The document discusses how the media producer's documentary, magazine article, and radio trailer used and challenged conventions of real media products. To make the pieces feel realistic and professional, conventions like straight cuts and interviews were followed. However, the documentary did not include an on-screen narrator to fit all the information in the 5 minute runtime. The pieces were also effectively combined by having a similar theme, target audience, voice, and colors to attract younger viewers and tie the products together cohesively.
Our media product uses and develops conventions of real documentaries in several ways:
1) It follows the expository documentary mode with a "voice of god" narrator and includes interviews, archival footage, and facts/statistics to investigate the topic of underage drinking.
2) Shots and editing mirror those in exemplar documentaries like "Supersize Me" with medium close-ups in interviews and title sequences.
3) The radio trailer and magazine article employ conventions like sound bites, pacing, and layouts seen in other media to engage the target audience.
4) While generally conforming to expectations, some elements like additional background images in the article and mixed narrator voices in
In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge codes and conve...gypsysky
The document discusses how the media product followed, developed, and challenged conventions of real media. It followed conventions by using consistent titles, mid-shot interviews, and background music. It developed conventions by including multiple perspectives instead of a single bias and opening with a relevant montage. It challenged conventions by incorporating reality TV clips, using an off-screen narrator instead of talking-head interviews, and breaking up the radio trailer with vox pops. The document analyzes similarities to and differences from the documentary "Supersize Me" to showcase its approaches.
The document discusses feedback received on three media products - a documentary, magazine article, and radio trailer - created to promote the same topic. Feedback indicated that the products were generally successful at promoting the documentary and appealing to the target audience of 14-45 year olds. Some key strengths included consistent branding across the products and professionally produced interviews. Suggested areas for improvement included adding more voiceover to the documentary and radio trailer. Overall, the audience feedback aligned with the creators' expectations and goals for the projects.
The document summarizes an evaluation of a student's A2 media studies coursework where they produced the opening 5 minutes of a documentary about university fees. It discusses how the documentary and supplementary materials like a listings page and radio trailer utilized or challenged conventions of real media to engage their target audience of 17-18 year olds considering university. Codes and conventions from channel 4 documentaries like interviews, shots, transitions, sound, and listings pages were employed, while some elements like transitions and images on the listings page were challenged.
The document summarizes audience research and evaluation conducted for a documentary on body modification. It describes administering a questionnaire to the target audience and some outside the target group to understand their views and experiences with body modification. It found piercings were more common among females and tattoos among males. Most felt discrimination against those with modifications is wrong, though some disagreed. An evaluation questionnaire after viewing the documentary, magazine, and radio spot found they were informative, professional, and appealing without needed improvements.
The document summarizes key learnings from audience feedback gathered during the production of a documentary. Some of the main findings included that the target audience of 11-19 year olds preferred a female voiceover narrator, liked the inclusion of statistics and facts, and felt there was too much pressure from teachers and parents to achieve good grades. The filmmakers incorporated this feedback by choosing a female narrator and including facts and a discussion of generational differences in perceptions of pressure. Additional feedback on early cuts of the film helped improve areas like audio levels and scene transitions.
The document analyzes the media product's use of documentary conventions. It discusses how the product studied documentaries like "Supersize Me" to understand conventions around camera shots, sound, interviews, facts and statistics. It aimed to use conventions like these while also developing some, such as opening with a montage and using clips from shows. Some conventions were purposefully not used, such as reconstructions, as they did not fit the topic. Overall the document evaluates how the media product successfully utilized many documentary conventions to create an engaging and informative piece.
The document discusses a student media evaluation of their documentary called "Under My Skin". The 5-minute documentary explores stereotypes related to body modification. In researching documentary styles, the students determined that an expository mode would best suit their topic as it allows for presenting facts to support arguments on both sides of the issue. The document describes several codes and conventions the students employed from real documentaries to develop their project, such as using interviews, statistics, establishing shots and narration. It also reflects on ways they could have further developed elements like lighting and font sizes.
Our media product uses and develops conventions of real documentaries in several ways:
1) It follows the expository documentary mode with a "voice of god" narrator and includes interviews, archival footage, and facts/statistics to investigate the topic of underage drinking.
2) Shots and editing mirror those in exemplar documentaries like "Supersize Me" with medium close-ups in interviews and title sequences.
3) The radio trailer and magazine article employ conventions like sound bites, pacing, and layouts seen in other media to engage the target audience.
4) While generally conforming to expectations, some elements like additional background images in the article and mixed narrator voices in
In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge codes and conve...gypsysky
The document discusses how the media product followed, developed, and challenged conventions of real media. It followed conventions by using consistent titles, mid-shot interviews, and background music. It developed conventions by including multiple perspectives instead of a single bias and opening with a relevant montage. It challenged conventions by incorporating reality TV clips, using an off-screen narrator instead of talking-head interviews, and breaking up the radio trailer with vox pops. The document analyzes similarities to and differences from the documentary "Supersize Me" to showcase its approaches.
The document discusses feedback received on three media products - a documentary, magazine article, and radio trailer - created to promote the same topic. Feedback indicated that the products were generally successful at promoting the documentary and appealing to the target audience of 14-45 year olds. Some key strengths included consistent branding across the products and professionally produced interviews. Suggested areas for improvement included adding more voiceover to the documentary and radio trailer. Overall, the audience feedback aligned with the creators' expectations and goals for the projects.
The document summarizes an evaluation of a student's A2 media studies coursework where they produced the opening 5 minutes of a documentary about university fees. It discusses how the documentary and supplementary materials like a listings page and radio trailer utilized or challenged conventions of real media to engage their target audience of 17-18 year olds considering university. Codes and conventions from channel 4 documentaries like interviews, shots, transitions, sound, and listings pages were employed, while some elements like transitions and images on the listings page were challenged.
The document summarizes audience research and evaluation conducted for a documentary on body modification. It describes administering a questionnaire to the target audience and some outside the target group to understand their views and experiences with body modification. It found piercings were more common among females and tattoos among males. Most felt discrimination against those with modifications is wrong, though some disagreed. An evaluation questionnaire after viewing the documentary, magazine, and radio spot found they were informative, professional, and appealing without needed improvements.
