Conventions media
•Download as PPTX, PDF•
0 likes•332 views
The document outlines several conventions for creating an effective documentary, including using a participatory mode with expert interviews, a reflective mode to encourage audience perspective-taking, and an observational mode to seem realistic. It recommends a confident voiceover to establish authority and convey serious issues. Non-diegetic sounds should enhance the flow and audience experience, while diegetic sounds allow hearing actual dialogue. Real footage and clear titles are suggested to immerse the audience in first-hand experiences and keep them oriented.
Report
Share
Report
Share
Recommended
Conventions media
The document outlines several conventions that will be used in a documentary film, including conducting interviews with experts to take a participatory approach, using reflective techniques to encourage the audience to see an issue from a new perspective, and employing observational methods to show real events. A voiceover will provide authoritative facts and context. Non-diegetic sounds will enhance mood and pacing, while diegetic sounds allow the audience to hear dialogue. Real footage and titles will authenticate the experience and orient viewers.
Conventions of documentary
The document discusses conventions and modes of documentary filmmaking. Conventions include using a voiceover to provide context and persuade viewers, showing actual footage to allow viewers to witness real events firsthand, and interviewing experts to demonstrate an issue from a professional perspective. Modes include observational documentaries that show real situations without interviews for realism, and reflective documentaries that highlight a familiar issue and encourage agreement through a youth's perspective and discussions.
Documentary conventions
This document discusses different types of footage, narration, and interviews that are commonly used in documentaries. Actual footage shows real events as they are happening to make viewers feel like eyewitnesses. Voiceovers are normally used to explain the narrator's views and perspectives. Interviews with experts and the general public provide different opinions on the documentary's topic to present a range of perspectives. Archival footage and reconstructions are also discussed as techniques for authenticating arguments and recreating events.
Documentary convision
The document outlines various conventions used in documentaries. It discusses how documentaries aim to represent reality through narrative and perspective. Key conventions explained include using exposition at the beginning to introduce topics, voiceovers from the filmmaker for commentary and explanation, interviews on or off screen to provide different perspectives, archival footage as primary evidence from the past, visual codes to establish realism, titles and text for information, and reconstruction or reenactment of events.
Katie: My Beautiful Face Analysis
The documentary follows Katie as she discusses her past life as a model and TV presenter and how an injury has impacted her. Archive footage from her past career is used to tell her narrative and make the documentary more visually interesting. Close-ups are used throughout to emphasize details like her medication or locking her door, adding emotion. The camera work, editing techniques like zooming and panning, and mise-en-scene all work to make the documentary more visually compelling and support the emotional tone of Katie's story.
Moving image production
This documentary is about Stephen Lawrence, a Black man who was murdered due to his skin color in 1993 in London. Close-up camera shots and sad music were used to convey the seriousness of the crime and loss of life. The purpose of the documentary is to make people appreciate the value of life and think about how life should not be taken due to things like race. It took over a decade for Stephen Lawrence's family to get justice for the case. The documentary uses techniques like reconstruction of the crime, interviews without an interviewer, and information presented in a reportage style to tell the story.
Factual programming doctumentary task 2
The document discusses various techniques used in broadcasting news and their impact on audiences, including:
- Studio newsreaders who dress formally and maintain serious facial expressions impact audiences by appearing authoritative.
- Field reporters and presenters should dress professionally but more casually than newsreaders.
- Interviews provide different perspectives beyond just the media's view and can feature victims or perpetrators.
- Experts and witnesses increase believability, with witnesses providing first-hand accounts and experts validating topics.
- Using facts, statistics, and multiple opinions allows audiences to form their own conclusions.
Assignment 2 d
This documentary summary provides information on the TV documentary "Skint". It discusses the purpose of informing audiences about underprivileged people in Scunthorpe and how they survive daily life. The target audience is identified as those between 16-35 years old who are female, precarious members of society, or working class. Forms used include handheld camera movements, natural lighting, interviews, and case studies to achieve a sense of realism. Conventions include a narrator, non-scripted footage, and case studies; it challenges the use of a presenter and statistics.
Recommended
Conventions media
The document outlines several conventions that will be used in a documentary film, including conducting interviews with experts to take a participatory approach, using reflective techniques to encourage the audience to see an issue from a new perspective, and employing observational methods to show real events. A voiceover will provide authoritative facts and context. Non-diegetic sounds will enhance mood and pacing, while diegetic sounds allow the audience to hear dialogue. Real footage and titles will authenticate the experience and orient viewers.
Conventions of documentary
The document discusses conventions and modes of documentary filmmaking. Conventions include using a voiceover to provide context and persuade viewers, showing actual footage to allow viewers to witness real events firsthand, and interviewing experts to demonstrate an issue from a professional perspective. Modes include observational documentaries that show real situations without interviews for realism, and reflective documentaries that highlight a familiar issue and encourage agreement through a youth's perspective and discussions.
Documentary conventions
This document discusses different types of footage, narration, and interviews that are commonly used in documentaries. Actual footage shows real events as they are happening to make viewers feel like eyewitnesses. Voiceovers are normally used to explain the narrator's views and perspectives. Interviews with experts and the general public provide different opinions on the documentary's topic to present a range of perspectives. Archival footage and reconstructions are also discussed as techniques for authenticating arguments and recreating events.
Documentary convision
The document outlines various conventions used in documentaries. It discusses how documentaries aim to represent reality through narrative and perspective. Key conventions explained include using exposition at the beginning to introduce topics, voiceovers from the filmmaker for commentary and explanation, interviews on or off screen to provide different perspectives, archival footage as primary evidence from the past, visual codes to establish realism, titles and text for information, and reconstruction or reenactment of events.
