Mediation involves altering or manipulating real footage or information to fit a purpose, such as tying documentary clips to the film's theme. The author's group will try to limit mediation when portraying interviewees' views to avoid changing their intended messages. However, mediation may be used in other areas like changing small props near an expert to imply greater intelligence. The goal is to represent opinions accurately while subtly shaping other visual elements.

1. BaldeepGahir
What is mediation?
The definition of mediation is when “the real” is altered in some way to create
a different version of it.For example, in a documentary, when the clips/footage
of whatever has been recorded is manipulated in some way so that it ties in
with the purposeof the documentary.
Mediation in my documentary?
Me and my group will try not use mediation too much. An example of where it
could be used it when we wantto portray realviews and opinions of the
people that we interview and for this not to be manipulated is important. This
could be mediated as wecould edit the footage and parts of what people are
saying to sound like a different view to what they are initially saying.
Although on the other hand, we will usemediation in other areas in terms of
the mis-en-scene, for example exchanging a coffee cup to a pair of glasses on a
desk next to an expert when conducting a formalinterview. This makes it seem
like the expert being interviewed is moreknowledgeable and connotes
intelligence.