biscuits with? __________________________________________________________________
Q19. When you have guests in your home do you offer them biscuits? __________________________________________________________________
Q20. Have you ever eaten a full packet of biscuit without realising? _________________________________________________________________
We handed out the questionaire to 30 people and these are the answers we got:
Q1.How old are you?
Our first question was to ask people what there age is so we can look at the opinions of our target audience and we know what age likes what. From doing this we can also find out what TV channel our target audience is most interested in and what time of day they will be tuned into the TV.
Q2. Are you male or female?
Our second question was to see whether the people we handed out the questionnaire to was male or female. So we could compare the opinions of the males and females and see if there is any difference and see if something was more popular with males than females.
Q3. What is your favourite type of biscuits?
For our third question on the questionnaire we decided to ask people what there favourite type of biscuit. This would help us know what biscuit’s are popular and our target audience are interested this and we can consider this when we are filming things like cut away shots as we can include photo’s of these types of biscuits as this will appeal to people. We could also use this when we are asking questions to the public as if we ask them the question about a certain type of biscuit we can ask the public about it and the question may appeal to them more.
Q4. Are you a dunker?
For our fourth question we decided to ask the audience whether they dunk there biscuits in a drink. People drink a lot of tea and coffee every day and we wanted to see if people were to have biscuits with there drinks. We found out from doing this that that the majority of people do have biscuits with there drink as 21 people out of 30 said that they where a dunker. This could mean we could involve tea and coffee in our documentary at some points such as cut away shots to make It personal to the viewers which will make it more appealing.
Q5.When you have a cup of tea or coffee do you have a biscuit with it?
For the fifth question on our questionnaire we asked people when they have tea or coffee do they have a biscuit with it. We found out that half do have a biscuit and half do not.
Q6. Do you have a wide range of biscuits in your house?
For our sixth question on our questionnaire we asked people if they have a wide range of biscuits in there house so we could find out if biscuits was a poplar thing to have in people’s homes and we found out that most people did not have a wide range of biscuits in there house’s as 23 people said no they did not have a wide range of biscuits in there houses and only seven people said that they did.
Q7. Do you prefer chocolate or plain biscuits?
For the 7th question on our questionnaire we asked people whether they preferred chocolate or plain biscuits. We asked this so we knew what type of biscuits was more appealing when considering cut away shots and voxpox questions and also question we will use in the main interview.
Q8. Have biscuits changed scince you where a child if so how?
For the 8th question we asked people if biscuits have changed scince they were a child. We asked a wide range of ages on our questionnaire so we could get a good opinion’s on how biscuits have changed over generations and how they have modernised. 17 people thought that biscuits have not changed this may be because they can’t remember or they have not actually changed. Other people thought they were more variety.
Q9. What is your favourite TV channel?
For the ninth question in our questionaire we asked people what is there favouite tv channel and we found out that channel four is the most popular. We asked this question as it will help us decide with tv channel we want our documentary to be put on and this would help us know which one is the most suitable to air our documentary on as it would not be successful and get lots of views if we put it on a tv channel where noone out of our target audience is going to be interested in. I think this has help us made the decision about which tv channel to put it on.
Q10. What time of day do you wacth tv the most?
For the next question in relation to the last question we asked people what time of day they will be watching the tv this will help us decide what time we want to put the documentary on the tv as it will help us know when we will get the most views and the most people will see it. The questionaire told us that the evening is the most popular time to put it on the tv and we know people will be interested in watching the tv at this time.
Q11. What is the first biscuit you remember from your childhood?
For the 11th question we aksed people what biscuit they remembered the most from there childhood. We found out that party rings where the most rememberal biscuits just after jamie dogders.
Q12.Have you ever made biscuits yourself?
We aksed this question to see if biscuits was special or personal to anybody and we found out that the there was a greater amount of people who have not made biscuits compared to the number that have.
Q13.Do you buy branded biscuits?
We asked this question to find out whether it was only branded biscuits that the public was interested in spending there money on and we found out that 18/30 people said they do not always have to but branded biscuits but 12 out of 30 said they always bought branded biscuits.
Q14.How many biscuits do you eat per week?
We asked this question to see if biscuits where a big part of people's lives and eaten them a lot this would also help us understand the interest we would get for our a documentary and how many people would watch it, we found out that 4 people said they eat 20 or more and 22 people said they only eat one to ten!
Q15.Do you think Jaffa cakes are a cake or a biscuit?
We asked this question as we want to make this question an issue in our documentary and we could use the staticics we gained from the answers on the voice over in our documentary. We found out that 22 people out of 30 thought that a jaffa cake was infact a cake and not a biscuit.
Q16.Have you ever tried an Oreo?
Most people had tried an Oreo and it was interesting that the people that had not eaten one were aware of them through advertisements.
Q17.If yes what made you try one?
This showed us that the majority of people tried Oreo because of what it looked like, it also showed us the advert encouraged people to try them.
Q18.What is your least favourite type of biscuit?
This showed us that the least favourite biscuit is rich tea, from this we can now ask people do they like it and if not why?
Q19.Who do you eat biscuits with?
This question was to see whether people prefer eating biscuits alone, or with their friends or family
Q20.When you have a guest do you offer them a biscuit?
This question was to see whether the majority of people offer biscuits to guests at their house
Q21.Have you eaten a full pack of biscuits without realising?
This greater amount showed us how biscuits can be addictive without realising and also it helped us think about how many packets would be sold in a week.
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Brainstorm Of Content :
Before beginning to make our documentary me and my group had to brainstorm our ideas to come up with the best possible outcome for our documentary. We had to think of as many different ideas as we could for many different aspects of the documentary such as a conflict that could happen within the documentary. Another aspect we had to discuss is a suitable voice over for our documentary that would appeal to the target audience and relate to the topic of the documentary. Another aspect is possible cut away shots we could use for the documentary as we had to make them relevant to the topic. We also had to discuss possible archive material that we could use in the documentary and possible interviewee's that we could use in our documentary and we had to decide on appropriate sound or music we could use in the documentary as we also had to make it relevant to the topic.
Possible Interviews :
People in the town centre (Range Of Ages)
Supermarket Manager
Oreo Representative
VOXPOPS
Nutritionist
Archive Material :
Biscuit Adverts
Biscuit Factory Footage
Footage From Other Biscuit Documentaries
Biscuits being packaged
Still Images Of Biscuits
Muisc We May Use :
Music used in previous biscuit adverts
Upbeat Music - Nothing to serious
Music used in previous Coffee/Tea Adverts. - To tie in with biscuits and tea.
