2. VOICEOVER
The voiceover in a documentary will usually be
authoritative. The result of this voiceover is to
encourage the viewers to think about the topic and
decide their own opinion on it. For example in our
documentary the voiceover could say what the
different stereotypes are and how they are
portrayed which would make the viewer decide
whether or not they should be used. Or if the
stereotypes used shouldn’t as they are usually
portrayed negatively. The voiceover can also
include facts and statistics relevant to the topic.
3. INTERVIEWS WITH EXPERTS
These are used to give expert information
on the certain topic. These are usually
quite formal with the camera setup on a
tripod with the expert in their working
environment. In the documentary we will
be making, we could have an expert
interview with an academic coach or the
principle on their opinion on stereotypes
and how they can effect young people in
their experience.
4. BACKGROUND FOOTAGE
Background footage in a documentary is very
important. Background footage is used to
show relevant footage of the topic of the
documentary. Over the background footage
some documentaries show facts and
statistic. The result of this makes it more
interesting for the viewers to watch. We
could use background footage of students at
our college as we are doing stereotypes of
young adults/teenagers.
5. VOXPOPS
Voxpops are used in documentaries to
give the publics opinion. These are
usually informal as the camera can be
shaky and there is obvious ambient
sound in the background to make it
look real. We could do Voxpops of
people around college asking them
what they think a stereotype is. And
how they think they are stereotyped.
6. USE OF TEXT/TITLES
In documentaries there is a use of
words on the screen to anchor
images and experts being
interviewed. For example with
interviews with experts there will be
some text at the bottom left of the
frame saying their name and their
job at college.