The document summarizes key learnings from audience feedback gathered during the production of a documentary. Some of the main findings included that the target audience of 11-19 year olds preferred a female voiceover narrator, liked the inclusion of statistics and facts, and felt there was too much pressure from teachers and parents to achieve good grades. The filmmakers incorporated this feedback by choosing a female narrator and including facts and a discussion of generational differences in perceptions of pressure. Additional feedback on early cuts of the film helped improve areas like audio levels and scene transitions.
The document analyzes the media product's use of documentary conventions. It discusses how the product studied documentaries like "Supersize Me" to understand conventions around camera shots, sound, interviews, facts and statistics. It aimed to use conventions like these while also developing some, such as opening with a montage and using clips from shows. Some conventions were purposefully not used, such as reconstructions, as they did not fit the topic. Overall the document evaluates how the media product successfully utilized many documentary conventions to create an engaging and informative piece.
The document discusses a student media evaluation of their documentary called "Under My Skin". The 5-minute documentary explores stereotypes related to body modification. In researching documentary styles, the students determined that an expository mode would best suit their topic as it allows for presenting facts to support arguments on both sides of the issue. The document describes several codes and conventions the students employed from real documentaries to develop their project, such as using interviews, statistics, establishing shots and narration. It also reflects on ways they could have further developed elements like lighting and font sizes.
The document discusses the effectiveness of combining a documentary with ancillary texts like a magazine spread and radio trailer to create a consistent brand identity. It details how the same font, color scheme, music, and narrator were used across the documentary, radio trailer, and magazine spread to appeal to the target 11-19 year old audience and make the products recognizable as being related. Screenshots from the documentary were also included in the magazine spread to clearly link the products and influence audiences to watch the documentary.
We conducted audience feedback through questionnaires and a focus group to evaluate our documentary, magazine, and radio trailer on body modification. The questionnaire responses showed that respondents felt the documentary and magazine were professionally produced and caught their attention. They also learned from the documentary and felt the music and voiceover added to it. However, some noted issues with sound levels in the documentary. The focus group also provided positive feedback on the documentary. This process helped us understand our target audience and improve our media products.
1. The documentary evaluates the rise in university tuition fees in the UK and argues against cuts to education.
2. It uses conventions of expository documentaries such as interviews, voiceovers, images and facts to make its argument.
3. Feedback from the target audience of students was positive and suggested the documentary successfully conveyed the situation of rising fees.
The document discusses the process of creating a documentary about rising university tuition fees. It describes researching documentary filmmakers like Michael Moore and Louis Theroux for inspiration. The documentary uses conventions like interviews, a voiceover, and images to argue that tuition increases will negatively impact students. Audience feedback found the live footage captured the issue well but the intro voiceover could be louder. Various technologies like cameras, editing software, and microphones were used at different stages of research, planning, production, and evaluation.
The document summarizes feedback from questionnaires given to the target audience of a documentary. The feedback showed that the documentary looked professional but some felt the sound quality was uneven. Most agreed they learned from the documentary and found the music and voiceover informative. The radio trailer and magazine effectively promoted the documentary and were aesthetically pleasing, though some felt improvements could be made to sound levels. Gaining audience perspective provided crucial feedback on how well the media products achieved their goals.
The document discusses how the media product challenges and develops documentary conventions. It created a 5-minute documentary on body modification, alongside a radio trailer and magazine spread. It analyzed documentary modes like expository, and strove to educate audiences through facts and multiple perspectives. Care was taken to professionally film interviews in line with conventions, use establishing shots, statistics, and represent experts' professions. The radio trailer and magazine spread similarly followed conventions to effectively promote the documentary.
The document discusses how the media producer's documentary follows conventions of real documentaries by using shots inspired by other documentaries, such as introductions with voiceovers, archive footage, interviews, and conclusions. Specific examples are provided of how shots from documentaries about Levi Roots and ancient Egypt were analyzed and adapted for use in the student's documentary about Levi Roots.
The document provides an evaluation of a documentary, listings page, and radio trailer created as part of a media coursework project focusing on teenagers' phone addiction. Conventions from real media products were studied and implemented, including opening with the channel logo, using a montage and narration to introduce the topic, conducting interviews, and including a title and images. The listings page and radio trailer were made to advertise the documentary, employing techniques like rhetorical questions and mentioning the program title, channel, and air time. While the projects employed standard codes and conventions, there was a minor error between the listings page and radio trailer promotion times.
The document discusses how the media product, a TV documentary, uses conventions from real documentaries. It includes three expert interviews, a voiceover, backing music, and opening montage to set up the topic. Vox pops from students are included to represent different opinions on the topic. Captions are used during interviews to identify the expert and their topic expertise. Transitions fade between clips to make them flow smoothly. The documentary follows conventions like those seen in documentaries like "Supersize Me" to appear professional and informative for the audience.
The document discusses how the student's media product followed conventions of real documentaries in various ways. It included expert interviews, a voiceover, opening montage, filler footage, captions during interviews, cutaways, transitions between clips, and establishing shots. The documentary used expository and poetic modes of documentary. The radio trailer and magazine article promoted the documentary by including sound bites and quotes from interviews. Both the documentary and ancillary texts appealed to parents by featuring experts alongside student opinions.
The student was assigned to create a 5 minute documentary introduction along with additional promotional materials. To ensure high quality, they conducted research on documentary conventions by analyzing exemplar documentaries. Their documentary explores body modification and uses conventions like voiceover, interviews, and archival footage to present various views on the topic. They followed conventions from documentaries like SuperSize Me in their shots and interview styles. Their documentary takes an open narrative structure to reflect the ongoing nature of the issues presented.
The document discusses feedback received from an audience on a documentary about hair. The author learned that the topic needs to be interesting to engage viewers, sound quality needs improvement, and including a more variety of interviewees could make the documentary more compelling. Overall, most of the audience found the documentary entertaining but some felt it could have been more interesting with additional footage and improved technical quality.