Reconstructions :
An old lady offering people in her house tea and biscuits
Someone in a supermarket buying biscuits
Someone eating biscuits at home
Someone stealing their favourite biscuit from their friend
Supermarket biscuit shelf
Cutaway Shots :
Biscuits In A Tin
Biscuits On A Table
Money
Biscuit Logos
Biscuit Packaging
Voiceover Style :
Womens Voice
Mans Voice
Informative
Light Hearted
Unbiased
Questions for Interviewees:
1. What is your favourite biscuit?
2. If you had guests at your house would you offer them biscuits?
3. How old were you when you had your first biscuit?
4. What was it?
5. Do you have biscuits with your tea?
6. How many biscuits do you eat a week?
7. Do your prefer biscuits or chocolate?
8. Do you buy branded biscuits
9. Do you think branded biscuits cost too much?
10. What is your favourite brand of biscuit?
11. What is your least favourite biscuit?
12. Do you check the nutritional information biscuits before buying?
Questions for biscuit salesperson:
1. How often do you have to restock your biscuit shelves?
2. How many packs of biscuits do you sell on average per week?
3. Do branded biscuits sell more then non-branded biscuits?
4. Do the biscuits with lower amount of calories sell more?
5. Does the quality of the packaging of a biscuit affect the sales?
6. How much do you spend on an advertising campaign for a new biscuit?
7. How much does an average biscuit making factory cost to run?
8. How many stores nationwide can we find your biscuits?
9. Are there some areas of the country that you focus more on marketing?
10. Which area of the country to you sell the most biscuits?
Possible Interviews :
People in the town centre (Range Of Ages)
Supermarket Manager
Oreo Representative
VOXPOPS
Nutritionist
Archive Material :
Biscuit Adverts
Biscuit Factory Footage
Footage From Other Biscuit Documentaries
Biscuits being packaged
Still Images Of Biscuits
Muisc We May Use :
Music used in previous biscuit adverts
Upbeat Music - Nothing to serious
Music used in previous Coffee/Tea Adverts. - To tie in with biscuits and tea.
Reconstructions :
An old lady offering people in her house tea and biscuits
Someone in a supermarket buying biscuits
Someone eating biscuits at home
Someone stealing their favourite biscuit from their friend
Supermarket biscuit shelf
Cutaway Shots :
Biscuits In A Tin
Biscuits On A Table
Money
Biscuit Logos
Biscuit Packaging
Voiceover Style :
Womens Voice
Mans Voice
Informative
Light Hearted
Unbiased
Questions for Interviewees:
1. What is your favourite biscuit?
2. If you had guests at your house would you offer them biscuits?
3. How old were you when you had your first biscuit?
4. What was it?
5. Do you have biscuits with your tea?
6. How many biscuits do you eat a week?
7. Do your prefer biscuits or chocolate?
8. Do you buy branded biscuits
9. Do you think branded biscuits cost too much?
10. What is your favourite brand of biscuit?
11. What is your least favourite biscuit?
12. Do you check the nutritional information biscuits before buying?
Questions for biscuit salesperson:
1. How often do you have to restock your biscuit shelves?
2. How many packs of biscuits do you sell on average per week?
3. Do branded biscuits sell more then non-branded biscuits?
4. Do the biscuits with lower amount of calories sell more?
5. Does the quality of the packaging of a biscuit affect the sales?
6. How much do you spend on an advertising campaign for a new biscuit?
7. How much does an average biscuit making factory cost to run?
8. How many stores nationwide can we find your biscuits?
9. Are there some areas of the country that you focus more on marketing?
10. Which area of the country to you sell the most biscuits?
Initial Idea :
To begin with me and my fellow group members sat down and discussed what we thought would make a documentary entertaning. We decided that if we had the main presenter of our documentary walking through a busy town centre asking people to do a survey, which would feature questions such as their favourite mobile phone, this would be our first scene, which would then lead onto our second scene, which would be our interview, we also said that we would feature cutaway shots to give the documentary a more proffesional look and feel.
We then discussed the main codes and conventions of an interview and which ones would be best to incorporate in our own interview
We decided to use cutaway shots and also interviewing techniques we had picked up upon such as displaying the question being asked on the screen before the interviewee answers the question, and them immediately cutting to their answer. The next step was to decide on where the interview would take place, due to lack of time and easy accesibility, our media classroom was used to hold our interview. With the basic layout and plan for our interview set up, all there was left to do was to find someone within the group who was willing to be interviewed.
TV Scheduling -
The schedule for each day can be broken down into clear segments and there are different categories for these segments and each one has its own target audience so the channel will play something appealing for the viewers when they know they will be watching the tv.
These categories include-
Daytime tv
Early morning
Prime time
Night time
Each one of the segments has its own target audience as early morning viewers is aimed at workers you have to get to work and there children to school, Daytime television is aimed at house wives as most other people will either be at work or college and these are mainly the only type of people that will be home in the day, prime time tv has something for everyone as this is the part when most people will be tuned into the tv. Night time tv is mainly for students as they are most likely to be watching at this time.
I think that the most popular genre’s on tv today are soap opera’s and the news and the people who make the schedule for these genre’s know when there target audience will be watching and this may be one of the reasons for there success because if it was on in the day time people would not be able to view it.
Each terrestrial channel also has its own target audience as certain types of people will watch some channels but not others so when making something that is going to air on the tv they have to consider what channel there target audience will be watching and try and air it on that channel.
For bbc1 the target audience will be middle age or middle class people
For bbc 2 the target audience is educated people
For itv1 the target audience is quite broad and reaches the biggest number of people which is the working class target audience
Channel four has a target audience of students
And channel five is a problematic channel as they are trying to compete with itv1 and have as many viewers and try to give something for everyone.
Tv channel schedule is taken up a lot of the time with repeats and each channel has a different percentage of the time that takes up repeats
For bbc1 10% of the schedule is repeats
For bbc2 20% of the schedule is repeats
For itv1 30% of the schedule is repeats
For channel four 30% of the schedule is repeats
For channel five 40% of the schedule is repeats
Channel four and channel five have imported programmes in there schedule as there is not as much studio space to the other channels and this also means that it is cheaper to import.