Katie: My Beautiful Face Analysis
The documentary follows Katie as she discusses her past life as a model and TV presenter and how an injury has impacted her. Archive footage from her past career is used to tell her narrative and make the documentary more visually interesting. Close-ups are used throughout to emphasize details like her medication or locking her door, adding emotion. The camera work, editing techniques like zooming and panning, and mise-en-scene all work to make the documentary more visually compelling and support the emotional tone of Katie's story.
Moving image production
This documentary is about Stephen Lawrence, a Black man who was murdered due to his skin color in 1993 in London. Close-up camera shots and sad music were used to convey the seriousness of the crime and loss of life. The purpose of the documentary is to make people appreciate the value of life and think about how life should not be taken due to things like race. It took over a decade for Stephen Lawrence's family to get justice for the case. The documentary uses techniques like reconstruction of the crime, interviews without an interviewer, and information presented in a reportage style to tell the story.
Factual programming doctumentary task 2
The document discusses various techniques used in broadcasting news and their impact on audiences, including:
- Studio newsreaders who dress formally and maintain serious facial expressions impact audiences by appearing authoritative.
- Field reporters and presenters should dress professionally but more casually than newsreaders.
- Interviews provide different perspectives beyond just the media's view and can feature victims or perpetrators.
- Experts and witnesses increase believability, with witnesses providing first-hand accounts and experts validating topics.
- Using facts, statistics, and multiple opinions allows audiences to form their own conclusions.
Assignment 2 d
This documentary summary provides information on the TV documentary "Skint". It discusses the purpose of informing audiences about underprivileged people in Scunthorpe and how they survive daily life. The target audience is identified as those between 16-35 years old who are female, precarious members of society, or working class. Forms used include handheld camera movements, natural lighting, interviews, and case studies to achieve a sense of realism. Conventions include a narrator, non-scripted footage, and case studies; it challenges the use of a presenter and statistics.
Q1
This document discusses how a student's media project utilized conventions from horror films. It describes how the group initially considered films like Saw and Texas Chainsaw Massacre but ultimately drew more from the thriller Taken for their film about a girl being stalked. It then lists common horror conventions like dark atmosphere, scary music, isolated locations, unknown characters, the villain's point of view, and having a victim. The student explains how their film employed many of these conventions through dark visual effects, creepy music, filming in an isolated field, including the villain's perspective, and featuring a female victim to depict vulnerability.
Assignment 2 fin
This documentary analyzes the lives of underprivileged people in Scunthorpe, England. It aims to inform viewers about the daily struggles and problematic situations faced by those in poverty. Through interviews and case studies of individuals experiencing deprivation, the documentary provides insight into real life challenges. Camera techniques like handheld shots and natural lighting enhance the sense of realism. While there is no narrator or presenter, voiceovers are used to introduce the topic and characters. The documentary targets those aged 16-35 who can relate to the hardships shown.
Genre
Genre refers to the different styles or categories of art such as films, literature, music, and photography. The genre provides expectations for the audience about the theme or subject matter of the piece. For example, people expect a horror film to scare them. The document discusses how genre helps audiences choose what type of art to consume and filmmakers determine the key aspects to include when creating a work for a particular genre, such as thrillers. It then analyzes the opening scenes of two thriller films, Shutter Island and The Silence of the Lambs, noting the use of fog, music, and isolated settings to build tension and unease for the audience.
Q1
The media product is a feature film called Snitch that uses and challenges conventions of the crime genre. It tells the story of two main characters, Flash and Inferno, who were brought into a life of crime from a young age. Specific shots and costumes are used to further indicate the crime genre, such as Inferno's red coat suggesting danger and Flash's black coat connoting crime. The typography in the title is large and bulky to make it stand out.
Question 5
The document discusses how the audience was addressed in a horror film opening sequence. It attracted the audience using typical genre conventions like narrative and suspense. Music was used to create an unnatural, scary feeling. The camera mimicked the character's heartbeat to make the audience feel their fear. It established stereotypical teenage characters to make the audience relate to them. It introduced a dilemma at the beginning through a cliffhanger ending to engage the audience and leave them with questions. Sound and editing were used to set the frightening mood and atmosphere.
Codes and conventions [gg
The document discusses various codes and conventions used in documentaries such as interviews, locations, evidence, reconstructions, archived footage, vox pops, background footage, and music. It explains how these techniques will be employed in a student documentary project to make the documentary seem well-informed, reliable, interesting, and entertaining for viewers while effectively communicating information and arguments.
How Racist are You
This documentary analyzes racism through a social experiment where participants are divided into groups based on eye color. Camera work, interviews, and a voiceover are used to document the experiment. Editing techniques like cross-cutting between the groups show how their attitudes and treatment of each other changes as the experiment progresses from positive to negative and then returns to a new equilibrium. The documentary combines elements of observational, interview, and narrative styles to provide a balanced perspective on unconscious biases revealed by the experiment.
Types of documentaries
This document outlines different types of documentaries including docusoaps, docudramas, reality TV, fly on the wall, mixed, self-reflective, and fully narrative documentaries. It provides examples for each type and discusses their characteristics such as whether they aim to entertain or inform audiences. In the concluding section, the document determines that a mixed documentary style would best suit the audience of 16-25 year olds that they want to reach by using interviews and voiceovers to guide viewers to their own conclusions.
Biggie & Tupac
The documentary Biggie & Tupac uses several techniques to engage audiences and tell the story. It begins with an exposition to introduce the subject and events. Archival footage from the actual incidents is used to make viewers want to learn more. Interviews with witnesses, families, and friends provide different perspectives and make audiences feel connected. A voiceover acts as a narrator to inform what is happening. Text and titles provide relevant facts and details to encourage continued watching. Reconstructions emphasize specific incidents in a realistic way and help audiences better understand the story.
