1. Q1.
In What ways does tour Media Product Use, Develop or
Challenge Forms and Conventions of real Media
Products

2. The start
By watching professional documentaries at the
start of the course, this gave us a clear
understanding of how to communicate the
codes and conventions though our own
products. We watched; ‘The Devil Made Me do
It’, ‘The Music Biz: Meatloaf’ and ‘That Thing:
Laura Croft’.
We also went away watched and analysed
some other documentaries of our own, so that
we had a much accurate idea of what the codes
and conventions were.

3. The Type Of Documentary
Our documentary was a mixed as it uses a combination of; interviews,
observation, achieve material and graphics. All of our interviews were
observational, as the interviewee would look at the person asking the
questions rather than the camera, making it look as if the camera was not
there. Also we used achieve material from the film; ‘Willy Wonka and the
chocolate factory’ intending to add variety and depth to our product. We
also viewed that many other documentaries used achieve footage, and they
also used observation.
We also had a narrator known as the voice of god, as you cannot see them,
but they explain what is happening in important parts of the documentary.

4. Our Chosen Theme
Are documentary’s main focus was confectionary , however we also
added conflict into our product, to show the different effects sweets
can have on you. This was used in documentaries such as ‘The devil
made me do it’ The documentary is about how Marilyn Manson
influenced the minds of three young teenager girl’s, to feel it was
right to murder an Italian nun. This became clear through the
documentary as there was achieve material from one of his concerts
and he expressed a lot of violence towards god through his actions
and lyrics.
However this doesn’t necessarily mean that our audience will be
influenced to eat sweets by seeing a celebrity eat sweets, but show
that the media has the power to influence anybody to do anything.

5. Achieve Footage
In our product we decided to use
achieve material; ‘Willy Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory’ this helped add
depth and also added to the conflict of
chocolate being good, as it give a better
insight into how much people enjoy
sweets and chocolate. Also almost In ‘The Music Biz: Meatloaf’ there was
everyone knows the film Willy Wonka, different types of achieve material used,
so it makes it more attractive and more some of him in interviews, him singing
professional to watch. at the Grammy Awards, but most of all,
Below is a shot of one of the pieces of from his music video’s such as; ‘I’d Do
achieve material we used. Anything for Love But I wont do that’.
This achieve material added a lot of
depth to the documentary and gave it
audience a better insight to what they
were watching. It also keeps the
audience entertained and catches there
eye.

6. The Construction Of Interviewing
Here is a shot
taken from my
product and also a
shot taken from
‘The Devil Made
me do it’
We identified that throughout the documentaries we had watched, that most
of the interviews were framed with in a Medium close up. There for we made
sure that Greg (the dentist) was framed the same way. Also their eye level is at
least a third of the way down the screen, meaning that as well as having
communication with the interviewer, they are also communicating with the
audience. As you can see clearly in ‘The Devil Made me do it’ The interviewee
is looking in the opposite direction to the camera, as he would have been
focusing his attention on the interviewer, which is what we have done with
Greg, we asked him if he could make sure that throughout the filming of the
interview that he remained focused on the interviewer . By doing this our
interview looks much more professional.

7. This is a shot
taken from
my product
and a shot
taken from
‘The Music
Biz: Meatloaf’
In most documentaries, for example ‘The Music Biz: Meatloaf’ They use
graphics to show the names and occupations of the individual(s) who is being
interviewed, In the image above the writing is white and in a very formal font
to show seriousness and importance, this font, colour and sizing with remain to
appear the same for other interviewees, however is only come up on the first
time that individual appears and not every time. Similarly we have also used
graphics to show the name and occupation of our interviewee, we have placed
it opposite to were she is framed in the picture so it seems more professional
and it is a better position to be read clearly. The writing is in a very bubbly font,
its bright blue as this was one of the most suggested colours on our
questionnaire, its bold, with thin black lining around the letters. We chose to
have this font as it continuers to bring out the fun side in sweets and shows
that everyone has an inner child no matter what age.

8. Sound
Our voice over was done by a adult woman , who spoke clearly and her voice
fitted well with the tone of the documentary as she was able to be serious
when we wanted and she was able to be soft when she needed to be. We
have also used music; ‘Lollipop’ by Mika, this was used in our opening
credits. We filmed each letter individually , and in time with the beat of the
music each letter would appear.
We have also used sound in one of our cut-
aways, for when the dancer is talking about
needing to be fit. We ensured that the music
was low and then we increased the volume of
the interview slightly so that the music did not
over power the interviewee talking. This was
also used in ‘The Music Biz: Meatloaf’ when
people where talking about Meatloafs music
and his achievements some of his music video’s
would be cut in as well as some of his
performances. This catches the eye of the
audience and makes them become more
involved.

9. Editing
When we were editing there was a lot to think about. For example we filmed
cutaways to ensure that we could break up interviews. We wanted to break up
some of the interviews as they were very long and by having these small cuts
it allows the interview to flow, and not drag on too long. It is also a good way
to keep the audience entertained.
These are shots showing a cut-away we have used to break up the
interview, not only does it break the interview up, but its also revering to
what she is talking about. This is also a good shot showing the mise-en-
scene of the sweet shop, which gives the interview more meaning.