The document provides an evaluation of a short film project where the author was tasked with creating a 5 minute short film, film poster, and double page film review spread. It discusses how the film incorporated conventions like those in Barthes' Enigma theory to build tension. Research was conducted on films, genres, and industry conventions. The film was a drama-thriller genre targeting ages 16-25. Audience feedback found the main image and title most attractive. Lessons were learned about including more images to engage young audiences. Various software like Photoshop and Premiere Pro were used to construct the media products.
How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary textsrachelwestwood1
The document discusses how the main documentary product and two ancillary texts (a magazine article and radio trailer) were designed to be consistent and reinforce each other. Specifically:
- The products target teenagers and young adults considering or with body modifications.
- Elements like images, colors and fonts were replicated across all three products to create a cohesive style.
- The magazine article advertises the documentary by featuring real people interviewed in it and including audio snippets from it.
- The radio trailer also uses audio snippets to intrigue listeners and encourage them to watch the documentary.
- An upbeat soundtrack was used in both the documentary and radio trailer to further link the pieces together.
The document discusses feedback received from showing a documentary to 17-18 year olds. Focus groups found that the first 5 minutes engaged viewers and expert interviews/on-screen presenter stood out most. A questionnaire showed the documentary was informative on beauty. Feedback on editing fluidity was positive but also identified room for improvement. Feedback on a radio trailer found sound levels were generally clear but vox pops could be clearer. The listings magazine title font was clear and the main image stood out most.
The document discusses how the media products created for the task used, developed, or challenged conventions of real media. It summarizes how the documentary incorporated conventions from other documentaries like using an on-screen narrator, expert interviews, and statistics. It also discusses how the radio trailer and magazine article incorporated typical conventions like a backing track and red banner, while also challenging some conventions like placing the image on the left instead of right for the magazine article. Overall, it aimed to conform to conventions but also develop some for their target teenage audience.
The documentary focused on body modification among young people and how it affects their lives and employment prospects. To promote it, the creator made a radio trailer and magazine article. The radio trailer effectively combined with the documentary by using audio clips and soundtrack from the documentary to intrigue listeners and create brand identity. However, the magazine article published in Radio Times did not strongly appeal to or target the intended young audience of the documentary. The radio trailer was most effective at promotion as it clearly linked to the documentary through shared audio elements and targeted the intended demographic through its placement on Kerrang! Radio.
1) The document discusses an evaluation of a group's advanced media production portfolio which included a short documentary film about eating disorders and supporting research and planning tasks.
2) They analyzed successful short films and documentaries to inform conventions and techniques for their own film, such as using personal interviews and statistics to raise awareness and prompt emotion.
3) Audience feedback indicated the film was effective at increasing awareness of eating disorders and forming an emotional connection through the personal interview style, though some noted issues with camerawork and sound quality.
The research and planning for the documentary highly impacted the outcome. Various media technologies were used during the planning process, including researching other documentaries, brainstorming ideas, and conducting online research. During filming, cameras, microphones, headphones, and computers were used to capture high quality footage and audio. The editing process involved organizing footage, selecting clips, adding transitions, editing sound levels, and adding titles, text, and visual effects. The documentary was then exported for final review.
Our documentary follows the codes and conventions of professional documentaries by using a mixed style with interviews, narration, archive footage and cutaways. It focuses on the single topic of healthy eating through themes of cooking, shopping, exercising and meal planning. We included simple graphics positioned unobtrusively and used mise-en-scene with backgrounds and clothing relevant to health to reinforce the messages of interviews, mirroring other documentaries like "Supersize Me". Cutaways and creative camerawork like panning and zooming were used to maintain audience interest and remove jump cuts. Our print ad and radio trailer also adopted the styles of real media to promote the documentary.
The document discusses how the student's media product follows conventions of real documentaries while also challenging some conventions. The documentary is in the expository mode and uses techniques like voiceover, statistics on screen, and music to advance its argument. It follows conventions from the documentary "Supersize Me" but challenges some, like using a handheld camera at times and a cube transition. The magazine spread is modeled after Radio Times and uses images and pull quotes but challenges conventions with bright colors. The radio trailer is inspired by Capital FM and uses rhetorical questions to engage listeners within the standard 20-40 second length.
The document discusses the process of creating a short documentary, radio trail, and magazine article for an A2 media coursework. It describes researching conventions of those media to make the products look professional. The documentary focused on social networking and cyberbullying. Research included analyzing documentaries, radio trails, and magazine articles. Conventions like interviews, voiceovers, and establishing shots were included. The magazine article and radio trail also utilized typical conventions seen in those media like prominent images and headlines, and providing broadcast details.
The document discusses the effectiveness of combining a documentary with ancillary texts like a magazine spread and radio trailer to create a consistent brand identity. It details how the same font, color scheme, music, and narrator were used across the documentary, radio trailer, and magazine spread to appeal to the target 11-19 year old audience and make the products recognizable as being related. Screenshots from the documentary were also included in the magazine spread to clearly link the products and influence audiences to watch the documentary.
We conducted audience feedback through questionnaires and a focus group to evaluate our documentary, magazine, and radio trailer on body modification. The questionnaire responses showed that respondents felt the documentary and magazine were professionally produced and caught their attention. They also learned from the documentary and felt the music and voiceover added to it. However, some noted issues with sound levels in the documentary. The focus group also provided positive feedback on the documentary. This process helped us understand our target audience and improve our media products.
1. The documentary evaluates the rise in university tuition fees in the UK and argues against cuts to education.
2. It uses conventions of expository documentaries such as interviews, voiceovers, images and facts to make its argument.
3. Feedback from the target audience of students was positive and suggested the documentary successfully conveyed the situation of rising fees.
The document discusses the process of creating a documentary about rising university tuition fees. It describes researching documentary filmmakers like Michael Moore and Louis Theroux for inspiration. The documentary uses conventions like interviews, a voiceover, and images to argue that tuition increases will negatively impact students. Audience feedback found the live footage captured the issue well but the intro voiceover could be louder. Various technologies like cameras, editing software, and microphones were used at different stages of research, planning, production, and evaluation.