The term watershed means the channel can show more mature things to a older audience as younger people would have gone to sleep this occurs around 9pm every night.
We wanted to put our programme on channel four in the evening but we would make this decision after we did our target audience research and we hoped that the answers they gave us to the questions would reinforce what time and channel we wanted to put our programme on.
We then discussed the main codes and conventions of an interview and which ones would be best to incorporate in our own interview
We decided to use cutaway shots and also interviewing techniques we had picked up upon such as displaying the question being asked on the screen before the interviewee answers the question, and them immediately cutting to their answer. The next step was to decide on where the interview would take place, due to lack of time and easy accesibility, our media classroom was used to hold our interview. With the basic layout and plan for our interview set up, all there was left to do was to find someone within the group who was willing to be interviewed.
TV Scheduling -
The schedule for each day can be broken down into clear segments and there are different categories for these segments and each one has its own target audience so the channel will play something appealing for the viewers when they know they will be watching the tv.
These categories include-
Daytime tv
Early morning
Prime time
Night time
Each one of the segments has its own target audience as early morning viewers is aimed at workers you have to get to work and there children to school, Daytime television is aimed at house wives as most other people will either be at work or college and these are mainly the only type of people that will be home in the day, prime time tv has something for everyone as this is the part when most people will be tuned into the tv. Night time tv is mainly for students as they are most likely to be watching at this time.
I think that the most popular genre’s on tv today are soap opera’s and the news and the people who make the schedule for these genre’s know when there target audience will be watching and this may be one of the reasons for there success because if it was on in the day time people would not be able to view it.
Each terrestrial channel also has its own target audience as certain types of people will watch some channels but not others so when making something that is going to air on the tv they have to consider what channel there target audience will be watching and try and air it on that channel.
For bbc1 the target audience will be middle age or middle class people
For bbc 2 the target audience is educated people
For itv1 the target audience is quite broad and reaches the biggest number of people which is the working class target audience
Channel four has a target audience of students
And channel five is a problematic channel as they are trying to compete with itv1 and have as many viewers and try to give something for everyone.
Tv channel schedule is taken up a lot of the time with repeats and each channel has a different percentage of the time that takes up repeats
For bbc1 10% of the schedule is repeats
For bbc2 20% of the schedule is repeats
For itv1 30% of the schedule is repeats
For channel four 30% of the schedule is repeats
For channel five 40% of the schedule is repeats
Channel four and channel five have imported programmes in there schedule as there is not as much studio space to the other channels and this also means that it is cheaper to import.
The term watershed means the channel can show more mature things to a older audience as younger people would have gone to sleep this occurs around 9pm every night.
We wanted to put our programme on channel four in the evening but we would make this decision after we did our target audience research and we hoped that the answers they gave us to the questions would reinforce what time and channel we wanted to put our programme on.
Brainstorm Ideas :
Ideas :
Football
Television
Sex
Music
Teenage Culture
The Recession
Fashion
Cars
Mobiles
Alcohol
Drugs Colours
College
Cars
Government
Jobs
Transport
Teachers
Animals
Religion
Internet
Technology
Paper
Police
Photography
Art
Snow
Weight
Smoking
Violence
Recycling
Movies
Hats
Food
Pets
Festivals
Racism
Students
Rugby
Football
Television
Sex
Music
Teenage Culture
The Recession
Fashion
Cars
Mobiles
Alcohol
Drugs Colours
College
Cars
Government
Jobs
Transport
Teachers
Animals
Religion
Internet
Technology
Paper
Police
Photography
Art
Snow
Weight
Smoking
Violence
Recycling
Movies
Hats
Food
Pets
Festivals
Racism
Students
Rugby
Codes And Conventions :
Documentary Codes And Conventions :
Cutaways
Narration
Archive Footage
Conflict of opinions
VOXPOPS
Beginning-Middle-End
Fast paced from the start
Informative
Mostly Mixed
Observation
Opinion of an expert
Problem that is unsolved
Different locations used
Interviewees in thier own environment
Graphic below people talking
Eyeline needs to be a third way of the screen
Relevant Background
People need to be a third way of the screen
Light always behind camera
Music used in the background
Exposition made clear
Reconstructions
Match On Action
Sound effects used
Variety of interviews used
Variety of camera angles used
Editing
Opening title sequences
Simple Graphics
To find out what makes a good documentary i had to watch some examples for myself to find out the typical codes and conventions, this would then allow me to make my own documentary, and make sure it featured the common codes of conventions that a documentary should have.
Here are the Two Examples I Watched :
Simspons 20th Anniversary Documentary
In The Teeh Of Jaws Documentary
I found out many different codes and conventions while i was wacthing the Simpsons 20th Year Anniversary and the In The Teeth Of Jaws Documentary.
I found that while the interview was taking place the camera angle normally used was a medium or a close up shot.
The frame on the screen is also normally kept the same, where as the person being interviewed is normally framed to the left or the right of the screen.
I also noticed that the person being interviewed does not look directly at the camera but looks directly at the interviewer we took this into consideration and used this for ourself.
There is also a rule when it comes to what side the frame is on when the person is being interviewed, where as if the interviewee is on the right side of the frame then the interviewer should be postinoned on the left side and vice versa.
I also noticed that mise en scene around is always related in some way to the topic of the documentary or the topic of what they are talking about at that very moment and by doing this it informs the viewer more of the topic of dicussion and will give them more information about the topic of diccussion.
The interviewee is rarely filmed with any lighting behind them because it would make the focus of the shot more harder to see.
While watching the two documentaries i also noticed that you could not hear the questions being asked you could only hear the answers so the questions have been edited out, and instead shown in text form on screen.
I also noticed that there are two reasons why cut away shots are edited into interviews ;
1. As they break up the interview and it shows the current topic that is being talking about and makes it alot easier for the viewer to understand.
2. If it was just the interview with no cut away shots there is a possible chance there could be skipping within the filming and would make the documentary not flow very well, so to avoid this, the questions are edited out cut out shots are used.
Cut away shots either archive material or something the doucmentary has just been talking about.
