This document discusses different types and conventions of documentaries. It begins by defining documentaries as focusing on real people and events to allow audiences to form their own perspectives. It then discusses conventions like interviews, archival footage, and narration. Reality television is described as combining information and entertainment. Docusoaps prioritize entertainment over social commentary by following quirky characters. The document also provides outlines for three episodes of a documentary about youth representation in media that would showcase stereotypes, challenges those views, and highlights positive contributions of youth.

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What is a documentary?
 Documentaries focus on and question people
and real life events by placing the audience in a
position to create a point of view about what or
who they are seeing.
 Creates reality

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REALITY TV
 This is real people in an
unreal situation, reality
television is now a
combination of many different
programme types as it's often
referred to as "infotainment".
Programmes such as;
Emergency 999 and Police,
Camera, Action.
 Reality TV is a mix of raw and
authentic material with the
seriousness of an information
programme and the
commercial success of
tabloid content.

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CONVENTIONS
 "Talking head" interviews and "vox pop" interviews.
 Interviewee placed on the right/left of the camera looking off camera
(looking space).
 Cutaways.
 Images/footage relating to text/voice including archive material.
 Backing music to tell the audience what to feel and also matches
genre and audience.
 Narrator or presenter.
 All documentaries have a narrative structure and most are closed
narrative (conclusion).
 Straight cuts to the next shot to make it seem more believable.
 Graphics - names/charts/information.
 Documentary type suits the TV channel and audience.
 Handheld camera work for drama and involvement.
 Factual and informative.

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CONVENTIONS OF TV DOCUMENTARIES
The Documentary
Genre
1.Expository
Thisis defined by the "voice of God" narration which
addresses the viewer and anchors the meaning of the
images to make it seem more objective and honest.

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DOCUSOAPS
 popular combination of
documentary series that
follows a group of
characters that are
entertaining and quirky, like
soaps.
• What sets Docusoaps apart
from their predecessors is their
prioritisation of entertainment
over social commentary. E.g.
Airport, Driving School.
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8. Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3
Films Music(videos) News/tv
• Stereotypes of females • Violence • Video games-
and males • Use of language influencing, hypo-
• Style of clothing • Male stream reality
• Stereotyped • Power • Riots
Subcultures • Woman are Inferior • Youth crime
• Rebellious behaviour • Whores • Rebellious teens
• Body language • News stories put into
games
• Use • Use
1. Black Gangs 1. Violence
2. Style of clothing 2. Male stream
• Develop • Challenge
1. Statistics 1. Woman inferior
2. Interviewing how
• Challenge different they are back
1. Interviews stage
2. Media positive
influences

9. Introduction •Put images Presenter talking about After
of statistics facts whilst showing up break
Presenter will introduce of how on screen What will
talking the show and title – negative happened
channel 4 you are now view on Talking about how after
watching…… youths in youths are portrayed break
this modern through music vids and
When that is done we’ll have a society news/t.v
instrumental playing low in Fast
the background whilst •Voice over Example of videos and forward
presenter is talking about the whilst this shots
topics that will be discussed is Then slow
happening Interview people to see down with
what they think and if youths
•We will they agree that this is saying
We will Show what is going to have case how youths really are
happened in this episode studies on
youth Challenge the view that were not
portrayal youths are rebellious as bad as
Have music playing in the you think
background whilst forward of •Begin our Have voice over of
the 5mins is being showed own presenter talking whilst
experiment shots of positive things
with having that youths do come up
a youth

10. TRANSCRIPT
#Voice over
Now coming up on channel 4 is a documentary
about youths representation. You surely
don’t want to miss this, so don’t move.
Ext:
Presenter: Hi I'm…. Throughout this
documentary we will be talking about the
portrayal of youths through different media
platforms we will be specifically talking
about the negativity/ positivity of how
people perceive youths through different
media platforms which are music TV/films
and news.

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12. EPISODE 2started ? – why gangs protect each other (brother hood) –
 Riots – how it
influence
 Gun crime rates and knife crime rates
Stereotypes – mentality ? Education ? young girls getting pregnant ?
Video footage of gang members
Interviewing older gang members
( research, decide what to put in episode over weekend)
Episode 2

13. EPISODE 3
 Positive
Information, footage, images of youths form ages 13 – 18
doing something positive, school grades, league tables,
images of certificates, boys going to college. Girls going
to uni. (graduating)
Why do the media continuously disregard positivity about
the youth ? Is it deliberate ? Or are the majority of us
bringing the small minority down ?
Good things youths do in society to challenge the negative
stereotype that the media communicates to people
Episode 3