2. In media we have created a documentary called ‘Banned Theft Auto’ a piece
asking do violent video game affect behaviour? Below is the target
audience that we have aimed this documentary at.
Gender: Teenage Males
Age: 11 – 19 years old
Interests: Keen stereotypical ‘gamers’ who love to play violent video games such as
‘Grand Theft Auto’ and ‘Call of Duty’
The stereotypical ‘gamer’ is somebody who plays video games all of the
time in their bedroom and can sometimes be thought as violent –
perhaps because of their love for video games. They do not really mind
what they look like.
3. Stock Footage from ‘Banned Theft Auto’
The stock footage used in the documentary is existing game footage from real life violent video games.
The opening of the documentary is of a video game where a man is being violently attacked in the
head, this is an effective opening as it immediately attracts the audiences attention. The game footage
runs throughout the opening of the documentary to create a fast pace, we did this because when asking
our target audience what they would like to see in the documentary they all said that they wanted it to be
fast paced. The pace also reflects the subject of the documentary.
The stock footage used in the documentary appeals to the audience as it is footage of games that they are
familiar with and have played themselves meaning they may be more interested in how finding out how
other members of society view these games.
4. When creating the background music on Garage
Band we used music that would appeal to the target
audience. We created music that sounded similar to
the music that is played in violent video games, the
music that we created was fast paced and up beat.
The use of our music in the documentary was
highly successful, we know this because when
asking them after they had watched the
documentary whether the music was relevant
100% of the group said that the music was
relevant and fit to the subject of the
documentary.
As well as using the music in the documentary
we used the music also in the radio trailer, this
was successful as it meant that there was a
feel of consistency throughout all the pieces
that we produced.
Evidence of choosing the music on Garage Band
5. The predominate image on the magazine article is of one of the
main characters in ‘Grand Theft Auto 5’, this image is extremely
dominant and is the first image that the audience will see as it is on
the far left hand side of the double page. This is appealing to the
audience as they will be familiar with the character and will be
interested as to why the picture of him is in a magazine article.
Header of the magazine article
The title of the article is called ‘Banned Theft Auto’, the first letter of
every word in the title is bright red, this attracts the audiences
attention and will entice them to continue to read. The font is large
and bold as it is one of the first items that the audience will see. The
magazine article has the same title as the documentary meaning
that the target audience will recognise this and will then remember
this when seeing what they want to watch on the TV that week.
Main image on the magazine, a
character from ‘Grand Theft Auto 5’
6. The radio trailer that supports the documentary is a 30 second trailer that is designed for
the radio to advertise the documentary. When creating the radio trailer it was important to
keep the theme consistent throughout the creation of the documentary and the magazine
article.
The music used in the radio trailer that features in the documentary is the same music that
we created for the documentary, we used the same music so that the audience will be
familiar with the sounds and therefore more likely to watch the documentary. The voice
over for the documentary was also used for the radio trailer again, creating a feel of
familiarity with the audience.
Sub heading for our magazine article
We used the sub heading from the magazine as part of the introduction for the radio
trailer, this is because the sub title is shocking and will immediately attract the audience’s
attention. It is also effective, if they read the magazine article and then listen to the trailer,
they are more likely to remember it.