Cutaways
Narration
Archive Footage
Conflict of opinions
VOXPOPS
Beginning-Middle-End
Fast paced from the start
Informative
Mostly Mixed
Observation
Opinion of an expert
Problem that is unsolved
Different locations used
Interviewees in thier own environment
Graphic below people talking
Eyeline needs to be a third way of the screen
Relevant Background
People need to be a third way of the screen
Light always behind camera
Music used in the background
Exposition made clear
Reconstructions
Match On Action
Sound effects used
Variety of interviews used
Variety of camera angles used
Editing
Opening title sequences
Simple Graphics
To find out what makes a good documentary i had to watch some examples for myself to find out the typical codes and conventions, this would then allow me to make my own documentary, and make sure it featured the common codes of conventions that a documentary should have.
Here are the Two Examples I Watched :
Simspons 20th Anniversary Documentary
In The Teeh Of Jaws Documentary
I found out many different codes and conventions while i was wacthing the Simpsons 20th Year Anniversary and the In The Teeth Of Jaws Documentary.
I found that while the interview was taking place the camera angle normally used was a medium or a close up shot.
The frame on the screen is also normally kept the same, where as the person being interviewed is normally framed to the left or the right of the screen.
I also noticed that the person being interviewed does not look directly at the camera but looks directly at the interviewer we took this into consideration and used this for ourself.
There is also a rule when it comes to what side the frame is on when the person is being interviewed, where as if the interviewee is on the right side of the frame then the interviewer should be postinoned on the left side and vice versa.
I also noticed that mise en scene around is always related in some way to the topic of the documentary or the topic of what they are talking about at that very moment and by doing this it informs the viewer more of the topic of dicussion and will give them more information about the topic of diccussion.
The interviewee is rarely filmed with any lighting behind them because it would make the focus of the shot more harder to see.
While watching the two documentaries i also noticed that you could not hear the questions being asked you could only hear the answers so the questions have been edited out, and instead shown in text form on screen.
I also noticed that there are two reasons why cut away shots are edited into interviews ;
1. As they break up the interview and it shows the current topic that is being talking about and makes it alot easier for the viewer to understand.
2. If it was just the interview with no cut away shots there is a possible chance there could be skipping within the filming and would make the documentary not flow very well, so to avoid this, the questions are edited out cut out shots are used.
Cut away shots either archive material or something the doucmentary has just been talking about.
Radio Advert Codes And Conventions
- Ident at the end of the advert
- Mentions the time and date of the programme
- A voiceover which uses persuasive language to try and encourage listeners to watch the documentary
- Catchy music which will stay in the listeners mind throughout the day, hopefully persuading them to watch the programme.
Print Advert Codes And Conventions
- Usually one image which is simple but relevant to the topic
- Ident at the bottom right of the image
- Titles at the bottom left of the image
- Simple graphics used to inform the audience but not go into too much detail
- Limited amount of colour used
- Limited amount of text
Monday, 11 October 2010
Documentary Analysis 1 :
Title Of Programme : Lara Croft : That Thing
Type of Docuemtary: Mixed, focus on voice over and interview, use of narrator, and small parts of voice over, evidence used Film industry, Info-tainment.
Themes: Feminism (post feminism), media's effect on how people are stereotyped, media products, how humans struggle to deal with reality and fiction.
Narratve Structure: Begining - Introduced to Lara Croft and the game (Toom Raider). Middle: People fantasising about her, her breats shown as big as that is what men believe is 'sexy', and shown as a role model. End - Concluded, game is sucessful, character celebrated as role model for both men and women.
Camerawork: Over shoulder shots of people playing the game, big close ups on game but not in interviews. Canted angle shots of character in game. Mid shot interviews with main people and clever camera work as maker of the game seems to be in cyber space himself. Game shots heavily used.
Mise en Scene: Relevent, very dark inviroments, people looking like they are part of the computer game themselvs, Expert analysis on subjetcs and creator of game also involved with documentary.
Sound: Lots of music underneeth documentary, Madona also Techno music used and also general game sounds, Leads audience in a certain way, natural sound used in interviews.
Editing: Fast pased editing, Shows playing of the game, people reaction to whats happening on the game and then back to the game itself. Fast actions like thiese keep the audience interested as its sort of like an action sequence.
Archive material: Game + Film achive footage used, although very little used throught documentary.
Graphics: Explains who people were, Gimmics, and the man in the lap top, creating even more emphesis on the power of cyber space.
Type of Docuemtary: Mixed, focus on voice over and interview, use of narrator, and small parts of voice over, evidence used Film industry, Info-tainment.
Themes: Feminism (post feminism), media's effect on how people are stereotyped, media products, how humans struggle to deal with reality and fiction.
Narratve Structure: Begining - Introduced to Lara Croft and the game (Toom Raider). Middle: People fantasising about her, her breats shown as big as that is what men believe is 'sexy', and shown as a role model. End - Concluded, game is sucessful, character celebrated as role model for both men and women.
Camerawork: Over shoulder shots of people playing the game, big close ups on game but not in interviews. Canted angle shots of character in game. Mid shot interviews with main people and clever camera work as maker of the game seems to be in cyber space himself. Game shots heavily used.
Mise en Scene: Relevent, very dark inviroments, people looking like they are part of the computer game themselvs, Expert analysis on subjetcs and creator of game also involved with documentary.
Sound: Lots of music underneeth documentary, Madona also Techno music used and also general game sounds, Leads audience in a certain way, natural sound used in interviews.
Editing: Fast pased editing, Shows playing of the game, people reaction to whats happening on the game and then back to the game itself. Fast actions like thiese keep the audience interested as its sort of like an action sequence.
Archive material: Game + Film achive footage used, although very little used throught documentary.
Graphics: Explains who people were, Gimmics, and the man in the lap top, creating even more emphesis on the power of cyber space.
Documentary Analysis 2 :
Name Of Documentary : Marketing Movies
Type Of Documentary :
Mixed
Themes :
-Promoting Movies
-Childrens Films
-Marketing
-Target Audiences
-Disney
Narrative Structure :
Beginning - Looked like it was going to be upbeat. Looked at why marketing is important
Middle - Successful Marketing/Evidence. Looked at why marketing is improtant (Money)
End - Persuasion.
Camerawork :
- Static Camera for interview
-From deep to shallow focus
-Close ups of tickets being sold
-Panning shots of merchandise
-Closeups for posters
Mise-En-Scene :
-Posters in the background
-The Premiere
-Throughout the whole of the documentary, there was no American person speaking
-The Documentary was set in London
Sound :
-Sound was underused in the documentary
-Natural sounds of the interview
Editing :
-Fast pace cuts at the beginning to keep people interested.
