Documentary analysis of ‘blackfish’
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The documentary Blackfish uses a mixed style combining interviews, observations, and narration to advance its argument about the mistreatment of orca whales in captivity. It explores themes of death, captivity, entrapment, suffering, and the concealing of truth regarding orca whales held at SeaWorld. Through the use of various camera techniques, editing choices, sound design, and archive materials, the documentary aims to show the poor conditions orca whales face in captivity at SeaWorld and how this negatively impacts the whales.
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Here are the key common features across the researched products:
- Focus on survival in challenging outdoor environments
- Filmed using styles that create an immersive experience for viewers and convey the challenges of survival
- Locations that suggest isolation from civilization in remote natural settings
- Emphasis on realistic portrayals that show the difficulties of surviving in wilderness conditions
- Use of camera angles, colors, and visuals that set the tone and provide context about the survival situation
- Personal narratives from those undertaking survival challenges or expeditions
- Behind-the-scenes elements that give viewers insight into the filmmaking process
The researched documentaries all centered around survival themes, with a goal of engaging and
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Word at least 1200 words 1 mandatory secondary.docx
The document provides instructions for writing a persuasive essay that evaluates a film in a particular genre. The essay must be at least 1200 words and include one mandatory secondary source, a film review from RogerEbert.com about the film being analyzed. The essay should answer what makes a good film in the chosen genre. It gives guidelines on organization, structure, and audience to consider, which is a college student organizing a film night. It provides a sample essay and notes from the instructor for reference.
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How long do you prefer a documentary should be and why?
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The document analyzes the trailer for the horror film "The Conjuring" through its use of lighting, mise-en-scene, editing, camera angles, titles, sound, and other elements. It notes that the lighting creates an unsettling atmosphere and that flashes may contain subliminal messages. The costumes connect the main characters to the past and contrast with modern students. Fast editing and camera motion prevent viewers from focusing on any one scene. Distorted titles and dramatic vocabulary aim to intrigue viewers. Screams and crashing sounds heighten fear without showing the source, creating dread of the unknown.
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The document discusses various elements of mise-en-scene in the film The Descent. It describes how the lighting is used to create a sense of claustrophobia and isolation for both the characters and the audience. The location is almost entirely within the confined space of the cave, adding to the feelings of entrapment and lack of escape. The costumes of the main characters and the creepers/monsters are discussed, noting how their designs contribute to the atmosphere. Several props used by the main characters, like lights and cameras, are analyzed for how they allow the characters to navigate the cave but also draw the threat of the creatures. Sound is identified as a key non-diegetic element that builds tension through
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The document discusses various elements of horror film trailers and films that are intended to frighten and unsettle audiences. Locations shown in trailers are often dark and isolated to build tension and a sense of unpredictability. Horror films also use everyday locations like supermarkets to make the threat of danger seem more realistic. The mask and title sequence for the film My Bloody Valentine help set the tone that evil will dominate in the film through their dark and ominous visuals.
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Here are the key common features across the researched products:
- Focus on survival in harsh, remote environments away from civilization
- Emphasis on the natural world through landscapes showing greenery, wildlife, beaches, etc.
- Film style creates an immersive experience for the viewer and sense of being in the location
- Limited or small film crews to capture a raw, personal perspective
- Target adventurous audiences interested in outdoor exploration and survival skills
- Covers showcase protagonists in survival gear within forbidding environments
- Aim to educate and entertain audiences with the challenges of surviving in nature
Some differences include the specific locations, whether an island or wilderness. But overall the research indicates successful survival
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This document discusses the conventions of documentary films and how the student's media product adheres to or challenges these conventions. It describes conventions seen in real documentaries like appropriate mise-en-scene for interviews, camerawork using mid-shots and the rule of thirds, smooth editing, inclusion of a narrator, use of archive footage and music, and placement of cutaways. It then explains how the student's documentary follows these conventions to appear authentic and help viewers engage with the content.
Contents page production with screengrabs
The document describes the process taken to design the contents page for an indie music magazine. Key steps included:
1. Keeping the background black to provide depth between the cover and interior pages.
2. Adding the title "Contents" using the same font and color scheme to maintain branding consistency.
3. Inserting relevant images to represent the articles and genre, arranging them neatly.
4. Adding the feature and regular article listings with consistent formatting and colors matching the rest of the magazine.
Double page spread production
The document summarizes the steps taken to design a double-page magazine spread. First, a black box was drawn as the background for one page. An image was placed over the entire other page. A title was added using blue text to match the image and establish a consistent color scheme. Additional grey text was layered behind the blue title to add depth. Then, a three-column article was inserted from a word document, including a drop capital and quote. Finally, white text was added in the corner to credit the author of the text and images.
