2. Exposition
This establishing shot shows a skateboarder riding down the street. This introduces the key
theme of the documentary showing it is about skateboarding. This is a typical convention of
documentaries.
3. Voiceover
Voiceovers are another typical convention of documentaries.
They are commentaries made by the film maker or a character
– this is spoken while the camera is filming or added to the
sound track in post-production.
4. Interviews
Interviews are used within documentaries to give the viewer a sense of realism. They
can be filmed onscreen, off screen or on another set.
5. Reconstructions
Reconstructions are another convention which can be featured in a documentary. They
can enhance the documentary giving the audience a visual image to a story. This will
enable the audience to fully understand what the film-maker is saying.
6. Montage
A narrative montage involve the planning of a sequence of shots. These allow
the audience to visually see a change in time or place.
Ideational montages link actions with words and are often used in
documentaries.
Editor's Notes
In our documentary we will be following this convention and introducing our theme using close up shots of skateboarding and BMX wheels.
We will use this in our documentary to create sound bridges between shots. This will ensure the visual image is constantly changing, and therefore this doesn’t become boring to the viewer by just watching a person involved speaking directly to the camera.
We will use interviews with the skateboarders/ BMXer’s involved in our documentary. This will allow the audience to understand their point of view, expressing how they feel about the sport.
In our documentary we will not be using any reconstructions as we will be using real footage as we are basing our documentary around the sport and the peoples views about this.
We will not use a montage in our documentary as the effects added to the documentary in post production will make the documentary more visually interesting.