The document summarizes feedback from questionnaires given to the target audience of a documentary. The feedback showed that the documentary looked professional but some felt the sound quality was uneven. Most agreed they learned from the documentary and found the music and voiceover informative. The radio trailer and magazine effectively promoted the documentary and were aesthetically pleasing, though some felt improvements could be made to sound levels. Gaining audience perspective provided crucial feedback on how well the media products achieved their goals.
The document discusses how the media product challenges and develops documentary conventions. It created a 5-minute documentary on body modification, alongside a radio trailer and magazine spread. It analyzed documentary modes like expository, and strove to educate audiences through facts and multiple perspectives. Care was taken to professionally film interviews in line with conventions, use establishing shots, statistics, and represent experts' professions. The radio trailer and magazine spread similarly followed conventions to effectively promote the documentary.
The document discusses how the media producer's documentary follows conventions of real documentaries by using shots inspired by other documentaries, such as introductions with voiceovers, archive footage, interviews, and conclusions. Specific examples are provided of how shots from documentaries about Levi Roots and ancient Egypt were analyzed and adapted for use in the student's documentary about Levi Roots.
The document provides an evaluation of a documentary, listings page, and radio trailer created as part of a media coursework project focusing on teenagers' phone addiction. Conventions from real media products were studied and implemented, including opening with the channel logo, using a montage and narration to introduce the topic, conducting interviews, and including a title and images. The listings page and radio trailer were made to advertise the documentary, employing techniques like rhetorical questions and mentioning the program title, channel, and air time. While the projects employed standard codes and conventions, there was a minor error between the listings page and radio trailer promotion times.
The document discusses how the media product, a TV documentary, uses conventions from real documentaries. It includes three expert interviews, a voiceover, backing music, and opening montage to set up the topic. Vox pops from students are included to represent different opinions on the topic. Captions are used during interviews to identify the expert and their topic expertise. Transitions fade between clips to make them flow smoothly. The documentary follows conventions like those seen in documentaries like "Supersize Me" to appear professional and informative for the audience.
The document discusses how the student's media product followed conventions of real documentaries in various ways. It included expert interviews, a voiceover, opening montage, filler footage, captions during interviews, cutaways, transitions between clips, and establishing shots. The documentary used expository and poetic modes of documentary. The radio trailer and magazine article promoted the documentary by including sound bites and quotes from interviews. Both the documentary and ancillary texts appealed to parents by featuring experts alongside student opinions.
The student was assigned to create a 5 minute documentary introduction along with additional promotional materials. To ensure high quality, they conducted research on documentary conventions by analyzing exemplar documentaries. Their documentary explores body modification and uses conventions like voiceover, interviews, and archival footage to present various views on the topic. They followed conventions from documentaries like SuperSize Me in their shots and interview styles. Their documentary takes an open narrative structure to reflect the ongoing nature of the issues presented.
The document discusses feedback received from an audience on a documentary about hair. The author learned that the topic needs to be interesting to engage viewers, sound quality needs improvement, and including a more variety of interviewees could make the documentary more compelling. Overall, most of the audience found the documentary entertaining but some felt it could have been more interesting with additional footage and improved technical quality.
The document provides an evaluation of a short film project where the author was tasked with creating a 5 minute short film, film poster, and double page film review spread. It discusses how the film incorporated conventions like those in Barthes' Enigma theory to build tension. Research was conducted on films, genres, and industry conventions. The film was a drama-thriller genre targeting ages 16-25. Audience feedback found the main image and title most attractive. Lessons were learned about including more images to engage young audiences. Various software like Photoshop and Premiere Pro were used to construct the media products.
How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary textsrachelwestwood1
The document discusses how the main documentary product and two ancillary texts (a magazine article and radio trailer) were designed to be consistent and reinforce each other. Specifically:
- The products target teenagers and young adults considering or with body modifications.
- Elements like images, colors and fonts were replicated across all three products to create a cohesive style.
- The magazine article advertises the documentary by featuring real people interviewed in it and including audio snippets from it.
- The radio trailer also uses audio snippets to intrigue listeners and encourage them to watch the documentary.
- An upbeat soundtrack was used in both the documentary and radio trailer to further link the pieces together.
The document discusses feedback received from showing a documentary to 17-18 year olds. Focus groups found that the first 5 minutes engaged viewers and expert interviews/on-screen presenter stood out most. A questionnaire showed the documentary was informative on beauty. Feedback on editing fluidity was positive but also identified room for improvement. Feedback on a radio trailer found sound levels were generally clear but vox pops could be clearer. The listings magazine title font was clear and the main image stood out most.
The document discusses how the media products created for the task used, developed, or challenged conventions of real media. It summarizes how the documentary incorporated conventions from other documentaries like using an on-screen narrator, expert interviews, and statistics. It also discusses how the radio trailer and magazine article incorporated typical conventions like a backing track and red banner, while also challenging some conventions like placing the image on the left instead of right for the magazine article. Overall, it aimed to conform to conventions but also develop some for their target teenage audience.
The documentary focused on body modification among young people and how it affects their lives and employment prospects. To promote it, the creator made a radio trailer and magazine article. The radio trailer effectively combined with the documentary by using audio clips and soundtrack from the documentary to intrigue listeners and create brand identity. However, the magazine article published in Radio Times did not strongly appeal to or target the intended young audience of the documentary. The radio trailer was most effective at promotion as it clearly linked to the documentary through shared audio elements and targeted the intended demographic through its placement on Kerrang! Radio.
1) The document discusses an evaluation of a group's advanced media production portfolio which included a short documentary film about eating disorders and supporting research and planning tasks.
2) They analyzed successful short films and documentaries to inform conventions and techniques for their own film, such as using personal interviews and statistics to raise awareness and prompt emotion.
3) Audience feedback indicated the film was effective at increasing awareness of eating disorders and forming an emotional connection through the personal interview style, though some noted issues with camerawork and sound quality.