-Relevant cutaways to what the experts were talking about
-Fades were used, which was quite amateur
-Disolves used
Archive Material :
-Trailers
-Premiere Footage
-Disney Films to show previous succesful films
Type Of Documentary :
Mixed
Themes :
-Promoting Movies
-Childrens Films
-Marketing
-Target Audiences
-Disney
Narrative Structure :
Beginning - Looked like it was going to be upbeat. Looked at why marketing is important
Middle - Successful Marketing/Evidence. Looked at why marketing is improtant (Money)
End - Persuasion.
Camerawork :
- Static Camera for interview
-From deep to shallow focus
-Close ups of tickets being sold
-Panning shots of merchandise
-Closeups for posters
Mise-En-Scene :
-Posters in the background
-The Premiere
-Throughout the whole of the documentary, there was no American person speaking
-The Documentary was set in London
Sound :
-Sound was underused in the documentary
-Natural sounds of the interview
Editing :
-Fast pace cuts at the beginning to keep people interested.
-Relevant cutaways to what the experts were talking about
-Fades were used, which was quite amateur
-Disolves used
Archive Material :
-Trailers
-Premiere Footage
-Disney Films to show previous succesful films
Documentary Analysis 3 :
Title Of Programme : The Devil Made Me Do It
Type of Documentary :
Mixed
Themes :
Murder
Teenagers
Christianity
Devil Worship Vs Religion
Crime - Murder investigation
Power of the Media: can the media influence individuals behaviour?
Narrative Structure :
Problem from the start, nun was killed.
The problem becomes complicated when Marilyn Mansons music was seen as a factor.
At the end,one of the girls repented.
Camerawork :
At the Marilyn Manson concert, low angles were used to make Marilyn Manson seem big and important.
Big Close up of woman who was an expert to support the documentary.
High angle when looking down at the town to make it seem small and vulnerable.
Some handheld camerawork was used outside the court.
Guy selling posters outside concert - Handheld Camera.
Stock footage - churhces, religious iconography, angels, bell towers - low and high angle
Tracking shot of Manson walking through Rome
Zoom of still images
Manson press conference - observation shots of news media - not part of journalism
Tilted frame from nuns point of view
Mise-en-Scene :
-Psycholigist was dressed in red to look powerful.
-The documentary took place in the location of the murder.
-The people were interviewed in their own homes so they felt comfortable
-Marilyn Mansons character was conflicted through his concerts and then going around the vatican.
-The 3 girls accused of the murder were never seen throughout the documentary
-Marilyn Mansons fans were all dressed like him
Sound :
-Religious music was used in the background throughout the documentary
-All the sound effects were used during the reconstruction were used for dramatic effect.
-Noise of the Marilyn Manson concert was used to shock the audience
-During the reconstruction of the nuns murder, the heartbeat sound got faster and faster as the nun was dieing.
- Some Marilyn Manson music used in the background
Editing :
-Cutaways were used in all interviews to make sense of the story
-Hours of stock footage edited down for match on action with whats important with the frame.
-Marilyn Manson was the match on action sometimes.
-Eyeline match on action when the camera was cantered to show the nun on the floor murdered.
-Editing was fast paced at times and really slow at other times.
Archive Material :
-Some of the archive material used in "The Devil Made Me Do It" was footage of marliyn mansons live performances and music videos.
- Footage from the media at the time of the murder.
Graphics :
-Simple, white writing, the texts were basic and did not detract from the on screen visuals.
-Crucifix used instead of letter T
-White text used to close the narrative of trial
I have added in these pictures because it shows marilyn manson and when he dressed as the pope at one of his concerts, which is juxtaposition using religious connotations.
Type of Documentary :
Mixed
Themes :
Murder
Teenagers
Christianity
Devil Worship Vs Religion
Crime - Murder investigation
Power of the Media: can the media influence individuals behaviour?
Narrative Structure :
Problem from the start, nun was killed.
The problem becomes complicated when Marilyn Mansons music was seen as a factor.
At the end,one of the girls repented.
Camerawork :
At the Marilyn Manson concert, low angles were used to make Marilyn Manson seem big and important.
Big Close up of woman who was an expert to support the documentary.
High angle when looking down at the town to make it seem small and vulnerable.
Some handheld camerawork was used outside the court.
Guy selling posters outside concert - Handheld Camera.
Stock footage - churhces, religious iconography, angels, bell towers - low and high angle
Tracking shot of Manson walking through Rome
Zoom of still images
Manson press conference - observation shots of news media - not part of journalism
Tilted frame from nuns point of view
Mise-en-Scene :
-Psycholigist was dressed in red to look powerful.
-The documentary took place in the location of the murder.
-The people were interviewed in their own homes so they felt comfortable
-Marilyn Mansons character was conflicted through his concerts and then going around the vatican.
-The 3 girls accused of the murder were never seen throughout the documentary
-Marilyn Mansons fans were all dressed like him
Sound :
-Religious music was used in the background throughout the documentary
-All the sound effects were used during the reconstruction were used for dramatic effect.
-Noise of the Marilyn Manson concert was used to shock the audience
-During the reconstruction of the nuns murder, the heartbeat sound got faster and faster as the nun was dieing.
- Some Marilyn Manson music used in the background
Editing :
-Cutaways were used in all interviews to make sense of the story
-Hours of stock footage edited down for match on action with whats important with the frame.
-Marilyn Manson was the match on action sometimes.
-Eyeline match on action when the camera was cantered to show the nun on the floor murdered.
-Editing was fast paced at times and really slow at other times.
Archive Material :
-Some of the archive material used in "The Devil Made Me Do It" was footage of marliyn mansons live performances and music videos.
- Footage from the media at the time of the murder.
Graphics :
-Simple, white writing, the texts were basic and did not detract from the on screen visuals.
-Crucifix used instead of letter T
-White text used to close the narrative of trial
I have added in these pictures because it shows marilyn manson and when he dressed as the pope at one of his concerts, which is juxtaposition using religious connotations.