Evaluation 1 dakota
This document analyzes screenshots from a documentary. It summarizes the purpose and conventions used for each shot. Shot 1 introduces an expert in her field with a caption to inform viewers. Shot 2 similarly features an expert situated in front of imagery of his field. Shot 3 uses color to depict unfamiliar statistics and mirrors them with a long shot. Later shots establish characters' behaviors and environments through lighting and mise-en-scene elements. Vox pops interview subjects in close-up with dark lighting to show their lack of knowledge. Cutaways with voiceover illustrate the passage of time. The shots aim to enlighten viewers, use experts to seem credible, and represent reality, though some set ups prioritize the desired narrative.
Documentary Pitch
The students will produce a documentary titled "Missing: A Search for Matthew Evans" about a missing teenage boy. They will use influences from other documentaries on missing persons like Claudia Lawrence in terms of structure, camerawork, and music. The documentary will have a varied target audience of teenagers, parents, and those aged 20-60. It will use various locations, realistic costumes and makeup, and natural lighting to make the story believable.
Users and gratification theory
This document discusses Users and Gratification Theory and how it relates to different media forms like films and television programs. It explains the key concepts of diversion/escapism where viewers can get away from their daily lives, entertainment where media provides fun and relaxation, surveillance where viewers gain information, personal identity where viewers relate to characters, and personal relationships where media facilitates social interaction. The closing section discusses how a thriller genre piece could provide gratification through escapism, entertainment by including character archetypes, personal identity through a likeable hero, and social interaction for excited viewers.
The Theory of Documentaries
The document summarizes key aspects of documentaries based on information from John Fell, John Corner, and John Grierson. Some of the main points made are:
- Documentaries document real events and rely on evidence such as footage and interviews to report on a topic factually.
- They tell a story and aim to leave the audience with a point of view to consider through techniques like interviews, observations, and commentary.
- John Grierson coined the term "documentary" and aimed to influence audiences emotionally with his early socially-focused documentaries.
- Elements like a narrative structure with a beginning, middle, end and conflict help engage audiences, as does the use of sound, interviews and cutaways
Interactive documentaries
An interactive documentary acknowledges the filmmaker's presence and engagement with subjects. It focuses on the exchange of information rather than an objective view. Conventions include long take interviews, location shooting with handheld cameras, use of archive material, synchronous sound, and the filmmaker being visible and participating. Elaine McMillion's 2013 documentary "Hollow" and Nick Broomfield's 1998 film "Kurt and Courtney" are examples that merge traditional and web-based techniques.
Our Girl Analysis AS Media
The opening sequence of the BBC TV show "Our Girl" establishes the narrative and introduces characters through visual elements and film techniques. It shows a young girl playing with a toy soldier in the rain, then fixes its hand, representing her desire to become a soldier. As an adult in uniform, she is shown during a storm that clears to sunlight. Shots focus on the main character to introduce her and the title references her. The opening uses props, camera shots, and weather to hint at the story's emotional and complicated nature, engaging audiences' interest to learn more.
Documentary pitch
This documentary pitch outlines plans for a 7-part docusoap series following four privileged children attending a public school. It will use a combination of direct cinema footage and student interviews. Key scenes will show the students' first day, including refusing to participate in P.E. and being shocked by the cafeteria. Research on similar shows like Educating Yorkshire and Educating Joey Essex informed production techniques like using character interviews and focusing on the most dramatic parts to engage audiences. Filming will take place at Chauncy School and feature the main characters adjusting to their new school environment.
Analysis of tv show and film openings
The opening establishes the narrative by showing the main character, a girl, playing with a toy soldier in the rain, indicating the story will be about her wanting to be a soldier. Mise-en-scene creates atmosphere through shots focused on the girl, the use of props like the toy soldier, and stormy weather suggesting a sad and complicated plot. Characters are introduced by showing the main character's name in the opening. Various film techniques like lighting, music, camera shots and the intriguing storyline about the girl's desire to be a soldier engage the audience and make them want to watch the show to learn more.
Analysis of Audience Research
Kenya Bell conducted audience research through a questionnaire to learn preferences for different film genres. The research found that film noir, the genre of the film being made, is less popular. It also found that audiences prefer action genres and comedy elements. To appeal to a broader audience, the research suggests incorporating some comedy and action scenes into the film's opening sequence and incorporating popular elements like a mysterious woman character instead of a heroic character.
Codes and conventions
A documentary uses various techniques to communicate meaning to an audience in a non-fictional way. It focuses on a single story or issue and has a clear narrative structure. Documentaries employ exposition at the beginning to introduce important themes. They also use dramatic segments, voiceovers from the filmmaker, and interviews to engage the viewer and present perspectives. Archival footage and visual coding, like interviewing a doctor in a hospital, aim for realism. Reconstructions can depict past events in a way that feels realistic to the viewer.
Genre research
This document discusses the key elements and conventions of documentaries. It notes that documentaries focus on factual elements through real footage and interviews to inform audiences. The document outlines different modes of documentaries, including expository, observational, and participatory. It states that the student's documentary will take a participatory approach involving interviews between the filmmaker and subjects. The conventions that will be used include real footage, interviews, and text to anchor and inform the audience.
Evaluation Question 1
The document discusses the process of creating a 5-minute documentary, radio trailer, and double page spread for an A2 coursework project. It outlines the research conducted on documentary conventions, similar documentaries, radio trailers, and double page spreads. The document then describes how various documentary techniques and conventions were applied to the projects, including voiceover narration, interviews, footage selection, and examining the works under Bill Nichols' documentary modes.
