The document discusses how the author used conventions from real-life media products in their own coursework, which included a documentary, radio trailer, and magazine double-page spread about the recession's impact on young people.
The author analyzed documentaries like Super Size Me to incorporate conventions like interviews, establishing shots, and found footage. They also researched magazine spreads to include elements like mastheads, captions, images, and headlines. For the radio trailer, the author studied professional examples and chose a calm voiceover to attract listeners.
While adopting many standard conventions, the author also challenged some, like excluding handheld camerawork from the documentary and mixing text and images differently in the magazine spread. Overall, the author aimed
The document discusses documentary modes and how the student applied them in their own documentary. It summarizes the key documentary modes identified by Bill Nicholas: poetic, expository, observational, participatory reflexive, and performative. The student found their documentary used the expository mode predominantly to seem more factual and persuasive. It also had some elements of poetic mode by stressing the argument that rising tuition fees are unfair. To ensure success, the student analyzed professional documentaries like Super Size Me and incorporated some of their conventions into their own documentary.
The student learned a lot from getting feedback throughout the production process of their media thriller project. This feedback helped them identify areas for improvement and strengthen their final piece. Originally they planned to use flashes to show the female character acting in different ways, but ultimately changed this after reviewing their footage. Overall, the student feels they contributed a significant amount of time and effort, and that completing this project has improved their skills in planning, filming, editing, and understanding key film concepts compared to their earlier continuity task.
The document discusses the creation of a 30 second film opening for a drama film called "Before I Die". The creator chose to focus on a teenage girl suffering from a terminal illness. To make the opening look professional, the creator used various camera shots like close-ups, over-the-shoulder shots, and establishing shots. The creator also added a voiceover and slow instrumental music to create emotion. Based on research of drama films, the creator set the opening on a cold, windy beach to reflect the character's lonely and vulnerable feelings. Through practicing and improving planning, lighting, costumes, and editing, the creator learned important filmmaking skills between the preliminary task and full project.
The document discusses the lessons learned from creating a media thriller film. It summarizes that feedback during production helped strengthen the final piece by improving areas of weakness. Originally the storyboard included flashes that did not work after filming, so the order of events was changed for clarity. Researching genre conventions and creating a detailed storyboard better prepared the filmmaking. Technical skills and understanding of concepts like shot types, lighting and editing improved. Unreliable actors required finding replacements and refilming, setting the project back. Overall, the film turned out better than the preliminary task due to lessons applied.
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 discusses the use of conventions in documentaries and how the student's media product challenged some conventions while adhering to others. Some conventions that were used include using archival footage, a serious tone, music, rule of thirds framing in interviews, voiceovers, cutaways during interviews, and transitions. However, the opening sequence challenged conventions by using a long newspaper shot instead of quick cuts. Magazine articles conventions like headlines and photos were followed but a large grab quote in an unusual font challenged norms.
The document discusses the use of conventions in documentaries and how the student's media product challenged some conventions while adhering to others. Some conventions that were used include using archival footage, a serious tone, music, rule of thirds framing in interviews, voiceovers, cutaways during interviews, and transitions. However, the opening sequence challenged conventions by using a long newspaper shot instead of quick cuts. Magazine articles conventions like headlines and photos were followed but a large grab quote in an unusual font challenged norms.
Laura used new media technologies extensively in the construction, research, planning and evaluation of her media project. She used YouTube, Google and her blog to research dance films and analyze conventions. She practiced filming techniques using Premiere Pro. Photoshop was used to create her ancillary texts. Facebook was utilized to gather audience feedback through questionnaires. SlideShare hosted her evaluation. New media allowed for efficient research, planning, production and evaluation throughout the process.
The document discusses documentary modes and how the student applied them in their own documentary. It summarizes the key documentary modes identified by Bill Nicholas: poetic, expository, observational, participatory reflexive, and performative. The student found their documentary used the expository mode predominantly to seem more factual and persuasive. It also had some elements of poetic mode by stressing the argument that rising tuition fees are unfair. To ensure success, the student analyzed professional documentaries like Super Size Me and incorporated some of their conventions into their own documentary.
The student learned a lot from getting feedback throughout the production process of their media thriller project. This feedback helped them identify areas for improvement and strengthen their final piece. Originally they planned to use flashes to show the female character acting in different ways, but ultimately changed this after reviewing their footage. Overall, the student feels they contributed a significant amount of time and effort, and that completing this project has improved their skills in planning, filming, editing, and understanding key film concepts compared to their earlier continuity task.