Friday, 8 October 2010
Documentary Analysis 4 :
Title Of Programme : Jimi Hendrix : Guitar Hero
Type Of Documentary :
- Mixed
Narrative Structure :
- The documentary ran in chronological order, the documentary looked at how his childhood influenced his music. A problem was apparent from the start of the documentary as it became clear to the audience that Jimi didnt have a pleasureable childhood because both of his parents were Alcoholics.
Camerawork :
- Close- ups for interviews
- Some long range shots of his concerts to show the large crowds that came to watch jimi perform
- Some handheld footage from his childhood
Mise-En-Scene :
- There was a large amount of black and white people being interviewed to show that Jimi's music was appreciated by everyone
- The documentary showed how two different races interpreted his music and childhood.
- Some stories of his parents were conflicted through his music and the interviews used.
- Alot of the people interviewed had musical backgrounds
- Alot of the people interviewed were holding guitars
Sound :
- Jimi Hendrix's music playing in the background
- Guitars
Editing :
- Cutaways were used in all interviews to show what people were talking about
-
Archive Material :
- Footage of Jimi performing at concerts
- Old Interview footage
- Close up footage of some of the Jimi Hendrix concert flyers
Graphics :
- White writing, which was basic
- Had who each person was underneath in small writing
Type Of Documentary :
- Mixed
Narrative Structure :
- The documentary ran in chronological order, the documentary looked at how his childhood influenced his music. A problem was apparent from the start of the documentary as it became clear to the audience that Jimi didnt have a pleasureable childhood because both of his parents were Alcoholics.
Camerawork :
- Close- ups for interviews
- Some long range shots of his concerts to show the large crowds that came to watch jimi perform
- Some handheld footage from his childhood
Mise-En-Scene :
- There was a large amount of black and white people being interviewed to show that Jimi's music was appreciated by everyone
- The documentary showed how two different races interpreted his music and childhood.
- Some stories of his parents were conflicted through his music and the interviews used.
- Alot of the people interviewed had musical backgrounds
- Alot of the people interviewed were holding guitars
Sound :
- Jimi Hendrix's music playing in the background
- Guitars
Editing :
- Cutaways were used in all interviews to show what people were talking about
-
Archive Material :
- Footage of Jimi performing at concerts
- Old Interview footage
- Close up footage of some of the Jimi Hendrix concert flyers
Graphics :
- White writing, which was basic
- Had who each person was underneath in small writing
Documentary Analysis 5 :
Title Of Documentary : The Music Biz
Type Of Documentary : Mixed
Themes : Music, Meatloaf, Marketing Music, Money, Celebrity
Narrative Structure : At the beginning we see conflict as meatloaf wants to relaunch himself and we see the documentary talking about the music business. In the middle we see how the marketing team have spent too much money on relaunching meatloaf and we see him try and relaunch himself in the middle as we see him promoting his new single in many different ways with interviews, performances, concerts and TV appearances. At the end we see how the marketing team's work and meatloaf work has paid off as he gets to number one and manages to stay there for eight weeks and he also wins a Grammy award so we can see how the money used to try and relaunch himself has paid off.
Camerawork : Close up shots are mainly used to show a person of importance such as Micheal bay, when he is on the screen close up shots are used to show him and during the interviews medium close up shots have also been used.
The camera has interaction with the people in the documentary as when you see a person shake there head the camera shakes itself as well. Medium close up shots have been used when we see the starts collecting there awards at the grammy's to also how importance. Zoom shots have also been used when the camera is establishing a location.
Mise-En-Scene : All the interviews in the documentary have been based around a blue/green screen with relevant background images related to meatloaf and to what is being said on the documentary to create meaning behind it. Lots of the filming has been taken place on location such as music video's award ceremonies and past concerts , the makers of the documentary have done this to show how much work there is behind getting a number one and relaunching an artist, The documentary also films a lot in LA and London as the industry places are in London .
Sound : There is lots of natural sound used in the interviews from the background sound. There is diegetic sound used at a complex part of the documentary as narration is used on top of the documentary. Soundtracks are used over the top of the documentary and the tracks are from the charts at the time to make the audience aware of the competition and meat loaf's track was constantly repeated over the top of the documentary. There is natural sound also used from the press conference. Sound effects have been used when the camera shows us poster of meatloaf as a heartbeat sound effect has been used in the background to add emphasise the importance of getting to number one in the charts.
Editing : There is a shot reverse shot used when showing Micheal bay and meatloaf to show a power struggle and raise the question of who is more important . Lots of different cut away shots have been used to reinforce what was been said in the documentary at the time. There is fast pace editing used at the beginning to give you conflict between the marketing people , some dissolves have also been used in the documentary.
Archive Material : Archive material is used in the documentary to create evidence to what is been said as we may see an interview of someong taling about meatloaf and then it will cut to something relevant to what is been said. Archive material was used throughout the documentary in the form of interviews, awards, music video's both of the village people and meatloaf to show the conflict and competition between them. Other archive material used is from meatloafs concert's and the grammy awards where we see meatloaf win a grammy to show us how his har work has paid off.
Graphics : The graphics in the documentary are very simple graphics used to introduce somebody they are white and at the bottom of the screen, the graphics tell us the persons name and there job. There is also graphics used in the form of a magazine cover with meatloaf on it.
Type Of Documentary : Mixed
Themes : Music, Meatloaf, Marketing Music, Money, Celebrity
Narrative Structure : At the beginning we see conflict as meatloaf wants to relaunch himself and we see the documentary talking about the music business. In the middle we see how the marketing team have spent too much money on relaunching meatloaf and we see him try and relaunch himself in the middle as we see him promoting his new single in many different ways with interviews, performances, concerts and TV appearances. At the end we see how the marketing team's work and meatloaf work has paid off as he gets to number one and manages to stay there for eight weeks and he also wins a Grammy award so we can see how the money used to try and relaunch himself has paid off.
Camerawork : Close up shots are mainly used to show a person of importance such as Micheal bay, when he is on the screen close up shots are used to show him and during the interviews medium close up shots have also been used.
The camera has interaction with the people in the documentary as when you see a person shake there head the camera shakes itself as well. Medium close up shots have been used when we see the starts collecting there awards at the grammy's to also how importance. Zoom shots have also been used when the camera is establishing a location.
Mise-En-Scene : All the interviews in the documentary have been based around a blue/green screen with relevant background images related to meatloaf and to what is being said on the documentary to create meaning behind it. Lots of the filming has been taken place on location such as music video's award ceremonies and past concerts , the makers of the documentary have done this to show how much work there is behind getting a number one and relaunching an artist, The documentary also films a lot in LA and London as the industry places are in London .
