The documentary "Transgender: Pakistanis Open Secret" explores the discrimination faced by transgender people in Pakistan. Narrated by Juliet Stevenson, it shows how they are ostracized in the religious society and unable to work legally or have rights. It features interviews with people like a tax office worker discussing why transgender people are not offered jobs. Handheld cameras are used to give a sense of realism, and archival footage shows rituals to become an official transgender person in Pakistan.

1. Assignment One
Forms And Conventions In Documentaries.
Transgender: Pakistanis Open Secret.
Jhane Ormsby.

2. About the documentary.
The documentary ‘Transgender: Pakistanis Open
Secret’ is an English TV documentary.
The documentary explores the discrimination
against transgender within Pakistan showing how
they are ostracized within the religious society.
With this, Juliet Stevenson finds out about their
struggle in more detail as they are unable to
legally work respectably as they don’t have many
rights.

3. Details and information.
Name Good Hair
Made by Channel 4
Running time 53:15
Type TV Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opKFtn9Yhr8&safe=active
Link to Trailer Below

4. Conventions- Narrator.
The TV documentary used Juliet
Stevenson's voice as a narrator as
she was the one who had done
further investigation within the
documentary.

5. Conventions- Expert Interviews(talking heads).
During the documentary there where not many interviews as not many people
wanted to talk openly about such sinful topics such as transgender, however a worker
within the tax office was willing to openly speak about reasons why they don’t offer
jobs to people who are transgendered.
The shots which were taken of the worker consists of Mid shots and close up shots
keeping the audience focused on the dialogue which was expressed.

6. Conventions- Sense of realism.
The use of handheld cameras gave the sense of natural movement which
was shown through a recorded insight of what the Transgendered females
had to experience alternatively to make money. Most of such was through
sexual intercourse.

7. Conventions- Archival footage.
Archival footage was presented
throughout the TV documentary but a
prime example of this was when Juliet
(the narrator) had explored the rituals
which you have to preform in Pakistan in
order to become an official Transgender
within the out casted community.
With the footage, this helps support a
statement made within the documentary.
The images display the rituals in action.

8. Forms – Sound bridging.
During the documentary voice over &
sound bridging was used over the archival
footage which was used to help introduce
a specific element within their belief.
An example of this was used to introduce
the transgendered lifestyle in which they
engage in activities such as dancing and
begging.

9. Forms – Cutaways.
The documentary consists of many
cutaways which then portray archival
footage which gives the audience
watching a visual display of occurrences.
An example of this was shown through the
process introducing the lifestyle of one of
the transgendered males.