The document discusses the creation of a 30 second film opening for a drama film called "Before I Die". The creator chose to focus on a teenage girl suffering from a terminal illness. To make the opening look professional, the creator used various camera shots like close-ups, over-the-shoulder shots, and establishing shots. The creator also added a voiceover and slow instrumental music to create emotion. Based on research of drama films, the creator set the opening on a cold, windy beach to reflect the character's lonely and vulnerable feelings. Through practicing and improving planning, lighting, costumes, and editing, the creator learned important filmmaking skills between the preliminary task and full project.
The document discusses the lessons learned from creating a media thriller film. It summarizes that feedback during production helped strengthen the final piece by improving areas of weakness. Originally the storyboard included flashes that did not work after filming, so the order of events was changed for clarity. Researching genre conventions and creating a detailed storyboard better prepared the filmmaking. Technical skills and understanding of concepts like shot types, lighting and editing improved. Unreliable actors required finding replacements and refilming, setting the project back. Overall, the film turned out better than the preliminary task due to lessons applied.
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 discusses the use of conventions in documentaries and how the student's media product challenged some conventions while adhering to others. Some conventions that were used include using archival footage, a serious tone, music, rule of thirds framing in interviews, voiceovers, cutaways during interviews, and transitions. However, the opening sequence challenged conventions by using a long newspaper shot instead of quick cuts. Magazine articles conventions like headlines and photos were followed but a large grab quote in an unusual font challenged norms.
The document discusses the use of conventions in documentaries and how the student's media product challenged some conventions while adhering to others. Some conventions that were used include using archival footage, a serious tone, music, rule of thirds framing in interviews, voiceovers, cutaways during interviews, and transitions. However, the opening sequence challenged conventions by using a long newspaper shot instead of quick cuts. Magazine articles conventions like headlines and photos were followed but a large grab quote in an unusual font challenged norms.
Laura used new media technologies extensively in the construction, research, planning and evaluation of her media project. She used YouTube, Google and her blog to research dance films and analyze conventions. She practiced filming techniques using Premiere Pro. Photoshop was used to create her ancillary texts. Facebook was utilized to gather audience feedback through questionnaires. SlideShare hosted her evaluation. New media allowed for efficient research, planning, production and evaluation throughout the process.
My media product uses and develops conventions of horror film trailers, posters, and magazines. It includes scary scenes and establishes tension to attract audiences. While incorporating common horror elements like dark tones and scary imagery, it also challenges conventions by having the actor look away from the house in the poster. Feedback suggested speeding up some shots for more tension and shortening one scene. New media technologies like Photoshop, iMovies, and blogs were used at all stages for creation, research, planning, and gathering audience evaluation.
The document discusses the process of creating a 5-minute documentary, radio trailer, and double page spread for an A2 coursework project. It outlines the research conducted on documentary conventions, similar documentaries, radio trailers, and double page spreads. The document then describes how various documentary techniques and conventions were applied to the projects, including voiceover narration, interviews, footage selection, and examining the works under Bill Nichols' documentary modes.
The document provides details on a proposed short film project titled "Pressure". It summarizes the target audience as being 16-25 year olds, particularly males, living in urban areas who enjoy darker themes. The film will explore themes of feeling trapped by social pressures and conformity. It then outlines the plot, which involves a character who stops taking a happiness-inducing drug and experiences frightening hallucinations as a result of withdrawal. The document concludes with a schedule laying out the plan for pre-production, production, post-production, and evaluation over a 10 week period.
The document provides an evaluation of a student's media coursework project. It summarizes how the student's media product used and challenged conventions of horror film trailers, posters, and magazines. It also discusses how the student incorporated feedback into improving the project, such as speeding up some shots for increased tension. New media technologies like Photoshop, iMovies, and Blogger were used at different stages of production and to showcase the final work.
From receiving audience feedback, the document's author learned:
1) The importance of understanding their target audience's opinions to ensure product success.
2) Feedback from their target audience, who were other sixth form students, was easy to obtain through focus groups and questionnaires.
3) Verbal feedback from focus groups was one of the most effective ways to get constructive criticism that could be directly implemented in their music video and media products.
The document is a proposal for a short film project titled "Pressure". It outlines the target audience as 16-25 year olds, primarily males, living in urban areas. The film will explore themes of feeling trapped by social pressures and conformity. It describes the plot, which involves a character who stops taking a happiness drug and experiences withdrawal symptoms and hallucinations of being chased. The proposal includes a schedule breaking the project into weekly tasks from initial planning to production, evaluation, and development. It provides a bibliography of online video tutorials about filming and editing techniques to utilize.
