1. Educating Joey Essex – ITV2
Everysection of the documentary is opened and closed with
the same title page and a voice over which produces a house
style for the documentary and effectively incorporates all
parts of the documentarytobecome one. This is followed by
a quick recap of what is previously happened so that the
viewer has a better memory of what is going on throughout.
The use of a well known off screen presenter, Phillip
Schofield, in educating Joey Essex captures the audience
attention and provides them with background information
behind what is happening on screen. The on screen
presenter is also used to ask questions off screen which are
thenansweredonscreensothe viewerisable to understand
whatis goingon throughoutthe documentarystyle TV series.
At each new destination the names of where the shot is taking place is shown on screen which
therefore informs there viewer of the destination of each
shot. There is also a voiceover of information for each
destinationandclipsof the local culture which again provides
some background details and information. Between each
destination a time lapse has been used to show the progress
of the journey as they are travelling I think this works well
within the documentary as it incorporates the viewer into clips as if they are also going on this
journey.
Expert interviews have also been used in this documentary which allows the viewers to receive
different view of the topic of each location and provide
additional information. Background music used within the
documentary is all relevant to the setting of the
documentary,primarilyAfricanmusicbecause he isin Africa.
Also the surrounding cultures are portrayed with the use of
clipsshowingtheirlocal dances. One editingtechnique used
in the documentary include a soft focus which fades in and out to draw attention to certain objects
and props and this is also portrayed through the music with a corresponding fade in and out
technique. This is used when information about different animals shown is told to the viewer.
An additional feature this documentary uses is having phone
recordedclipsthroughoutthe documentary where Joey Essex
isgiving his opinion on what is going on within this section of
the documentary.Ifeel thisisaneasy but powerful technique
whichgivesthe viewerand in look into personal thoughts and
opinions.
By Nicole Hickman