The research and planning for the documentary highly impacted the outcome. Various media technologies were used during the planning process, including researching other documentaries, brainstorming ideas, and conducting online research. During filming, cameras, microphones, headphones, and computers were used to capture high quality footage and audio. The editing process involved organizing footage, selecting clips, adding transitions, editing sound levels, and adding titles, text, and visual effects. The documentary was then exported for final review.
Our documentary follows the codes and conventions of professional documentaries by using a mixed style with interviews, narration, archive footage and cutaways. It focuses on the single topic of healthy eating through themes of cooking, shopping, exercising and meal planning. We included simple graphics positioned unobtrusively and used mise-en-scene with backgrounds and clothing relevant to health to reinforce the messages of interviews, mirroring other documentaries like "Supersize Me". Cutaways and creative camerawork like panning and zooming were used to maintain audience interest and remove jump cuts. Our print ad and radio trailer also adopted the styles of real media to promote the documentary.
The document discusses how the student's media product follows conventions of real documentaries while also challenging some conventions. The documentary is in the expository mode and uses techniques like voiceover, statistics on screen, and music to advance its argument. It follows conventions from the documentary "Supersize Me" but challenges some, like using a handheld camera at times and a cube transition. The magazine spread is modeled after Radio Times and uses images and pull quotes but challenges conventions with bright colors. The radio trailer is inspired by Capital FM and uses rhetorical questions to engage listeners within the standard 20-40 second length.
The document discusses the process of creating a short documentary, radio trail, and magazine article for an A2 media coursework. It describes researching conventions of those media to make the products look professional. The documentary focused on social networking and cyberbullying. Research included analyzing documentaries, radio trails, and magazine articles. Conventions like interviews, voiceovers, and establishing shots were included. The magazine article and radio trail also utilized typical conventions seen in those media like prominent images and headlines, and providing broadcast details.
The document discusses how the student analyzed conventions from real documentaries, radio trailers, and magazine articles to develop their own media products for the course assignment. They looked at documentaries like "Supersize Me" and "The Anti-Social Network" to understand conventions like interviews, voiceovers, shots, and more. They also researched magazine layouts like those in Radio Times to design their informative double-page article. Their radio trailer was informed by analyzing professional examples to understand conventions like length and including extracts from the documentary. Overall, the student aimed to incorporate key conventions from real media to create professional and effective final products for their brief.
The document discusses a student's television documentary project on binge drinking among young people.
The student researched documentary conventions by watching many examples. The opening 5 minutes of their documentary uses an expositional style with narrative, voiceover, and facts/statistics to set the tone and guide viewers.
Interviews and sound are used conventionally, with professional lighting and positioning. Some conventions like reconstructions are avoided as unnecessary. Overall the documentary effectively uses many real documentary codes and conventions while challenging a few that do not fit its topic or audience.
The document summarizes how the student's media project on body modification used and developed conventions of documentary films. Their 5-minute documentary focused on challenging stereotypes about body modification. They researched documentary modes and chose to use an expository approach with voiceover, interviews, facts and archival footage. They also produced a magazine article and radio trailer following conventions of those media. While they effectively utilized many conventions, they note ways their project could have been improved, such as clearer writing and lighting during interviews.
The document analyzes how the media product uses conventions of real media. It discusses using an on-screen presenter inspired by "Supersize Me" to involve the audience. Vox-pops and professional interviews provided perspectives seen in other documentaries. Montage editing was used to show how plastic surgery can go wrong. For the radio trailer, conventions like clips from the documentary and the same presenter were used. The TV listing includes images, quotes, title/subheading, and airing details, challenging conventions with a question/answer and free-flowing article.
The document discusses how a student's media documentary about legalizing cannabis uses and develops conventions of real documentaries. It uses conventions like a serious tone in the opening, factual voiceovers, interviews with experts, statistics, and an expository style. It discusses the different documentary modes and how the student incorporated elements of various modes. The student researched documentaries to incorporate conventions like shot types, handheld camera work, graphics, and proper interview setup. The goal was to create a well-rounded documentary that felt professional while addressing its topic through common documentary techniques.
1. The documentary evaluates the rise in university tuition fees in the UK and the protests against it.
2. It uses techniques from documentarians like Michael Moore, including interviews, footage of protests, and a voiceover to argue strongly against rising fees.
3. Feedback from the target audience of current and future university students showed that the documentary successfully conveyed its message and engaged viewers on the issue.
The documentary focuses on running and fitness, providing tips and statistics to audiences aged 16 and older. It uses a mix of narration, interviews, and observational footage to make the case that running has benefits. Interview subjects include a gym employee, a teacher, and a department head to discuss how they incorporate running into their lives. Cutaways of running apps, massages, and medals were included to illustrate points. Wide shots and mid shots were used during interviews to meet documentary conventions. An upbeat song played over opening credits to set a fun tone for the active sport of running.
The document discusses how a media production team used and developed conventions of documentary films in creating their own documentary. They analyzed other documentaries like "Supersize Me" to understand common documentary codes and conventions. Their documentary employed conventions like formal interviews with titles and professionals in their work environments, as well as casual vox pops with ordinary people. The team linked their documentary, magazine article, and radio advertisement through consistent branding elements like color schemes, fonts, and incorporating clips and music from the documentary.
The document discusses how a media production team used and developed conventions of documentary films in creating their own documentary. They analyzed other documentaries like "Supersize Me" to understand common documentary codes and conventions. Their documentary employed conventions like formal interviews with titles and professionals in their work environments, as well as casual vox pops with ordinary people. The team linked their documentary, magazine article, and radio advertisement through consistent branding elements like color schemes, fonts, and incorporating clips and music from the documentary.
The document summarizes Sarah Zadran's media evaluation of a documentary, listings page, and radio trailer they produced about peer pressure and branding among teenagers. Feedback from their target audience was generally positive but identified some areas for improvement, particularly with sound balancing in interviews. Sarah learned that promoting media across different platforms can be effective, but choosing the right promotion methods is important to reach the target audience.
The document discusses Sarah Zadran's final media evaluation project which was a 5-minute documentary on peer pressure and brands among teenagers. To develop realism, the documentary followed several codes and conventions of real media including: using Channel 4 branding, including interviews with experts and teenagers, using flashing images in montages, and background music. The listings page and radio trailer also used conventions from real media examples such as multiple images, bold titles, and a presenter's voice.
