Analysing documentaries at the start of their coursework helped students understand the codes and conventions needed to create an informative, professional opening for their own documentary, such as adopting certain cinematic techniques.

3. How this helped?
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Analysing documentaries in the early stages
of our coursework helped us to get an idea
of the codes and conventions which need to
be adopted in order to create an
informative, professional looking opening 5
minutes to our own documentary.