A2 Media Evaluation
The document discusses how the media product adheres to and challenges documentary conventions. It follows standard conventions like interviews and archival footage to effectively portray a serious message. However, some shots challenge conventions by using unconventional camera angles. Statistics are incorporated to help audiences understand key information, and an intimate interview format directly engages viewers. The goal is to educate audiences while pushing the boundaries of traditional documentary styles.
More Related Content
What's hot
Q1
This document discusses how a student's media project utilized conventions from horror films. It describes how the group initially considered films like Saw and Texas Chainsaw Massacre but ultimately drew more from the thriller Taken for their film about a girl being stalked. It then lists common horror conventions like dark atmosphere, scary music, isolated locations, unknown characters, the villain's point of view, and having a victim. The student explains how their film employed many of these conventions through dark visual effects, creepy music, filming in an isolated field, including the villain's perspective, and featuring a female victim to depict vulnerability.
Assignment 2 fin
This documentary analyzes the lives of underprivileged people in Scunthorpe, England. It aims to inform viewers about the daily struggles and problematic situations faced by those in poverty. Through interviews and case studies of individuals experiencing deprivation, the documentary provides insight into real life challenges. Camera techniques like handheld shots and natural lighting enhance the sense of realism. While there is no narrator or presenter, voiceovers are used to introduce the topic and characters. The documentary targets those aged 16-35 who can relate to the hardships shown.
Genre
Genre refers to the different styles or categories of art such as films, literature, music, and photography. The genre provides expectations for the audience about the theme or subject matter of the piece. For example, people expect a horror film to scare them. The document discusses how genre helps audiences choose what type of art to consume and filmmakers determine the key aspects to include when creating a work for a particular genre, such as thrillers. It then analyzes the opening scenes of two thriller films, Shutter Island and The Silence of the Lambs, noting the use of fog, music, and isolated settings to build tension and unease for the audience.
Q1
The media product is a feature film called Snitch that uses and challenges conventions of the crime genre. It tells the story of two main characters, Flash and Inferno, who were brought into a life of crime from a young age. Specific shots and costumes are used to further indicate the crime genre, such as Inferno's red coat suggesting danger and Flash's black coat connoting crime. The typography in the title is large and bulky to make it stand out.
Question 5
The document discusses how the audience was addressed in a horror film opening sequence. It attracted the audience using typical genre conventions like narrative and suspense. Music was used to create an unnatural, scary feeling. The camera mimicked the character's heartbeat to make the audience feel their fear. It established stereotypical teenage characters to make the audience relate to them. It introduced a dilemma at the beginning through a cliffhanger ending to engage the audience and leave them with questions. Sound and editing were used to set the frightening mood and atmosphere.
Codes and conventions [gg
The document discusses various codes and conventions used in documentaries such as interviews, locations, evidence, reconstructions, archived footage, vox pops, background footage, and music. It explains how these techniques will be employed in a student documentary project to make the documentary seem well-informed, reliable, interesting, and entertaining for viewers while effectively communicating information and arguments.
How Racist are You
This documentary analyzes racism through a social experiment where participants are divided into groups based on eye color. Camera work, interviews, and a voiceover are used to document the experiment. Editing techniques like cross-cutting between the groups show how their attitudes and treatment of each other changes as the experiment progresses from positive to negative and then returns to a new equilibrium. The documentary combines elements of observational, interview, and narrative styles to provide a balanced perspective on unconscious biases revealed by the experiment.
Types of documentaries
This document outlines different types of documentaries including docusoaps, docudramas, reality TV, fly on the wall, mixed, self-reflective, and fully narrative documentaries. It provides examples for each type and discusses their characteristics such as whether they aim to entertain or inform audiences. In the concluding section, the document determines that a mixed documentary style would best suit the audience of 16-25 year olds that they want to reach by using interviews and voiceovers to guide viewers to their own conclusions.
Biggie & Tupac
The documentary Biggie & Tupac uses several techniques to engage audiences and tell the story. It begins with an exposition to introduce the subject and events. Archival footage from the actual incidents is used to make viewers want to learn more. Interviews with witnesses, families, and friends provide different perspectives and make audiences feel connected. A voiceover acts as a narrator to inform what is happening. Text and titles provide relevant facts and details to encourage continued watching. Reconstructions emphasize specific incidents in a realistic way and help audiences better understand the story.
Evaluation 1 dakota
This document analyzes screenshots from a documentary. It summarizes the purpose and conventions used for each shot. Shot 1 introduces an expert in her field with a caption to inform viewers. Shot 2 similarly features an expert situated in front of imagery of his field. Shot 3 uses color to depict unfamiliar statistics and mirrors them with a long shot. Later shots establish characters' behaviors and environments through lighting and mise-en-scene elements. Vox pops interview subjects in close-up with dark lighting to show their lack of knowledge. Cutaways with voiceover illustrate the passage of time. The shots aim to enlighten viewers, use experts to seem credible, and represent reality, though some set ups prioritize the desired narrative.
Documentary Pitch
The students will produce a documentary titled "Missing: A Search for Matthew Evans" about a missing teenage boy. They will use influences from other documentaries on missing persons like Claudia Lawrence in terms of structure, camerawork, and music. The documentary will have a varied target audience of teenagers, parents, and those aged 20-60. It will use various locations, realistic costumes and makeup, and natural lighting to make the story believable.
