1. Question one
In what ways does my documentary
use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

2. Graphics
Throughout our documentary we tried to make it look as professionally as
possible by conforming to the codes and conventions of documentary
making. When an interview is shown on the screen after five seconds of the
person speaking, the persons name and information shown up on the lower
third of the screen and appeared on the opposite side of the person that was
being interviewed.
During our opening sequence we had various different cut away’s that made
it into a montage of clips that matched what the voice over was talking about.
This gave our audience a visually view with the voice over.

3. Mise en Scene
The mise en scene was important to the documentary as it made it look
more interesting for the audience. When we was filming an interview
with someone who was afraid of wet cardboard, we made sure the
backdrop for this was four sheets of brown cardboard. We also did this
for someone who was phobic of dogs. We used the green screen to
project a picture of a scary dog onto the backdrop so this looked
effective.
When it was possible to have mise en scene that was relevant to our
documentary and what was being said on screen, we did it as it was
important to make the documentary visually interesting for the
audience.

4. Cutaways and voiceover.
The voiceover for our documentary was important
as it set the tone for the mood of the documentary
and what it was going to be like. We used an older
man with a deep voice which was very fitting.
We used various cutaways that were relevant to the
topic that was being spoken about on the
documentary such as spiders, dogs, trains, and
skydiving. The relevant cutaways conformed to the
use of regular codes and conventions of a
documentary therefore made it more interesting for
the audience.

5. Framing techniques.
We used regular framing techniques throughout our
documentary to comply to the codes and conventions
and to make it look professional.
Making sure the person that was being interviewed was
looking off screen at the person who was interviewing
them and having their eye level we three quarters up
the screen, to ensure the person isn't looking directly
into the camera.

6. In what ways does my print advert,
challenge and conform conventions of
real media products?

7. The text used is very similar to what
channel 4 regularly use. Also, the
day and time are usually on print
advertisements for Channel 4
therefore we decided to put it on
ours.
We decided to have one main image with a plain
background in order to draw attention to the editing
we did on the image. Although Channel 4 do minimal
editing on there adverts we wanted to draw a lot of
attention to the image.
The banner showing the tag line of the documentary
to show the meaning of the documentary and get the
message across to the audience.
Banners were used
for the tagline and
title as Channel 4
do this for every
ad.

8. In what ways does my radio advert
use, challenge and conform
conventions of real media products?

9. • We used the same voice over for the documentary
and radio advert to maintain continuity and so the
audience would recognise the voice.
• The length of the radio advert was around 30
seconds which is usually how long they are.
• It featured vox pops from our documentary.
• It gave information about the time scheduling for the
documentary and included our tag line that was on
our print ad.