Q7
The document discusses the learning and improvements from the author's preliminary photography task to their final product. They learned: improved photography skills through more ambitious pictures; greater camera knowledge around ISO and shutter speed; comfort with Photoshop and venturing into more complex software like InDesign; and planning skills through longer pre-production improving the final outcome. The author also learned about their target audience and meeting customer demands. They learned how to arrange a magazine to better imitate professionals through codes and conventions analysis.
EDITING MY PRINT ADVERT
The document describes the steps taken to edit a print advertisement for a documentary. First, the photographer graded the original photo in Lightroom to make it appear darker and more supernatural. Scratches and embers textures were then overlaid in Photoshop to warp and add glowing effects to the distorted image. When all three layers were merged, the finished product was deemed effectively unsettling for promoting the supernatural documentary. Text and the channel 4 logo were added last to identify the piece within branding conventions.
Question 4
The document discusses the target audience for a proposed indie music magazine. The target audience is youth aged 13-25, as this group appears to most actively consume indie music. The magazine will focus on recent and current indie artists to appeal to adolescents and young adults. Various elements of the magazine, such as the front cover featuring an indie-styled model, cover lines featuring indie bands, and feature articles on iconic indie acts, are designed to reinforce the target indie music-loving youth audience.
Question 4
The document discusses the target audience for a proposed indie music magazine. The target audience is youth aged 13-25, as this group most heavily consumes indie music. Images and articles throughout the magazine, such as on the front cover, contents page, and double page spread, are meant to appeal to this target indie audience. Popular indie artists and photos from indie concerts are featured to reinforce that the magazine is aimed at indie music fans, especially younger audiences.
Questionnaire analysis
This document summarizes the results of a questionnaire about a documentary and the different promotional materials created for it. The questionnaire responses showed that the interviews, archive footage, and cutaways in the documentary were well received, while the voiceover had some issues. Feedback indicated that the radio trailer was effective at engaging listeners, though it may have felt rushed, and the print advert successfully replicated industry conventions. Overall, the analysis found that the products cohered around their focus on the supernatural theme.
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The document discusses the process of creating an indie magazine to represent the indie music subculture. Through research of other indie magazines and charts, the creator identified popular indie bands like Two Door Cinema Club, Catfish and the Bottlemen, and Arctic Monkeys to feature. The magazine's style uses a minimal color palette of black and white to subvert mainstream culture and represent the angst of indie fans. Imagery and articles were selected to appeal to a young, indie-focused demographic.
Evaluation question 1 print advert
The document discusses how a media product followed the forms and conventions of real Channel 4 print advertisements. It describes researching real Channel 4 ads to understand the codes and conventions, such as placing the Channel 4 logo in the top right corner without obstructing the main image. An example image was found online to represent the documentary's content, and the created ad placed basic text at the bottom left and the logo in the standard position, matching the style of real Channel 4 print ads.
Evaluation question 1
The document analyzes the conventions used in typical documentary films and how they were applied to the student's own documentary "The Other Side". It discusses how mise-en-scene, camerawork, editing, sound, archive footage, cutaways, text, and graphics were used in real documentaries and then how the student incorporated these same conventions into their own documentary. The purpose was to make the student's documentary appear authentic and adhere to the established codes and conventions of the documentary genre.
Front cover production
The document summarizes the steps taken to design the front cover of a magazine. The designer added a cropped photo as the background to feature the model's face and cultivate a star image. Text was then added using various tools, including the title partially obscured by the image for brand recognition. Additional text elements like bylines and coverlines were positioned following industry conventions to highlight bands and grab readers' attention. The final design emphasized certain elements through effects and placement to promote sales.
Formal proposal
This formal proposal outlines a documentary about the supernatural topic. The documentary will have a mixed format of interviews, narration, and observations. It will target audiences aged 16 and over on Channel 4 between 9-10pm, as it may contain frightening footage. Primary research was conducted through questionnaires to help identify interview subjects like mediums, historians, and ghost tour guides. Secondary research will include online videos and articles about the supernatural. The documentary will have a linear narrative structure beginning with a historian's historical context of the supernatural and evolving traditions like Halloween. It will cover interviews, personal experiences, and depictions of the supernatural in popular culture. Required resources include a voice recorder, video camera, tripod, and interview subjects.
Formal proposal
The group has chosen to create a documentary on the supernatural topic. The documentary will use a mixed style of interviews, narration, and observations. It will air on Channel 4 at 9pm between popular shows to reach its target 16+ audience. Primary research was conducted through questionnaires to help guide interviews and footage selection. Resources needed to create the documentary include a voice recorder, video camera, tripod, and interviewees.