Users and gratification theory
This document discusses Users and Gratification Theory and how it relates to different media forms like films and television programs. It explains the key concepts of diversion/escapism where viewers can get away from their daily lives, entertainment where media provides fun and relaxation, surveillance where viewers gain information, personal identity where viewers relate to characters, and personal relationships where media facilitates social interaction. The closing section discusses how a thriller genre piece could provide gratification through escapism, entertainment by including character archetypes, personal identity through a likeable hero, and social interaction for excited viewers.
The Theory of Documentaries
The document summarizes key aspects of documentaries based on information from John Fell, John Corner, and John Grierson. Some of the main points made are:
- Documentaries document real events and rely on evidence such as footage and interviews to report on a topic factually.
- They tell a story and aim to leave the audience with a point of view to consider through techniques like interviews, observations, and commentary.
- John Grierson coined the term "documentary" and aimed to influence audiences emotionally with his early socially-focused documentaries.
- Elements like a narrative structure with a beginning, middle, end and conflict help engage audiences, as does the use of sound, interviews and cutaways
Interactive documentaries
An interactive documentary acknowledges the filmmaker's presence and engagement with subjects. It focuses on the exchange of information rather than an objective view. Conventions include long take interviews, location shooting with handheld cameras, use of archive material, synchronous sound, and the filmmaker being visible and participating. Elaine McMillion's 2013 documentary "Hollow" and Nick Broomfield's 1998 film "Kurt and Courtney" are examples that merge traditional and web-based techniques.
Our Girl Analysis AS Media
The opening sequence of the BBC TV show "Our Girl" establishes the narrative and introduces characters through visual elements and film techniques. It shows a young girl playing with a toy soldier in the rain, then fixes its hand, representing her desire to become a soldier. As an adult in uniform, she is shown during a storm that clears to sunlight. Shots focus on the main character to introduce her and the title references her. The opening uses props, camera shots, and weather to hint at the story's emotional and complicated nature, engaging audiences' interest to learn more.
Documentary pitch
This documentary pitch outlines plans for a 7-part docusoap series following four privileged children attending a public school. It will use a combination of direct cinema footage and student interviews. Key scenes will show the students' first day, including refusing to participate in P.E. and being shocked by the cafeteria. Research on similar shows like Educating Yorkshire and Educating Joey Essex informed production techniques like using character interviews and focusing on the most dramatic parts to engage audiences. Filming will take place at Chauncy School and feature the main characters adjusting to their new school environment.
Analysis of tv show and film openings
The opening establishes the narrative by showing the main character, a girl, playing with a toy soldier in the rain, indicating the story will be about her wanting to be a soldier. Mise-en-scene creates atmosphere through shots focused on the girl, the use of props like the toy soldier, and stormy weather suggesting a sad and complicated plot. Characters are introduced by showing the main character's name in the opening. Various film techniques like lighting, music, camera shots and the intriguing storyline about the girl's desire to be a soldier engage the audience and make them want to watch the show to learn more.
Analysis of Audience Research
Kenya Bell conducted audience research through a questionnaire to learn preferences for different film genres. The research found that film noir, the genre of the film being made, is less popular. It also found that audiences prefer action genres and comedy elements. To appeal to a broader audience, the research suggests incorporating some comedy and action scenes into the film's opening sequence and incorporating popular elements like a mysterious woman character instead of a heroic character.
Codes and conventions
A documentary uses various techniques to communicate meaning to an audience in a non-fictional way. It focuses on a single story or issue and has a clear narrative structure. Documentaries employ exposition at the beginning to introduce important themes. They also use dramatic segments, voiceovers from the filmmaker, and interviews to engage the viewer and present perspectives. Archival footage and visual coding, like interviewing a doctor in a hospital, aim for realism. Reconstructions can depict past events in a way that feels realistic to the viewer.
What's hot (19)
Similar to Conventions media
Genre research
This document discusses the key elements and conventions of documentaries. It notes that documentaries focus on factual elements through real footage and interviews to inform audiences. The document outlines different modes of documentaries, including expository, observational, and participatory. It states that the student's documentary will take a participatory approach involving interviews between the filmmaker and subjects. The conventions that will be used include real footage, interviews, and text to anchor and inform the audience.
Evaluation Question 1
The document discusses the process of creating a 5-minute documentary, radio trailer, and double page spread for an A2 coursework project. It outlines the research conducted on documentary conventions, similar documentaries, radio trailers, and double page spreads. The document then describes how various documentary techniques and conventions were applied to the projects, including voiceover narration, interviews, footage selection, and examining the works under Bill Nichols' documentary modes.
A2 Media Evaluation
The document discusses how the media product adheres to and challenges documentary conventions. It follows standard conventions like interviews and archival footage to effectively portray a serious message. However, some shots challenge conventions by using unconventional camera angles. Statistics are incorporated to help audiences understand key information, and an intimate interview format directly engages viewers. The goal is to educate audiences while pushing the boundaries of traditional documentary styles.
Evaluation - Question One
The document provides details about conventions used in documentaries that a group analyzed as part of a project to create the opening 5 minutes of their own documentary. It discusses conventions found in the documentary "Supersize Me" such as shot types, voiceovers, interviews, and archival footage. It then explains how the group's documentary uses, develops, or challenges these conventions, including using reconstructions, actuality footage, an expositional introduction, interviews, and archival footage. Specific examples are analyzed from "Supersize Me" and compared to techniques used in the group's own documentary.
DocumentaryEvaluation Question 1
The document describes a student's work on creating different media pieces for a documentary on bullying. They were tasked with making the opening 5 minutes, a 30-45 second radio trailer, and a double page magazine spread. To create the documentary, the student researched conventions like interviews, narration, and reconstructions. They applied similar techniques to the radio trailer and magazine spread. The document provides examples of shots and editing in the documentary and discusses following conventions to make the pieces successful.