The document summarizes Sarah Zadran's media evaluation of a documentary, listings page, and radio trailer they produced about peer pressure and branding among teenagers. Feedback from their target audience was generally positive but identified some areas for improvement, particularly with sound balancing in interviews. Sarah learned that promoting media across different platforms can be effective, but choosing the right promotion methods is important to reach the target audience.
The document summarizes Sarah Zadran's media evaluation of a coursework documentary project on peer pressure and teenage fashion brands. The 5-minute documentary was produced to resemble Channel 4 documentaries, using conventions like interviews, a Channel 4 ident, and background music. A listings page was also produced following conventions like images, bold titles, and columns. The radio trailer was designed to advertise the documentary using conventions from other radio spots like a presenter's voice.
The document discusses Sarah Zadran's final media evaluation project which was a 5-minute documentary on peer pressure and brands among teenagers. To develop realism, the documentary followed several codes and conventions of real media including: using Channel 4 branding, including interviews with experts and teenagers, using flashing images in montages, and background music. The listings page and radio trailer also used conventions from real media examples such as multiple images, bold titles, and a presenter's voice.
The document summarizes Sarah Zadran's media evaluation of a documentary, listings page, and radio trailer they produced about peer pressure and branding among teenagers. Feedback from their target audience was generally positive but identified some areas for improvement, particularly with sound balancing in interviews. Sarah learned that promoting media across different platforms can be effective, but choosing the right promotion methods is important to reach the target audience.
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Evaluation
1. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? Throughout all the media products that I have produced, I have tried to maintain various codes and conventions as this makes the products realistic and more professional. For part of the planning stages of the coursework, I watched various documentaries such as: Super Size Me, Super Size Vs Super Skinny and You are what you eat to get ideas about what is included in a documentary and what conventions they follow. All the documentaries which I watched were all linked by the same theme, healthy lifestyles. Also, I watched various examples of students documentaries to try and get inspiration. However, one of the conventions which I went against which all of these documentaries have, is an on screen narrator. I decided against this as my documentary has a mixture of interviews and as the documentary was 5 minutes, it was hard to fit all of this in as there was a lot of information. Also, most of these documentaries feature people, who are confident with talking to the camera, some of which have done many documentaries before. Our group felt more confident with having a hidden narrator as they found it a bit intimidating talking to the camera, and also as our audience is aimed at teenagers, they might find it boring and be more interested in visual images. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JELossiyi9o&feature=fvst http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el5ejT1dcUY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r7wNzTjPro&feature=related
2. Another convention which I followed and took from the documentaries, was that they all had straight cuts. I included this in my documentary as it shows a passage in time and also to keep the audience interested. At the start of the documentary, there is an example of a montage of clips. This was used to show short snap shots of various clips which are featured in the documentary. Again, this was used to keep the audience which is teenagers interested and want them to carry on watching the rest of the documentary. There was various interviews included in the documentary, and it was a mixture of formal and vox pops. The vox pops were used to show the publics opinion and in this case, students from the college. Many of the people watching the documentary could relate to them. The use of formal interviews was to give the audience a source of information which is reliable and shocking. Some of the interviews which were carried out were: A doctor, Principle and Sports Co-Ordinator. Examples of Vox Pops: Examples of Formal Interviews: Montage of Clips: The formal interviews took more time to conduct compared to a vox pop as we had to think about appropriate background’s as it conveys their professional career.
3. Medium Close Up Shot - Both are not looking directly at the camera. Title to show importance and to remind the audience about his position and career. The background is relevant to the persons career. Codes and Conventions of a real Documentary Rule of thirds. Vox Pops Both of the vox pops took place in random locations. For example, ours was taken in the canteen, and the other documentary was a person randomly stopped in a shopping centre.
4. Codes and Conventions Small space above head Medium shot Occupying only half of the screen. Establishing Shots Real Documentaries Establishing shots are an important aspect of a documentary as it is a visual image for the reader as it shows the outside of the building or place before entering. A code and convention which I challenged and didn't include was an over the shoulder shot. This is used mainly in soaps and not so much informative documentaries, so I decided against it. The point of it is to let the audience see what the view is like from one of the characters, and is mainly used when the characters are having a conversation.
5. Two Shot – Medium Close Up Examples of the type of shots featured in our documentary Multi Shot Long Shot Medium Close Up The background featured in all of our shots was thought through thoroughly as it is important as interests the audience and also relates to what is being talked about. Here we have students in their working environment. We used clips when say the doctor was talking about students in general. A student on the college grounds with books revising on bench. Again, it conveys the student life. I like this two shot of the girls as it looks as if we have interrupted them both working as this is what we wanted to show. Long Shot This was used for the audience to get a bigger picture of what we were talking about. We decided to do a pan shot of the gym hall. I think this is very effective as it shows all of the hall and a moving image (pan) keeps the audience’s attention.
6. Drop Cap Grab Quote Stand First Both articles have one main image, and then several smaller. The reason for this was to make the main image stand out and show what is featured in the documentary. For example, an important part of our documentary was the interview from the sports co-ordinator of the college. Also, our target audience was aimed at teenagers, and so they would be more interested with gym equipment, rather than have the main image as the doctors interview as they might loose interest. Another similarity which both articles have in common is the use of medium close up shots. By having this, it creates a better visual image for the audience and also it makes image stand out, rather than having a long shot where they are more likely to be not noticed. Codes and Conventions of a real magazine The Times My Magazine A code and convention which we didn't use in the magazine article was the page number. Our group didn't realise we hadn't put one in until we had finished and uploaded it onto the blog. This is very important as many article include this as it is professional and easier for the reader to find the article.