Evaluation of documentary
The document discusses an evaluation of a documentary, asking questions about various technical elements like the mise-en-scene, choice of music, editing, use of archive footage, handheld camerawork, title, lighting, dialogue and areas for potential improvement. Respondents answered yes or no questions and provided short comments on elements like the suitability of the setting, how the mise-en-scene could have been more suitable, and suggestions for improved camera angles, more interviews and clearer sound.
Codes and conventions of interviews
The document provides guidelines for filming interviews, recommending using medium shots and close ups to represent professions and facial expressions. It suggests beginning interviews on the left side of the frame and moving to the right, following the rule of thirds and keeping the eyeline one third down. The interviewee should look at the interviewer, not the camera, and props and backgrounds should reinforce the content.
The codes and conventions of documentaries
The document introduces the typical structure of documentaries, which includes an introduction that sets up the topic in the start, a middle section that elaborates on the points, and an end that summarizes the arguments. It also discusses the purposes of documentaries, such as to entertain, inform, educate, or shock audiences. Documentaries typically focus on a single topic, have a linear chronological structure, and shorter runtimes than films. They also use techniques like handheld camera footage, narration, interviews, and archived materials to guide viewers and sustain their interest.
The codes and conventions of documentaries
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Screenshots
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- 2. Mixed - Uses a combination of interview, observation and narration to advance the argument. Narrator is within the frame and this style is most common in news reporting. Type of documentary
- 3. Orca whales Death Captivity Entrapment Suffering Concealing the truth Themes
- 4. The narrative does not follow chronological order, as the documentary quickly swaps between present footage and footage from the orca whales and trainers at sea world. I think that the documentary was left both open and closed. It is closed as we are informed at the end of the documentary that seaworld no longer allow the trainers into the pool with the killer whales. However it is also left open, as another predicament that the documentary presents is the poor living conditions of the orca whales. To this day, the orca whales continue to survive like this. Narrative structure
- 5. Various shot types have been used throughout the documentary, to ensure that the viewer receives the documentary from a variety of perspectives. This could perhaps link into Stuart Hall’s Encoding/decoding model of communication. An example of these shot types is zoom out. Perhaps the camera is constantly panning out to demonstrate how the documentary itself is panning out to the bigger picture of what actually happens regarding the treatment of the orca whales in seaworld. Camera work
- 6. The mise-en-scene pictured in this documentary reinforces the reliability of the information. This is because a lot of the environments that the viewer observes are from Seaworld, as the majority of the documentary is made up of real-life footage. In addition to this, it demonstrates trainers in seaworld uniform, again reinforcing that the people being interviewed have worked at seaworld. Mise-en-scene
- 7. Blackfish employs the usage of aural signifiers when Tilikum is mentioned, this creates an association for the audience regarding the whale, causing them to feel a mixture of fear/anxiety. The most effective appeal to ethos in the film is through the testimony of previous Orca trainers at Sea World. This makes the audience trust what they have to say about the correlation of captivity and aggression in killer whales. This usage of diegetic sound encourages the viewer to believe that the information is reliable. Sound
- 8. Quick cuts are made to demonstrate the differences of wild orca whales and those held in captivity. These rapid cuts emphasise the inhabitable conditions that the Seaworld orca whales are surviving in, thus provoking a sense of pathos from the viewer. Binary opposition is also used when a sign about how “Captivity Kills” is juxtaposed with the footage of Shamu dolls; this emphasise show so much money has been made via the cruel and vicious treatment of Orcas. Editing
- 9. Adverts of joyful families advocating Seaworld are juxtaposed to real-life footage of both trainers and orca whales in danger. This links into the theme of concealing the truthy, as Seaworld manipulate information in order to advertise their company in a positive light. Archive material
- 10. Blackfish makes use of a number of animations in order to satisfy the audience’s visual needs when actual footage is not available/suitable. In Fig. 4, an animation is used to represent Seaworld Head Trainer Kelly Clarke giving testimony at an OSHA trial; by using text and not showing her face, Cowperthwaite constructs a persona around the trainer that she is vindictive and uncaring, causing the audience to take a negative view on her. Also the lack of images regarding her face makes the trainer appear inhuman, which could reflect the inhumane acts that Seaworld inflicted upon their orca whales. Graphics
- 11. This documentary fits into the uses and gratifications theory by Blumler and Katz. It fits into this through the concept of surveillance, as the audience is obtaining information and knowledge from the documentary. It also demonstrates the socioeconomic model by interviewing a variety of men and women in different occupations. Theories