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The document discusses the process of creating a 5 minute documentary extract on the 2011 Birmingham Riots. It describes the research, planning, production and evaluation stages. For research, the group analyzed documentaries like 'Supersize Me' and conducted interviews. They storyboarded the documentary and created a planning sheet. Final Cut Pro was used to edit footage from Canon cameras. Feedback found the interviews were strongest, while sound levels needed improving. Various technologies like scanners, YouTube and blogs supported the process.
The document evaluates the opening film sequence of a media product. It discusses how the sequence uses and challenges conventions through its pre-production, production, and post-production stages. It also discusses the genre choice, research conducted, characters presented, use of camera work, sound, and lack of dialogue to immerse the audience. The evaluation concludes by reflecting on what was learned from the process, including improved understanding of industry processes, technologies used, and the importance of research.
La comunicación empresarial tiene como objetivo convencer, persuadir e informar sobre los objetivos de la empresa. Incluye la comunicación interna dirigida a empleados para apoyar la estrategia de la empresa y la comunicación externa dirigida al mercado para transmitir la imagen corporativa. Ambos tipos de comunicación son importantes para gestionar la percepción de la empresa.
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O jogo Tangram desenvolver e exercitar a imaginação, o raciocínio lógico e geométrico minimiza as dificuldades de aprendizagem dos conteúdos matemáticos
Edmodo training 5 - assignments and quizzestwcheong
This document provides instructions for posting and grading assignments and quizzes using Edmodo. It describes how to post new assignments and quizzes, load previously created ones, set due dates, allow students to submit work, and for teachers to grade submissions and provide feedback. The steps covered include creating, distributing, and completing assignments and quizzes as well as annotating, re-submitting, and analyzing results.
There are three main types of resistance training: isometric, isotonic, and isokinetic. Isometric training involves contracting muscles without movement through static positions. Isotonic training uses weights and allows muscle movement through a range of motion with constant resistance. Isokinetic training uses machines to provide resistance equal to the force exerted through a full range of motion at a controlled speed. Each method has advantages like targeting specific muscles or joints and disadvantages such as limited range of motion or expensive equipment requirements.
El documento describe las ventajas e importancia del trabajo en equipo y el liderazgo. Explica que el trabajo en equipo trae beneficios tanto para los individuos como las organizaciones, como compartir responsabilidades, tomar mejores decisiones y aumentar la productividad. También identifica algunas desventajas como la agresividad y división. Finalmente, discute que el liderazgo se desarrolla a través del aprendizaje y existen diferentes estilos como el autoritario, persuasivo, consultivo y participativo.
El documento describe cómo exportar una práctica de Flash que incluye animación y sonido a un archivo de formato AVI. Selecciona la práctica en Flash, ve al menú Archivo > Exportar película, cambia el tipo de archivo a AVI, asigna un nombre y ubicación de guardado, y exporta la película para poder subirla a YouTube.
Este documento presenta un análisis denotativo y connotativo de un fragmento de la película "Salvar al soldado Ryan". El análisis denotativo describe los recursos visuales y de sonido utilizados, como el movimiento de cámara, los colores, y encuadres. El análisis connotativo explica lo que el director trata de transmitir a través de estas técnicas, como la tensión, el miedo, y la deshumanización de los soldados. Se analizan escenas individuales fijándose en cómo los recurs
Este documento describe la seguridad informática y los planes de contingencia. Explica que la seguridad informática se enfoca en proteger la infraestructura y la información de una organización de amenazas internas y externas mediante el uso de estándares, protocolos, métodos y herramientas. También describe los objetivos y tipos de amenazas, así como técnicas como la criptografía, copias de seguridad y cortafuegos. Finalmente, explica que un plan de contingencia consta de planes de respaldo, emergencia y recuperación para responder
O documento discute o papel das redes sociais como ferramenta de publicidade na web. Ele explica que as redes sociais se tornaram um destino popular para as pessoas online e uma oportunidade para direcionar mensagens publicitárias a públicos específicos. Também define redes sociais, sites de redes sociais e discute como a cultura da convergência mudou os hábitos de consumo de mídia.
