The documentary follows the story of Terri Calvesbert who suffered 90% burns in a house fire at 22 months old. It explores her life now and recovery, showing interviews with her and her family about the traumatic experience. The documentary also shows different women giving birth in a hospital in England, presenting their experiences of childbirth and perspectives from midwives. Additionally, the documentary gives voices to young people who lost parents on 9/11, sharing personal stories and videos about how the event changed their lives forever.

1. Assignment 2
Introduction to documentaries
Kaya Sumbland
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2. Extraordinary people – The girl with 90% burns
The documentaries topic follows the inspirational story of
Terri Calvesbert and her recovery from the house fire that
left her with 90% burns and almost ended her life at just 22
months old. The topic explores her life
now and her relationship with her
father and step mum, while showing
a first interview with her mum about
the fire.

3. What went well…
Supporting images – of
when she was a baby showing
change from her before and
after the fire
Supporting footage –
many clips shows to present
her journey through life until
the present day of how she
has grown and achieved

4. What went well…
Interview of personal
emotions – She has given
her own opinion on what's
happened to her and presented
her own emotional direct to the
camera
Facts on topic from
professional – Doctors
describing how they saved Terri
teaching audience and
emphasising her traumatic
experience

5. Conventions…
Voiceover– Directly
addressing the audience
letting them into her story
Continuity– Links the images
and footage with what the
documentary is putting across

6. Conventions…
Supporting images
Supporting clips

7. Conventions…
Interviews
Crew interactions with
subjects

8. Forms…
Hand held camera
Zoom into supporting images
Continuity
Available lighting

9. Forms…
Interviewee positioned on
either left or right of
screen
Over the shoulder shot
showing perspective of
the subject

10. One born every minute
The documentaries topic follows the birth of many baby's in
a hospital in England. They show the experience of the
women giving birth and how they feel towards it while
showing midwife insight. The interesting topic follows
different kind of people coping with the pain of childbirth
and presenting
different views and
Informing
viewing on
childbirth

11. What went well…
Fly on the wall footage
– clear shots of the hospital
presenting it as a calm clean
place
Establishment – clearly
showing the viewer where it
is set and the surroundings

12. What went well…
Different experiences–
showing many different
women's situations and how
they cope with childbirth
Creating mood – clearly
made a mood showing shots
of a calm environment

13. Conventions…
Voiceover– Directly
addressing the audience
letting them into her story
Continuity– Links the images
and footage with what the
documentary is putting across

14. Conventions…
Commentary on the
bottom of screen to inform
who the expert is
Supporting clips

15. Conventions…
Interviews
Introduction to main
subject

16. Forms…
Background music to create
calm mood
Many clips after the other
presenting the different
stages of childbirth
Continuity
Available lighting
Shots filmed like a ‘fly on the
wall’

17. Forms…
Interviewee positioned on
either left or right of
screen
Close up shots
Deep focus on the baby to
emphasise how special, important
and rewarding they are from the
pain experienced

18. Social Networking
Twitter
Due to evolving technology many documentaries show a
‘hash tag #’ word in the beginning of their documentaries so
people can get involved and share comments about the
show on twitter making the viewing more exciting and
probably helping to spread the word of the documentary
for more viewers.

19. Children of 9/11
This documentary gives a voice to some of the young
people who lost parents on that fateful day, many speaking
out for the first time to mark the 10 year anniversary. The
interesting topics follow with each individuals story in what
they did and said leading to their death. Some share
personal videos and heroic stories letting the viewing into
their life presenting how
that fateful day changed
their life forever

20. What went well…
Many home video clips
– help the audience relate to
their lost loved ones
Establishment – clearly
showing what happened on
that day

21. What went well…
Different experiences–
showing many different
dealings and life changes
since their parents died
Creating mood – clearly
made a mood showing shots
of 9/11 and clips of previous
ceremonial days reminiscing
to their lost loved ones

22. Conventions…
Voiceover– Directly
addressing the audience letting
them into her story while
undertone of children talking
Continuity– Links the images
and footage with what the
documentary is putting across

23. Conventions…
Letting the audience
into their personal
life
Supporting images

24. Conventions…
Interviews
Introduction to main
subject

25. Forms…
Background sound of clips of
the children reminiscing on
dead parents
In first few minuets showing
many images and introduce
all children to show how
many people it affected
Continuity
Available lighting

26. Forms…
Interviewee positioned on
either left or right of
screen