Conventions
Short films typically have 2-3 main characters to keep the plot understandable given their shorter length of 5-35 minutes. Documentaries also tend to focus on a limited number of characters to provide depth within their shorter format. The filmmakers plan to interview multiple professionals in the creative industries to challenge views of creativity. Their documentary will combine observational and expository styles to prove creativity means different things to different people while maintaining a cinematic feel. Conventions like voiceovers, sound effects, and documentary clips will be followed for the radio advertisement, while the film poster will challenge some conventions but maintain others like institutional information and taglines.
Documentary Modes
The document discusses various documentary modes and techniques that can be used when creating a documentary film. It notes that documentaries aim to film important real-life events and issues to inform audiences and present different opinions. Specifically, the documentary being discussed will focus on issues related to child care costs and free child care for under two year olds. It will involve gathering footage and conducting interviews at a nursery with staff and parents to get their perspectives and opinions on the topics.
Codes and conventions doc
Documentary films aim to present real events and footage to audiences. Some conventions include using handheld cameras to appear more realistic, natural sound and lighting, authoritative voiceovers, archive footage for authenticity, and interviews with experts. Visual elements like text, titles, and visual coding are used to convey information to viewers. There are different modes of documentary, including performative which uses the filmmaker as a participant, reflexive which focuses on the representation process, participatory which involves interviewing subjects, and expository which subordinates images to narration.
Music documentary conventions
The document discusses conventions that are commonly used in documentaries, including voiceovers, realism, interviews, montages, archival footage, sound, camerawork, and editing. It also covers different documentary styles such as expository, observational, reflexive, participatory, and performative. The conclusion indicates that the music documentary being created will conform to common conventions and integrate elements of observational and participatory styles to avoid being classified as one specific style.
Factual Programming Assignment 1 TASK A
This document discusses the codes and conventions of factual programming and documentary films. It defines factual programming as non-fiction programs based on real people and events. It then examines different genres of factual programming like news, documentaries, reality shows, and educational programs. The document also analyzes different documentary modes like expository, observational, participatory, reflexive, and performative. For each mode, it provides examples and discusses the codes and conventions that define each style of documentary filmmaking.
Task A
This document discusses different types of factual programming and codes and conventions used in documentary films. It defines factual programming as non-fiction television based on real people and events. Factual programming can be divided into genres like news, documentaries, reality shows, and more. The document then explains that codes are technical and symbolic elements that create meaning in a film, while conventions are generally accepted ways of doing things. It provides examples of different documentary modes, including expository, observational, participatory, and reflexive, and analyzes examples like David Attenborough films and Big Brother to demonstrate codes and conventions used in each mode.
Documentary modes media sophie cooper
Our documentary examines the rising costs of childcare and free childcare for under two's in the UK. We will film interviews with nursery staff, parents, and experts to get different perspectives on these issues. The documentary will air on Channel 4 at 9pm, as this time slot typically attracts audiences interested in childcare programs. An off-screen voiceover will be used to provide commentary and context throughout the documentary.
Documentary modes media sophie cooper
Our documentary examines the rising costs of childcare and free childcare for under two's in the UK. We will gather footage from visiting a nursery where we will interview staff and parents to get their opinions on these issues. The documentary will air at 9pm on Channel 4 because this time slot typically attracts audiences interested in childcare programs. An off-screen voiceover will be used to provide commentary throughout the documentary.
Assignment task zaf
The documentary "The Virus Called Fear" educates audiences about the psychological perspective on the human tendency to fear. It features psychologists discussing why the human brain develops fear responses. The purpose is to help audiences understand and potentially change their own perspectives on fear. It uses a black and white film style and features psychologists speaking to the camera or each other on stage to discuss the topic.
The music video for Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" promotes her album and concerts through a narrative that helps explain the song lyrics. It is set in a classical mansion and features Taylor going through relationship stages, represented by her changing makeup, as she discovers a male character's infidelity. Various shots are used to show facial expressions and set the
Codes and conventions of documentaries
Documentaries conventionally use voiceovers from experts to authenticate views, interviews to further validate messages, and footage presented as unaltered reality. However, the student filmmakers intend to diverge from these conventions by using a student voiceover, focusing interviews on student opinions rather than experts, and filming only original footage of school life without archived material. While they will use some set-up scenes, the filmmakers acknowledge students being filmed may act unnaturally, contrasting the intended realistic portrayal. Overall, the student documentary aims to present an authentic perspective on school life while adapting some traditional documentary techniques.
Evaluation Q1
In what ways does your product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Codes and Conventions of Factual Programming
The document discusses the codes and conventions of factual programming and news broadcasts. It outlines 5 types of factual programming - expository, observational, participatory, reflexive, and performative documentaries - and describes their main conventions. It also discusses the roles and skills of news readers, their appearance, and typical elements of a news program like sets and anchors addressing the audience.
Different Modes of Documetaries
The document discusses the codes and conventions of factual programming and news broadcasts. It outlines 5 types of factual programming - expository, observational, participatory, reflexive, and performative documentaries - and describes their conventions such as use of narration, interviews, and involvement of the filmmaker. It also discusses conventions of news broadcasts such as the role of news readers to research, write, and present news stories while addressing the audience and maintaining an emotionally detached demeanor. News readers are expected to have communication skills, work well under pressure, and dress appropriately for their role.
Red Blue Green Illustrative English Media Documentary Film Conventions Pres_2...