Este documento presenta la Ley General de Educación de México. Establece que la educación es un derecho de todos los mexicanos y que el Estado es responsable de proveer educación pública y gratuita de calidad a nivel preescolar, primaria, secundaria y medio superior. También define los objetivos y principios de la educación mexicana, como fomentar el desarrollo integral de los estudiantes, la democracia, la identidad nacional, los derechos humanos y la cultura. Finalmente, describe la estructura del sistema educ
Este documento presenta un resumen del libro "Cómo leer un libro" de Mortimer J. Adler y Charles van Doren. El prólogo discute los motivos para reescribir el libro después de 30 años, incluyendo cambios en la sociedad, preferencias de lectura y enfoques en la enseñanza de la lectura. Aunque se han logrado avances en la enseñanza de la lectura a nivel elemental, sigue habiendo una falta de enseñanza para alcanzar niveles superiores de destreza lectora. El prólogo concluye que
El documento habla sobre el capital intelectual y los activos intangibles de las organizaciones. Define el capital intelectual como los recursos intangibles que generan valor presente o futuro, y lo divide en capital humano, estructural y relacional. Explica que los activos intangibles surgen del conocimiento y habilidades de las personas y, cuando se trabaja en grupo, generan capacidades organizacionales que pueden dar ventaja competitiva si se gestionan adecuadamente.
O documento descreve ferramentas de monitoramento de redes sociais que permitem: quantificar e qualificar menções; mapear influenciadores; detectar picos de menções; e gerar relatórios com análises e insights. As plataformas capturam publicações online, identificam marcas e qualificam opiniões. Os dados podem ser personalizados e filtrados para atender às necessidades do cliente.
My media product uses and develops conventions of horror film trailers, posters, and magazines. It includes scary scenes and establishes tension to attract audiences. While incorporating common horror elements like dark tones and scary imagery, it also challenges conventions by having the actor look away from the house in the poster. Feedback suggested speeding up some shots for more tension and shortening one scene. New media technologies like Photoshop, iMovies, and blogs were used at all stages for creation, research, planning, and gathering audience evaluation.
The document discusses the process of creating a 5-minute documentary, radio trailer, and double page spread for an A2 coursework project. It outlines the research conducted on documentary conventions, similar documentaries, radio trailers, and double page spreads. The document then describes how various documentary techniques and conventions were applied to the projects, including voiceover narration, interviews, footage selection, and examining the works under Bill Nichols' documentary modes.
The document provides details on a proposed short film project titled "Pressure". It summarizes the target audience as being 16-25 year olds, particularly males, living in urban areas who enjoy darker themes. The film will explore themes of feeling trapped by social pressures and conformity. It then outlines the plot, which involves a character who stops taking a happiness-inducing drug and experiences frightening hallucinations as a result of withdrawal. The document concludes with a schedule laying out the plan for pre-production, production, post-production, and evaluation over a 10 week period.
The document provides an evaluation of a student's media coursework project. It summarizes how the student's media product used and challenged conventions of horror film trailers, posters, and magazines. It also discusses how the student incorporated feedback into improving the project, such as speeding up some shots for increased tension. New media technologies like Photoshop, iMovies, and Blogger were used at different stages of production and to showcase the final work.
From receiving audience feedback, the document's author learned:
1) The importance of understanding their target audience's opinions to ensure product success.
2) Feedback from their target audience, who were other sixth form students, was easy to obtain through focus groups and questionnaires.
3) Verbal feedback from focus groups was one of the most effective ways to get constructive criticism that could be directly implemented in their music video and media products.
The document is a proposal for a short film project titled "Pressure". It outlines the target audience as 16-25 year olds, primarily males, living in urban areas. The film will explore themes of feeling trapped by social pressures and conformity. It describes the plot, which involves a character who stops taking a happiness drug and experiences withdrawal symptoms and hallucinations of being chased. The proposal includes a schedule breaking the project into weekly tasks from initial planning to production, evaluation, and development. It provides a bibliography of online video tutorials about filming and editing techniques to utilize.
How did you_use_media_technologies_in_the_construction_and_researchSophiebeavon
The document discusses the process of creating a 5 minute documentary extract on the 2011 Birmingham Riots. It describes the research, planning, production and evaluation stages. For research, the group analyzed documentaries like 'Supersize Me' and conducted interviews. They storyboarded the documentary and created a planning sheet. Final Cut Pro was used to edit footage from Canon cameras. Feedback found the interviews were strongest, while sound levels needed improving. Various technologies like scanners, YouTube and blogs supported the process.
The document evaluates the opening film sequence of a media product. It discusses how the sequence uses and challenges conventions through its pre-production, production, and post-production stages. It also discusses the genre choice, research conducted, characters presented, use of camera work, sound, and lack of dialogue to immerse the audience. The evaluation concludes by reflecting on what was learned from the process, including improved understanding of industry processes, technologies used, and the importance of research.
La comunicación empresarial tiene como objetivo convencer, persuadir e informar sobre los objetivos de la empresa. Incluye la comunicación interna dirigida a empleados para apoyar la estrategia de la empresa y la comunicación externa dirigida al mercado para transmitir la imagen corporativa. Ambos tipos de comunicación son importantes para gestionar la percepción de la empresa.