7. Conventions we used for our Radio Trailer One convention which we followed was that we used background music throughout, even playing during interviews and our voiceover. We decided to use this as this is very common is some of the radio trailers which we have been listening to as part of our planning and research. It also brings an upbeat approach to it, as our audience is young, we wanted to keep them interested, as a trailer is very important if you are trying to sell something. Another convention which we used was a voice over . We thought this was the main convention, as it tells the audience any extra information. For example, in our voice over, we used shocking statistics to scare the reader and interest them. Also, it we hadn't had used one in my opinion, the interviews which we used wouldn't have attracted the reader as much. Through our voice over, we said the date and time of when the documentary was to be shown. This is a very important piece of information as it is the whole point of the trailer, to advertise our documentary. The last convention that we used was actual footage from the documentary. The point of this is to give the audience a flavour of the documentary, and we took in to consideration which footage to use, as we wanted to sell the documentary as best as possible. We also tried to follow the rule of having the trailer 30 seconds long. This is important convention as many stations follow it and its supposed to be short and snappy and so timing is crucial. This was hard at first, but after cutting bits ok, we narrowed the clip down to around 35 – 40 seconds. If I was to create a radio trailer again, I would concentrate on getting the timings more perfect, as this is an aspect which I felt we could of improved. http://www.capitalfm.com/birmingham/ Again, for our research and planning we looked at various radio trailer and stations to get an idea of what the main codes and conventions are as we wanted our trailer to be as professional and realistic as possible. Our trailer was aimed at Capital, a popular station which has an audience of mainly teenagers and young adults. We looked closely at what main conventions they used, and whether we thought it was suitable for us. Example of our Radio Trailer in Final Cut Express
8. 2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts? By having each of the three products having a similar theme is very important as it show a professional approach in the creation. Our target audience was aimed at 16 – 23 years olds , both female and male and social class was ABC1. One of the ways in which we tried to do this was by having our pieces featured in places in which the younger generation would be able to spot them and be interested inn watching out documentary. We did a questionnaire to find out what magazines and radio trailers young people are interested in, and the results were are chosen magazine, radio station and channel. For our radio trailer and documentary we used a young enthusiastic voice and we tried to do the same whilst writing our magazine article. This is important as it attracts the reader and its makes them interested. Also, if we had used big words and long complex sentences, our audience for the products would have been completely different to what we would have wanted. We also used the same person to do the voice over for the documentary and the radio trailer as we thought the same person would be better because if some one had heard the radio trailer advertised, it would be nice for them to hear the same person in the documentary. Also, this is another convention which many famous documentaries use. The colours we used in our article were all related to our theme. For example we used green and blue. Green has connotations of vegetables and exercise, whereas blue has connotations of water. These all relate back to having a healthy life. We thought this was important as it shows that we have thought about how n our documentary, we featured various student vox pop as we felt that our target audience could relate to them. By doing this, they will become more interested and more likely to listen to what they have to say. In all three products, we tried to use a fair amount of gender used. As we didn't want it to come across as biased. For example, for our magazine article there was one picture with a female and one with a male. Sports Coordinator Doctor
9. Four our audience feedback, we asked if the audience thought all three of our products have a similar brand identity. The overall result was good, as 90% thought it did work well. Opening Title for Documentary If I was to do the coursework again, one of the main points which I would improve would be the opening title for our documentary. In my opinion we could have used colours which we used in our article. I think the title looks quite plain and boring, and if I seen this, I wouldn’t be as excited to watch the documentary. Another improvement which I would have made would be slight changed to the magazine article. As our target audience is teenagers, I feel as if our magazine is too text orientated which puts a lot of people off, especially the younger generation. If I seen this for the first time, I would assume it would be for adults ages around 25 +. To improve I would include more images, maybe focus more on the students which are featured in the documentary. Improvements
10. For part of the audience feedback, questionnaires were handed out to students in a class to gain feedback as they watched our documentary. The main purpose for this was to see areas which we could improve for the future, and also areas which we did well on. The graph shows that 9 out of the 15 students asked, thought the documentary informed them through facts and opinions. In my opinion, I agree with the overall result we got for this particular survey, as one of the things which we could of improved is the amount of information regarding our topic. One of the reasons why we didn’t include more information was because our target audience were teenagers, and we felt that too much information might bore them and that the documentary would turn into a lecture, and prevent them from watching the rest of the documentary. The ways in which we tried to get information across was through formal interviews with the sports co-Coordinator and a doctor. Examples of students who took our questionnaires. “ Good formal interviews (mise-en-scene).” I completely agree with this persons opinion, as I think this was one of the strongest points to our documentary. For example, with the interview with the sports-coordinator, he is dressed in sports wear and has gym equipment in the background to convey his job title. As this is important as it lets the audience see him in his natural environment and they are more likely to believe what he is saying compared to a person who is sat at a desk talking about exercise. 3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?
11. For the voice over for the documentary, we used the same person for our radio trailer too. In my opinion, I thought the voice over was good, as it was clear and easy to understand. “ Good vox – pops, the girl seemed to be passionate about the subject as she had a lot to say.” “ The sound on the principle interview wasn’t very good.” I agree with this statement. We had trouble with the sound and had to re-record two times due the microphone picking up every sound which was in the room causing the overall sound on the interview to become all hissy and the principle could hardly be heard. “ Good parts of vox pops showing a variety of opinions comparing images from females and males.” “ Nice and lively” “ Some of the editing wasn’t perfect” “ Music was quite serious which was a good as it links in to the theme of the documentary”. Some verbal feedback we received:
12. I am pleased with the response to this question. In my opinion this was one of our strong points to our documentary. We included three strong formal interviews. We didn’t just stay in college and record, we went to a professional doctor’s surgery to get an experts opinion. Our three formal interviews featured in our documentary: Principle of the college Doctor Sports Coordinator Overall, I am a little bit disappointed with this response, as one person said that the topic didn’t gain their interest. Healthy lifestyles can be a boring subject, and so we tried to make it as interesting as possible by gaining a wide variety of information which ranged from each social class, age and gender.