This document provides an introduction to documentary film conventions for year 11 students. It defines documentaries as films that tell real stories using real footage. Documentaries can inform, raise awareness, or convey opinions. Key conventions discussed include: exposition to engage viewers, a focaliser to guide viewers, voiceover narration to provide context, actual footage of events, archival footage from other sources, reconstructed dramatizations, and interviews of subjects. Footage types and the purpose of various sounds are also outlined. The document aims to explain documentary techniques used to construct and shape reality for audiences.
AS Media Evaluation
The document discusses the student's crime thriller media product titled "In The Frame". It summarizes how the student used, developed, and challenged conventions of the crime thriller genre in their product. Specifically, it discusses how they used conventions like dark colors, mysterious music, and not showing the antagonist's face to create ambiguity. It also explains how they challenged conventions by having the setting in a normally safe and busy area rather than a dark alley. The student reflects on what they learned about camerawork, editing, sound, and other technologies through creating this product. They felt they gained skills and understanding of the filmmaking process.
Similar to Conventions media (20)
Red Blue Green Illustrative English Media Documentary Film Conventions Pres_2...
Red Blue Green Illustrative English Media Documentary Film Conventions Pres_2...
More from Abstract Reality
Evaluation QUESTION 2
The document discusses the effectiveness of combining a radio advertisement and double page spread as ancillary texts to promote a documentary. It describes the process of creating the double page spread, including researching conventions, taking inspiration from a magazine spread, receiving feedback, and improving the first draft based on a small image and excessive text. Details are provided about the radio advertisement, such as using a formal male voice to set a serious tone in contrast to BBC Three's usual informal female voiceovers.
Question 2
The document discusses the effectiveness of combining a radio advertisement and double page spread as ancillary texts to promote a documentary. It describes the process of creating the ancillary texts, including researching conventions for layout and targeting specific audiences. Feedback was gathered on an initial draft of the double page spread from the target audience and teacher, which helped improve it to better follow conventions seen in exemplar spreads from other publications.
Shooting schedule!
Day 1 involved filming council estates and local betting shops in Harlesden from 10am to 12pm, and people on their phones in Wembley high street from 12pm to 1pm. Day 2 included an interview from 12pm to 12:30pm with Mr. Hart, a professional expert on children, in his office at a school about how youth use social networking sites. Day 3 featured an interview from 4pm to 5pm outside a block of flats with teenager Aaron about how social networking sites have negatively affected his life. Day 4 consisted of filming from 3pm to 4pm in a kitchen set up with appliances and family photos on the fridge of Aaron's worried mother speaking about how much Aaron has changed since using
Project proposal
The proposed documentary will explore opinions on banning the Islamic veil. It will follow documentary conventions with an authoritative voiceover and real footage captured with natural lighting and sound. The target audience includes Muslim women who can relate to the topic and white British people as some support a ban. Muslims will be filmed wearing Islamic clothing in diverse locations including outside places of worship. Inspiration comes from current affairs shows, newspapers, radio shows, and magazines covering the debate over banning veils in some places. The documentary will utilize close-ups, midshots, cross-cutting, shallow focus, long shots, and fast forwarding among other camera and editing techniques.
Project proposal
The proposed documentary will examine teenagers and social networks, using conventions like a voiceover and real footage filmed with natural lighting and sound. The target audience includes teenagers who can relate to the topic as well as adults to understand youth perspectives, as adults often fear but know less about the internet than teens. Scenes will show a variety of students from different backgrounds in schools and other locations, depicting teens using technology or hanging out based on their character. The documentary takes inspiration from current affairs shows, newspapers, magazines, and radio discussing social networks and teens. It will utilize camera techniques such as close-ups, midshots, cross-cutting, shallow focus, long shots, and fast forwarding.
Media evaluation final
My group consisted of myself, Fatha, and Hamda. Together we produced a teen comedy news report sequence that resembles other films in the genre like Mean Girls, Easy A, and Not Another Teen Movie. The sequence features stereotypical high school social groups and characters, uses satirical humor to appeal to its target audience of teenagers ages 13-18, and receives positive feedback from viewers that it accurately portrays high school cliques and conflicts. Areas for improvement include better organization, time management, setting, and use of iMovie features.
More from Abstract Reality (6)
Recently uploaded
Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them
https://www.productmanagementtoday.com/frs/26903918/understanding-user-needs-and-satisfying-them
We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.
In this webinar, we won't focus on the research methods for discovering user-needs. We will focus on synthesis of the needs we discover, communication and alignment tools, and how we operationalize addressing those needs.
Industry expert Scott Sehlhorst will:
• Introduce a taxonomy for user goals with real world examples
• Present the Onion Diagram, a tool for contextualizing task-level goals
• Illustrate how customer journey maps capture activity-level and task-level goals
• Demonstrate the best approach to selection and prioritization of user-goals to address
• Highlight the crucial benchmarks, observable changes, in ensuring fulfillment of customer needs
Anny Serafina Love - Letter of Recommendation by Kellen Harkins, MS.
This letter, written by Kellen Harkins, Course Director at Full Sail University, commends Anny Love's exemplary performance in the Video Sharing Platforms class. It highlights her dedication, willingness to challenge herself, and exceptional skills in production, editing, and marketing across various video platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.
Digital Marketing with a Focus on Sustainability
Digital Marketing best practices including influencer marketing, content creators, and omnichannel marketing for Sustainable Brands at the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit 2024 in New York
How MJ Global Leads the Packaging Industry.pdf
MJ Global's success in staying ahead of the curve in the packaging industry is a testament to its dedication to innovation, sustainability, and customer-centricity. By embracing technological advancements, leading in eco-friendly solutions, collaborating with industry leaders, and adapting to evolving consumer preferences, MJ Global continues to set new standards in the packaging sector.
