The document discusses how a documentary about a band followed several conventions for A-roll footage, while also developing the format in some ways. Specifically, it used tripods, proper framing and lighting for interviews, but developed the convention by using two cameras for an interview. This provided different angles that enhanced viewer engagement. Graphics were also placed at the bottom of interviews to identify speakers. B-roll footage was used between interviews to supplement the content. Voiceovers were omitted to challenge conventions and keep the documentary flowing smoothly through interviews and background music.

1. In what ways does your media
product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media
products?

2. A-roll Footage
For our documentary we followed many of the A-roll footage
conventions such as; we filmed all of our interviews with
important people on tripods. We did this to create a
professional looking scene .
We used the rule of thirds to compose our shots as you can see
from the screen shot with this interview the camera is set up at
eye level and using the rule of thirds with the subject. This is
done to create a interesting scene for the viewer it makes it
much easier to lead you eyes around the scene and looks very
professional.
Another convection we followed during our documentary was
that we did not feature people asking questions during the
interviews. We followed this criteria because it really made the documentary run a lot smoother and really helped with the flow
getting the interviewee repeating the question in his answer as then the audience could understand what he was talking about and
make a better connection with the audience
We also made the subject look across the camera during the interview another common convention of a documentary. We used this
because often when the person being interviewed looks directly at the camera it can look quite uncomfortable were as if he looks
across the camera it seems much more natural and relaxed and will create a much better atmosphere in the documentary. As you
can see we also lit the subject from the front giving the face and room a lot of brightness and depth to the room with out this lighting
the scene would of looked dull and very dark but with it we were able to create a much better environment for filming in.
Finally as you can see we also thought about the background mes en scene of our interviews this one with the producer we put all
musical equipment in the background like mixing desks and software to really fit with who he was and what he was talking about and
it really give the audience an idea of what equipment and what it looks like to be in that job rather then just a plain irrelevant
background we really wanted to capture the people in there environments and show the audience what it is like.

3. A-roll Footage
One way we developed our documentary was
using two cameras during an interview. We
found this to work really well for us. Instead of
the standard interview with one camera we had
two which really give the documentary a
professional feel to it and also give another
closer point of view which really enhanced the
viewing for the audience.
not only did the two angle keep them
interested and not get bored of the same angle
but it let us show there emotions a lot clearer
on camera and we could capture some emotive
scenes that would really involve the audience
with and get them feeling like the band did.
I really don’t think this could have been
achieved with just one camera as you would
not of got the same close ups and it would have
been one standard shot which would have been
boring and not really capture the audiences
attention or get to see as much detail in the
bands face.

4. A-roll Footage
As you can see in the background mes en scene in these interviews
again we have really thought about what we want behind the artists
during the interview we decided to place them in a studio setting with
all musical equipment behind them and also placed the name of the
documentary in the background just to add to the mes en scene. I
think it works really well as it is relevant and give the audience an idea
of there working environment.
also as you can see in different interview we have used different
framing, this is used because if every body was framed to one side it
would be very boring and repetitive for the audience to look at so we
decided to do some interview placed to the right and some to the left
following the conventions of the rule of thirds all the time for the
documentary as it looked really professional and leads the eyes of the
viewer around the screen.
Finally we positioned graphics at the bottom of the screen when we
had interviews as you can see from the bottom screen grab. These
were to show the audience who the person was and what they did.
They really help guide the audience through the documentary and
help introduce people and there profession so we can understand
who they are and value there opinion.

5. B-roll Footage
We used the B-roll footage to supplement the the main interview footage and is edited together between interviews I believe we
used this quite effectively during interviews we cut the scene up by playing footage of the band relating to what the interviewee
was talking about this worked really well as it give the viewers some visuals to support what they were talking about and it also
helps keep the viewer interested by the changing of scene.
We did not use any achieve footage during the documentary we thought that that would distract the viewer from the main point
being the band we really wanted the full attention to be on them all the time this way we thought we could create an intense
smooth running documentary that really give a in depth view into the band and who they were.
We used some vox pops during the documentary too we found these to be really effective especially after an interview these
short clips could support what the person was saying and really back up the interview and it also really helps with the pace of the
documentary keeping it fast flowing with constant cuts to other people and what there view was.
During our documentary we really decided to challenge a big part of the conventions and that was that we did not have a voice
over throughout the documentary. I think it worked really well and really made the documentary run a lot smoother and had a
much faster pace to in whilst still understanding what was going on. We did this by using interviews to guide the viewer’s
understanding of the topic. We thought this was a really good way to present it this way you got to know the people and the
voices and let the story tell its self we thought this give the documentary something unique that not many people do and we
really thought that it stood out well.
Another way we enhanced the documentary and also helped us not to have a voice over was the constant no diegetic sound clip
we had running throughout the documentary this really helped us it helped fit the documentary together well and kept it running
smoothly and really introduced the band to the viewers hearing them thought out the documentary in the background
throughout.