Bear Grylls' documentary series Man vs. Wild features his experiences of living in the wild areas of Australia's coastal islands. The camerawork includes aerial shots of the beautiful scenery as well as shots intended to portray the dangers. Incidental sound is used to accompany Bear's climbing of a mountain. Eyeline matching is used when Bear crosses the sea near sharks to show what might happen if he or the cameraman are bitten. The documentary Educating Yorkshire profiles a school in Yorkshire called Thornhill Community Academy. It uses a fly on the wall style with hidden cameras to film students and teachers without their knowledge. Over the shoulder shots are used when a student sees a teacher for help to understand

1. DOCUMENTARIES RESEARCH:
Man vs. wild with Bear Grylls:
A documentary includes facts about the particular topic. This documentary was about
surviving in the wild, in the islands of the coast of Australia. Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls is
a British adventurer, writer and television presenter. He is widely known for his television
series Man vs. Wild. The specific format included Bear’s experience of living in the wild. The
typical style, I identified was that the camera was being handheld.
The camerawork I noticed that the documentary portrayed were a number of aerial shots.
These were placed in the clip for the audience to look at the beautiful views of Australia,
also to show how dangerous it is out there. The media technique that I identified
throughout the documentary was incidental sound. This was used to accompany the action
being taken place in the clip. It appeared about half way through where it was tense while
he was climbing a mountain. The location is vital during the documentary because living in
in the wild is dangerous and is what the audience seem to enjoy as they have never seen
anything like the show. The editing technique I identified was eyeline match, this occurred
when Grylls was crossing the sea to another island, when the sharks were around them. The
camera was on bear who was looking at the sharks and then the camera moved to show the
sharks in the water. This was used to show what would happened if they moved, the
cameraman and Grylls may have been bitten by the sharks.
Educating Yorkshire:
This documentary was about the school life of one particular school in Yorkshire called
Thornhill Community Academy. The interviewer was never seen, they tend to always be
behind the camera which was the style they chose for the documentary as they may have
thought that it was more important for the people who were featured in the documentary
to be the main focus of the show. The documentary’s format would be interviews but also
an experience to know what happens in school every day. The typical style was that the
setting was different to other documentaries I have seen, they had hidden cameras in the
classrooms, corridors, offices, outside and all parts of the school. The style is known as fly on
the wall. The camera crew works as discreetly as possible; however, it is also common for
the students and teachers to be interviewed, often by an off-camera voice. I like this style as
the people in the show have no idea there are being recorded.
The camera shot I identified was an over the shoulder shot, it was occurred when a student
came into the office for some help with his speech. The technique was used so that the
audience can understand how much the teacher wants to see the student to pass his English
GCSE, they do actually care about the children and their futures. The sound technique, I
noticed was direct address which was used for the students and teachers to express what
they were asked. This is when they knew the crew were filming them. The costume worn by
the students were very stereotypical as for every teenager who goes to school; they have to
wear uniform. Crosscutting was used throughout the whole of the documentary. It was used
so that the audience understood that the part was moving on to another scene.