Best practices for project execution and delivery
A select set of project management best practices to keep your project on-track, on-cost and aligned to scope. Many firms have don't have the necessary skills, diligence, methods and oversight of their projects; this leads to slippage, higher costs and longer timeframes. Often firms have a history of projects that simply failed to move the needle. These best practices will help your firm avoid these pitfalls but they require fortitude to apply.
The APCO Geopolitical Radar - Q3 2024 The Global Operating Environment for Bu...
The Radar reflects input from APCO’s teams located around the world. It distils a host of interconnected events and trends into insights to inform operational and strategic decisions. Issues covered in this edition include:
Event Report - SAP Sapphire 2024 Orlando - lots of innovation and old challenges
Holger Mueller of Constellation Research shares his key takeaways from SAP's Sapphire confernece, held in Orlando, June 3rd till 5th 2024, in the Orange Convention Center.
Maksym Vyshnivetskyi: PMO KPIs (UA) (#12)
Maksym Vyshnivetskyi: PMO KPIs (UA)
Lemberg PMO School 2024
Website – https://lembs.com/pmoschool
Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/startuplviv
FB – https://www.facebook.com/pmdayconference
Industrial Tech SW: Category Renewal and Creation
Every industrial revolution has created a new set of categories and a new set of players.
Multiple new technologies have emerged, but Samsara and C3.ai are only two companies which have gone public so far.
Manufacturing startups constitute the largest pipeline share of unicorns and IPO candidates in the SF Bay Area, and software startups dominate in Germany.
Authentically Social by Corey Perlman - EO Puerto Rico
Authentically Social by Corey Perlman - EO Puerto RicoCorey Perlman, Social Media Speaker and Consultant
Social media for business The Genesis of BriansClub.cm Famous Dark WEb Platform
BriansClub.cm, a famous platform on the dark web, has become one of the most infamous carding marketplaces, specializing in the sale of stolen credit card data.
Organizational Change Leadership Agile Tour Geneve 2024
Organizational Change Leadership at Agile Tour Geneve 2024
Taurus Zodiac Sign: Unveiling the Traits, Dates, and Horoscope Insights of th...
Dive into the steadfast world of the Taurus Zodiac Sign. Discover the grounded, stable, and logical nature of Taurus individuals, and explore their key personality traits, important dates, and horoscope insights. Learn how the determination and patience of the Taurus sign make them the rock-steady achievers and anchors of the zodiac.
Unveiling the Dynamic Personalities, Key Dates, and Horoscope Insights: Gemin...
Explore the fascinating world of the Gemini Zodiac Sign. Discover the unique personality traits, key dates, and horoscope insights of Gemini individuals. Learn how their sociable, communicative nature and boundless curiosity make them the dynamic explorers of the zodiac. Dive into the duality of the Gemini sign and understand their intellectual and adventurous spirit.
The latest Heat Pump Manual from Newentide
𝐔𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐄’𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
Explore the details in our newly released product manual, which showcases NEWNTIDE's advanced heat pump technologies. Delve into our energy-efficient and eco-friendly solutions tailored for diverse global markets.
Top mailing list providers in the USA.pptx
Discover the top mailing list providers in the USA, offering targeted lists, segmentation, and analytics to optimize your marketing campaigns and drive engagement.
Recently uploaded (20)
Anny Serafina Love - Letter of Recommendation by Kellen Harkins, MS.
Anny Serafina Love - Letter of Recommendation by Kellen Harkins, MS.
The APCO Geopolitical Radar - Q3 2024 The Global Operating Environment for Bu...
The APCO Geopolitical Radar - Q3 2024 The Global Operating Environment for Bu...
Event Report - SAP Sapphire 2024 Orlando - lots of innovation and old challenges
Event Report - SAP Sapphire 2024 Orlando - lots of innovation and old challenges
Authentically Social by Corey Perlman - EO Puerto Rico
Authentically Social by Corey Perlman - EO Puerto Rico
The Genesis of BriansClub.cm Famous Dark WEb Platform
The Genesis of BriansClub.cm Famous Dark WEb Platform
Organizational Change Leadership Agile Tour Geneve 2024
Organizational Change Leadership Agile Tour Geneve 2024
Taurus Zodiac Sign: Unveiling the Traits, Dates, and Horoscope Insights of th...
Taurus Zodiac Sign: Unveiling the Traits, Dates, and Horoscope Insights of th...
Unveiling the Dynamic Personalities, Key Dates, and Horoscope Insights: Gemin...
Unveiling the Dynamic Personalities, Key Dates, and Horoscope Insights: Gemin...
Conventions media
- 2. Modes of our Documentary. Participatory; our documentary will include interviews with experts on teenagers and also social networks. Reflective; we will be highlighting an issue that the audience will be familiar with.. It will encourage our targeted audience to see through a youth’s perspective of life on social networking sites. Observational; By appearing to show real events. our documentary also fits under the observational mode. The characters may not be aware of the camera; this makes it more realistic.
- 3. Voice. Voiceover; To tell the audience the facts . They usually have an authoritative voice which allows the audience to think they are experts on the given matter. Their tone would have to be very confident as the audience would have to believe that what they’re mentioning is serious and is indeed a real issue.
- 4. Sound Non-diegetic sounds gives the flow between scenes and helps to draw in and influence our audience at particular moments. Diegetic sound will allow the audience to hear what is actually being said.
- 5. Footage/Titles. We will be using real footage to show the audience that this is a first hand experience and they get to witness the real events of the situation. Our use of titles will keep the audience aware of events, locations, times, dates, and key names.