13. I am pleased with this response as nobody said that are documentary didn't relate to our target audience. I thought this was one of the strong points to our documentary, as we did various things to aim it at our audience. One of the ways was filming in a college and using various student as vox pops. This is important as we wanted the audience to relate. The whole aim for our documentary and other products was to give guidance to teenagers on how to live a healthy lifestyle Example of a student vox pop. I agree with these results. On some of the interviews which we featured on the radio trailer, they were hard to understand some of the people speaking. For example, the principle interview with the hissing sound and also some student interviews which took place in the canteen. The background was loud as we carried out the interviews at busy times through out the college day. In a way this is good as it conveys student life, busy and noisy. However, an improvement would be for the future
14. Advantages and Disadvantages of Questionnaires Some of the disadvantages which we came across with the questionnaires were that they were limited, as we only asked our own class to fill them out. Our class age range was between 17 – 18 and our target audience age range was 16 – 23 and social class ABC1. To gain more feedback, we could of asked people with examples of each age and not just focus on 17 – 18. Another problem which we came across were that we found some groups which we asked, were biased and also some people were our friends and might have been afraid to hurt of feelings. On the other hand, some of the advantages were that we got ideas of how we could improve our documentary. Audience Feedback for Radio Trailer I am happy with the overall response for this question. This is what we set out to do, make the voice over interesting so that the audience is engaged and wants to watch the whole of the documentary. An improvement which I would suggest for the voice over would be that we should have included more facts maybe about teenagers which could shock them and engage them more. That way, the overall response for this question could improve to a 100%. I am disappointed with the response to the question, as it would have been good to have all of the people to say yes. In my opinion maybe people responded as a ‘little’ as some of the formal interviews which we carried out maybe might not have interested them say as much as the vox pops which we used teenagers. For example, the teenagers watching might feel as if the doctor is giving them a lecture, and that is something which could of put them off. An improvement which I think might improve the response would again to use more interviews which will engage them so maybe a professional gym instructor.
15. 4. How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages? Planning The first part of our coursework was to research our chosen topic and the main type of software which we used was Google. There were many advantages of Google were that there was loads of information to choose from. Some of the websites which we used were: http://www.nhs.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Healthy-Lifestyle-Five-Choices.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/treatments/healthy_living/ We also used Microsoft Word in various stages of the coursework to type up our chosen information, or to script our voice over for our documentary and trailer. Advantages to using this software were that it is well known, and a lot of people know how to use all the tools making the layout easy to read and use. A disadvantage which we found were that as it was electronic, there was always the possibility of the documents being lost due to the computer crashing Construction There were various types of hardware which we used to create the documentary, trailer and article. We constructed our documentary in final cut express due to it being a good piece of software to use as it is easy and has various tools to use such, for example effects on the transitions. For the magazine article, we decided on InDesign instead of Photo Shop as we thought this would work better as text dominates the article compared to photos, and in InDesign, it is better for this. For example, you can a drop cap which is a convention used in a real magazine.
16. The radio trailer was also created in Final Cut as we were familiar with the software and the various tools featured, and it was also easier to transfer our clips from the documentary to the trailer. Garage band was another piece of software which we considered, but after trying it out, we decided against it due to not enough knowledge about the software. This would have had an effect on our final piece as in my opinion, we would at a disadvantage as we would spend more time reading up on what all the tools mean. Example of our Radio Trailer sequence Blogger was a key piece of software used in the coursework process, as it was our online diary of our day to day construction of each three pieces. It had many advantages as the layout and form were easy to use and as we were working as a group, all three members could easy access it. On the other hand, a disadvantage was that the whole class had the same username and password, which meant other member of the class could see what work we had done. This resulted in some copying being made. Background music Clips featured in our documentary Hardware Used One of the most important pieces of software which we used was a camera. This was used to record all of footage. The camera was high quality, making our clips look professional. A disadvantage we found though, due to It being good quality was the health and safety risks that came with it. For example, there was an interview arranged with a gym instructor from Fitness First but as it was planned to take place outside of college hours, it meant taking all the expensive equipment on public transport and also during dark hours. We decided against the interview as we found there were more disadvantages to advantages. Along with the camera, we also used a separate microphone and tripod. The microphone was again good quality which meant sound levels had to be perfect, otherwise, errors would be picked up. On our interview with the principle had to be done several times due to the sound levels not being good. The interview took place in his office, and the principle talked quite quietly. Due to this, the microphone picked up crackling noises, which ended up making the sound quality not very good. This would be one of the improvements I would make if I was to do the course again, I would take more time and notice towards the sound level, as I think our group concentrated more on the picture quality and background of the shot.
17. Another piece of hardware which we used was a tripod. The point of a tripod is to make the frame of the shot still and reduce any errors of a shaky disorientated shot. This is one of the advantages as it worked well when we filmed for the formal interviews. We also used the tripod when filming the vox pops, as when we watched various documentaries for part of our research and planning, we found that not a lot of hand held cameras were used, the shots were still but just filmed in random locations. Another negative which we found common whilst using the tripod was how tricky it was to be set up. There was a spirit level which had to be very accurate otherwise the frame was wonky and looked unprofessional. We used a tripod when filming the establishing shots for various interviews. It was easy to use and took only a couple of minutes and we were sure the frame was still due to the spirit level being perfect. All examples of pan shots that we used. An Apple Mac was used to create all three of our pieces. A Mac is a very good piece of hardware to use as its an up to date piece of technology, with lots of software which is useful to use to create various products. However, this could be seen as a disadvantage as it can be confusing for someone who hasn’t used one before. This can result in being time consuming, as a person who hasn’t used it before, would then be required to have a support on how to use each bit of software as it is completely different to a normal everyday computer. Evaluation For the evaluation parts of our coursework, various pieces of software were used. For example, Power Point and Excel. Excel was used to create charts from our audience feedback. Excel is a good to use as it is straightforward and isn't time consuming when it comes to the construction of graphs. PowerPoint was used to create the evaluation. I decided to use it as its easy to use and has many different tools to help create the best possible product. YouTube also played a part. It was used in all the stages to help gain extra information. We watched various documentaries and also used it to gain links for the evaluation. The advantages of this are that there are loads of information which are easy to access. A disadvantage for the software could be that sometimes some of the data found on the website can be unreliable, as anyone can upload videos. Our group were very careful when choosing information for any of our products. http://www.youtube.com/