3. Inspirational Documentaries
• GOOD HAIR
• The presenter interacted with the audience and interviewees
• The topic was different and a common issue.
• I liked the research they done e.g. going to India.
• The documentary was a comedy one with a serious topic which made it
interesting and for our we would like to make it as interesting as possible.
Chris Rock interacting Interviewing Playing a part of
with real people real people on the documentary
their opinions and experimenting.
4. Young Nuns
• The font title was different and matched
the topic of the documentary and I like
the images to match.
• There was no presenter however the
voiceover explained everything which was
still effective.
• They had real people in locations which
were used all the time by them making it
realistic and had an impact on the
audience. I felt apart of the documentary.
Real people in
locations
Interviews without questions
shown/told
Archival footage
Title matches
topic of the
documentary
5. Food Inc is a
Film
documentary
it explores
the mass
production
about food,
how its grown
rapidly over
the years, fast We could use a similar
farming . image to show the
‘larger difference between
world’. organic and battery
products.
Use objects of the text as a
title format.
6. Interview
different
people as
they eat
etc
N o title straight away narrator
voice over followed by images .
Farmer
Long shot of
super
martket
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7. The Sex Education Show
Similar
to food-
brief
intro
Mid shot of narrator
8. Range
of
interview
Variety of shops listed that shots
will be focused on .
Music choice- very upbeat
E.g guitars piano, etc. Relate Print screens taken from -
to target audience. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7h
aMeJl_KI&list=SL&feature=sh_e_top
9. Nkechi
Inspiration from a Documentary (TV)
You Are What You Are Eat
•You Are What You Eat is a
dieting programme that was
broadcast on channel 4.
•The show often uses shock
tactics to get the participants to
lose weight.
•In each episode all food eaten in Highlighting the wrong
one week by the person(s) taking foods she has been
part is placed on a table to eating.
highlight problem areas of their
diet.
Result of unhealthy
food on her body
10. Nkechi
Inspiration from a Documentary (TV)
Fast Food Baby
•‘Junk Food Baby’ is a
documentary airing on BBC Three
exploring why some parents
resort to junk food feeding their
babies.
• The show follows three families
as they desperately try to get back
on the right nutritional track.
Amount of
saturated fat the
child was getting
in his diet
The effects
of poor
diet on the
child.
11. Nkechi
Inspiration from a Documentary (Film)
Sicko
•Sicko is a 2007 documentary
film by American filmmaker
Michael Moore.
•The film investigates health
care in the United States, Here, he speaks
focusing on its health insurance to experts while
and the pharmaceutical showing us how
industry. Cuba has free
healthcare.
•The format used is similar to
the format we will be using as its
aim is to investigate.
Michael Moore
gathered people to
use as examples and
investigate.
12. When being ironic
‘lift music’ plays to
take the mic out of
the seriousness
that’s happening on
screen
I like that it opens with archival Clear close up for an interview, good to
use ‘weird’ people because it adds to the
footage shock
Good clear low angle shot,
could be used in a supermarket Meeting an important woman within
for ours the KMART company
TAKEN FROM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jGtAcDefHg&feature=fvst
13. The use of home videos, draws the
I liked the editing at the beginning audience closer to their story. Good
because it builds character and a
to show a montage of the main relationship with the audience
person in the documentary.
• Neutral colours (visually pleasing)
The framing and composition of this
• Fits the convention of the name in
shot is what I like, shows the
the corner
difference between the two. Good
• Picture in the background well
introduction to the theme
placed