Sound : There is lots of natural sound used in the interviews from the background sound. There is diegetic sound used at a complex part of the documentary as narration is used on top of the documentary. Soundtracks are used over the top of the documentary and the tracks are from the charts at the time to make the audience aware of the competition and meat loaf's track was constantly repeated over the top of the documentary. There is natural sound also used from the press conference. Sound effects have been used when the camera shows us poster of meatloaf as a heartbeat sound effect has been used in the background to add emphasise the importance of getting to number one in the charts.
Editing : There is a shot reverse shot used when showing Micheal bay and meatloaf to show a power struggle and raise the question of who is more important . Lots of different cut away shots have been used to reinforce what was been said in the documentary at the time. There is fast pace editing used at the beginning to give you conflict between the marketing people , some dissolves have also been used in the documentary.
Archive Material : Archive material is used in the documentary to create evidence to what is been said as we may see an interview of someong taling about meatloaf and then it will cut to something relevant to what is been said. Archive material was used throughout the documentary in the form of interviews, awards, music video's both of the village people and meatloaf to show the conflict and competition between them. Other archive material used is from meatloafs concert's and the grammy awards where we see meatloaf win a grammy to show us how his har work has paid off.
Graphics : The graphics in the documentary are very simple graphics used to introduce somebody they are white and at the bottom of the screen, the graphics tell us the persons name and there job. There is also graphics used in the form of a magazine cover with meatloaf on it.
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Documentary Analysis 6 :
Title Of Programme :
9/11 : The Falling Man
Type Of Documentary :
- Mixed
Themes :
- Disaster, Death, Tragedy, America
Narrative Structure :
- Tragic images from the start, to shock the viewer straight away
Camerawork :
- Long range shots
- Closeups of peoples faces during interviews to show them being sad and upset
- Handheld camerawork on the streets during the time when the planes hit
- Some mid range shots during interviews
Mise-En-Scene :
- Kept going back to the towers to show the tragedy and signify the importance of it.
- All of the people interviewed displayed how used and affected they were by the tragedy
- Some of the people interviewed were directly affected by the 9/11 disaster
- Some people interviewed were wearing black, to signify the fact that they were mourning
Sound :
- Slow, quiet music to add suspense to the documentary
- Some sad sounding music to make the audience feel emotional
- Slow tempo throughout
- Low Volume
Editing :
- Showed the plane hitting the towers and the man falling from different angles
- Slow-mo footage of the disaster for dramatic effect
Archive Material :
- Towers before they were hit
- Handheld Footage
- News footage from the time when the disaster happenned
Graphics :
- When the documentary went to a break, the still image of the falling man was displayed, alongside the white text "A Falling Man"
9/11 : The Falling Man
Type Of Documentary :
- Mixed
Themes :
- Disaster, Death, Tragedy, America
Narrative Structure :
- Tragic images from the start, to shock the viewer straight away
Camerawork :
- Long range shots
- Closeups of peoples faces during interviews to show them being sad and upset
- Handheld camerawork on the streets during the time when the planes hit
- Some mid range shots during interviews
Mise-En-Scene :
- Kept going back to the towers to show the tragedy and signify the importance of it.
- All of the people interviewed displayed how used and affected they were by the tragedy
- Some of the people interviewed were directly affected by the 9/11 disaster
- Some people interviewed were wearing black, to signify the fact that they were mourning
Sound :
- Slow, quiet music to add suspense to the documentary
- Some sad sounding music to make the audience feel emotional
- Slow tempo throughout
- Low Volume
Editing :
- Showed the plane hitting the towers and the man falling from different angles
- Slow-mo footage of the disaster for dramatic effect
Archive Material :
- Towers before they were hit
- Handheld Footage
- News footage from the time when the disaster happenned
Graphics :
- When the documentary went to a break, the still image of the falling man was displayed, alongside the white text "A Falling Man"
Sunday, 26 September 2010
Documentary Notes :
The purpose of a documentary is to document an event, this must be done with evidence, actual footage can be used, or the documentary makers can recreate footage for effect, the definition of documentary is problematic. sometimes documentaries may resemble elements of truth, though essentially they can be ficticious.
When a documentary claims to be "real" we should question it. "What distinguishes documentary is the portrayal of the recorded sounds and images of actuality" - John Corner (1995)
Documentaries have a high level of construction. A documentary does not have to have analysis, it can be descriptive and at the end allow the audience to form their own opinion.
Documentary was defined in the 1930s by John Grierson
DEFINITION : The creative treatment of actuality.
Documentaries were originally used to boost morale during the war, scheduling of a documentary is important, positioning of a documentary is tricky. what is being shown before and after the documentary is vital.
British documentaries are renowned for their investigate journalism, usually this will impose the views of the government and sometimes society.
Authenticity of a documentary is important it is impossible to catch all events in their raw state, most documentaries are a version of the truth.
"Everybody who makes a film is putting their own truth on the screen" - Dianne Tames
There are now a range of subgenres that fit into the term documentary, documentary makers agree that there must be some bits of actuality.
Current affairs programmes are halfway between a documentary and the news.
Weighty issues and social will be discussed during current affairs programmes such as Trevor Mcdonald.
There are five central features to a documentary, they are :
1) Observation
2) Interview
3) Mise-En-Scene
4) Exposition
5) Dramatisation
Self Reflective Documentary :
When the sibject of the documentary acknowledges the prescence of the camera and often speaks directly to the camera.
Docudrama :
A reenactment of events as tey are suppose to have happenned the story will be based on fact, docudrams can someimes be misleading.
Docusoaps :
A phenomenom of recent years following the daily lives of people in a range of different jobs or positions in society, many people would dispute if these are actual documentaries
Disneyification :
Steven Barrett has blamed the docusoap type of documentary for dumbing down the real issues of documentary and choosing to win ratings with ratig friendly topics.
Interviews :
Interviews can be held anywhere but the setting will affect the meaning that you create for the viewer, and an unusual setting can add drama to the interview.
VOXPOPS :
These are a must and can be used as light an humorous, they can give a sense of relief from the hard facts.
When a documentary claims to be "real" we should question it. "What distinguishes documentary is the portrayal of the recorded sounds and images of actuality" - John Corner (1995)
Documentaries have a high level of construction. A documentary does not have to have analysis, it can be descriptive and at the end allow the audience to form their own opinion.
Documentary was defined in the 1930s by John Grierson
DEFINITION : The creative treatment of actuality.
Documentaries were originally used to boost morale during the war, scheduling of a documentary is important, positioning of a documentary is tricky. what is being shown before and after the documentary is vital.
British documentaries are renowned for their investigate journalism, usually this will impose the views of the government and sometimes society.
Authenticity of a documentary is important it is impossible to catch all events in their raw state, most documentaries are a version of the truth.
"Everybody who makes a film is putting their own truth on the screen" - Dianne Tames
There are now a range of subgenres that fit into the term documentary, documentary makers agree that there must be some bits of actuality.
Current affairs programmes are halfway between a documentary and the news.
Weighty issues and social will be discussed during current affairs programmes such as Trevor Mcdonald.
There are five central features to a documentary, they are :
1) Observation
2) Interview
3) Mise-En-Scene
4) Exposition
5) Dramatisation
Interviews are used in two ways :
A Full Flowing Interview
Placing The interview in segments in between elements of observation
All documentaries use a sense of dramatisation, the audience is an eyewitness to the dramatic events, the drama appears to take place naturally infront of the camera
Documentary makers carefully consider mise-en-scene ensuring that this allows the drama to unfold.
Exposition - This is the line of the arguments (What argument you are trying to make)
Current affairs programmes are on a shorter deadline than documentaries, current affairs programmes are aiming to provide information and entermainment (Info-tainment)
The publics right to know is sometimes the main reason for a documentary
Documentaries can sometimes result in change of laws and legislations, documentary makers rarely question the deeper organisation and fairness of society.
Ideas of truth and reality can be conflicting at times. sometimes they can attract counter claims of lies.
Corner believes evidence rather than truth would help this, the documentary represents the transformed world, documentaries, documentaries are often about societys victims -people who are unable to defend themselves
The Three Way Process Of An Documentary :
1) Who it is aimed at
2) Who is in the documentary
3) Reaction of the audience after watching the documentary
Fly on the wall documentary :
These are almost observational, there is no commentary or narration, the cameras are left to record the subjects without interference.
The camera effects the behaviour of the subjects.
Here is an example of a fly on the wall documentary :
The Camera Effects the behaviour of the subjects.
Mixed Documentary :
Many documentaries take a mixed approach of interview observation andnarrative to advance the argument.
Self Reflective Documentary :
When the sibject of the documentary acknowledges the prescence of the camera and often speaks directly to the camera.
Docudrama :
A reenactment of events as tey are suppose to have happenned the story will be based on fact, docudrams can someimes be misleading.
Docusoaps :
A phenomenom of recent years following the daily lives of people in a range of different jobs or positions in society, many people would dispute if these are actual documentaries
Disneyification :
Steven Barrett has blamed the docusoap type of documentary for dumbing down the real issues of documentary and choosing to win ratings with ratig friendly topics.
Interviews :
Interviews can be held anywhere but the setting will affect the meaning that you create for the viewer, and an unusual setting can add drama to the interview.
VOXPOPS :
These are a must and can be used as light an humorous, they can give a sense of relief from the hard facts.
Print Advert Planning :
The images below are the images we were going to edit to create our print advert.
All these codes and conventions of a print advert are the factors that me and my group considered when creating our print advert. By including these things in my print advert, it will ensure that the audience will know the theme of my documentary, Whilst at the same time ensuring that they are clear of all of the relevant information, such as the channel that the documentary will be brodcast on, and the time and the date it will be shown.
The image we used for the print advert is below, we used the selective tool to select round the biscuits so we didnt get any other background objects in it. We then placed the image onto a plain white background and imported the channel4 symbol image to show that the print advert is shown on that channel. Also in the bottom left we added the showing date and time and then the slogan "Would you risk it for a biscuit" went across the top in the middle of the image.
For the advertisment of our documentary we made a print advert like the ones that the channel would actually advertise.
Our print advert was based on the ones like channel 4 because me and my group decided that our documentary would be shown on channel 4 at prime time.
All these codes and conventions of a print advert are the factors that me and my group considered when creating our print advert. By including these things in my print advert, it will ensure that the audience will know the theme of my documentary, Whilst at the same time ensuring that they are clear of all of the relevant information, such as the channel that the documentary will be brodcast on, and the time and the date it will be shown.
The image we used for the print advert is below, we used the selective tool to select round the biscuits so we didnt get any other background objects in it. We then placed the image onto a plain white background and imported the channel4 symbol image to show that the print advert is shown on that channel. Also in the bottom left we added the showing date and time and then the slogan "Would you risk it for a biscuit" went across the top in the middle of the image.
For the advertisment of our documentary we made a print advert like the ones that the channel would actually advertise.
Our print advert was based on the ones like channel 4 because me and my group decided that our documentary would be shown on channel 4 at prime time.
These images have been taken off the website which can be found here :
http://4creative.co.uk/flash/
These images support the codes and conventions for a typical print advert sticking to the themes i listed above.
Friday, 1 January 2010
Documentary AS Task :
Before we went out and did the interview we had to plan how the interview would take place and after watching other documentarys we realised cut away shots was a vital part of the documentarys and we had to also plan cut away shots that we would use, but in our group we planned the cut away shots after we filmed the interview so we could plan off what answers came out the interview as we thought it would be easier this way. We decided that the props we would need is more than one mobile phones so we could film the phone while some body is playing on a game when in the interview jenny says that she fisrt bought a phone to play games on, then we also wanted to film two people on the phone to each other on seperate shots. We planned to film the cut away shots after we filmed the interview so we could film cut away shots from what jenny had said and we also planned to film some that related to the questions although we knew that there was only going to be the interviewee's voice in the documentary but we knew what the answers would be related to be.
This is the interview that we filmed for the documentary we also had filmed several cut away shots and edited them in but the system was wiped over the summer holidays and this was all he had left from the AS project, this is the interview that we would have edited out the interviewers voice and put in cut away shots.
This is the interview that we filmed for the documentary we also had filmed several cut away shots and edited them in but the system was wiped over the summer holidays and this was all he had left from the AS project, this is the interview that we would have edited out the interviewers voice and put in cut away shots.
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