Tarefa 2 aprendendo geometria com o tangramrachidcury
O jogo Tangram desenvolver e exercitar a imaginação, o raciocínio lógico e geométrico minimiza as dificuldades de aprendizagem dos conteúdos matemáticos
Edmodo training 5 - assignments and quizzestwcheong
This document provides instructions for posting and grading assignments and quizzes using Edmodo. It describes how to post new assignments and quizzes, load previously created ones, set due dates, allow students to submit work, and for teachers to grade submissions and provide feedback. The steps covered include creating, distributing, and completing assignments and quizzes as well as annotating, re-submitting, and analyzing results.
There are three main types of resistance training: isometric, isotonic, and isokinetic. Isometric training involves contracting muscles without movement through static positions. Isotonic training uses weights and allows muscle movement through a range of motion with constant resistance. Isokinetic training uses machines to provide resistance equal to the force exerted through a full range of motion at a controlled speed. Each method has advantages like targeting specific muscles or joints and disadvantages such as limited range of motion or expensive equipment requirements.
El documento describe las ventajas e importancia del trabajo en equipo y el liderazgo. Explica que el trabajo en equipo trae beneficios tanto para los individuos como las organizaciones, como compartir responsabilidades, tomar mejores decisiones y aumentar la productividad. También identifica algunas desventajas como la agresividad y división. Finalmente, discute que el liderazgo se desarrolla a través del aprendizaje y existen diferentes estilos como el autoritario, persuasivo, consultivo y participativo.
El documento describe cómo exportar una práctica de Flash que incluye animación y sonido a un archivo de formato AVI. Selecciona la práctica en Flash, ve al menú Archivo > Exportar película, cambia el tipo de archivo a AVI, asigna un nombre y ubicación de guardado, y exporta la película para poder subirla a YouTube.
Este documento presenta un análisis denotativo y connotativo de un fragmento de la película "Salvar al soldado Ryan". El análisis denotativo describe los recursos visuales y de sonido utilizados, como el movimiento de cámara, los colores, y encuadres. El análisis connotativo explica lo que el director trata de transmitir a través de estas técnicas, como la tensión, el miedo, y la deshumanización de los soldados. Se analizan escenas individuales fijándose en cómo los recurs
Este documento describe la seguridad informática y los planes de contingencia. Explica que la seguridad informática se enfoca en proteger la infraestructura y la información de una organización de amenazas internas y externas mediante el uso de estándares, protocolos, métodos y herramientas. También describe los objetivos y tipos de amenazas, así como técnicas como la criptografía, copias de seguridad y cortafuegos. Finalmente, explica que un plan de contingencia consta de planes de respaldo, emergencia y recuperación para responder
O documento discute o papel das redes sociais como ferramenta de publicidade na web. Ele explica que as redes sociais se tornaram um destino popular para as pessoas online e uma oportunidade para direcionar mensagens publicitárias a públicos específicos. Também define redes sociais, sites de redes sociais e discute como a cultura da convergência mudou os hábitos de consumo de mídia.
Este documento presenta la Ley General de Educación de México. Establece que la educación es un derecho de todos los mexicanos y que el Estado es responsable de proveer educación pública y gratuita de calidad a nivel preescolar, primaria, secundaria y medio superior. También define los objetivos y principios de la educación mexicana, como fomentar el desarrollo integral de los estudiantes, la democracia, la identidad nacional, los derechos humanos y la cultura. Finalmente, describe la estructura del sistema educ
Este documento presenta un resumen del libro "Cómo leer un libro" de Mortimer J. Adler y Charles van Doren. El prólogo discute los motivos para reescribir el libro después de 30 años, incluyendo cambios en la sociedad, preferencias de lectura y enfoques en la enseñanza de la lectura. Aunque se han logrado avances en la enseñanza de la lectura a nivel elemental, sigue habiendo una falta de enseñanza para alcanzar niveles superiores de destreza lectora. El prólogo concluye que
El documento habla sobre el capital intelectual y los activos intangibles de las organizaciones. Define el capital intelectual como los recursos intangibles que generan valor presente o futuro, y lo divide en capital humano, estructural y relacional. Explica que los activos intangibles surgen del conocimiento y habilidades de las personas y, cuando se trabaja en grupo, generan capacidades organizacionales que pueden dar ventaja competitiva si se gestionan adecuadamente.
O documento descreve ferramentas de monitoramento de redes sociais que permitem: quantificar e qualificar menções; mapear influenciadores; detectar picos de menções; e gerar relatórios com análises e insights. As plataformas capturam publicações online, identificam marcas e qualificam opiniões. Os dados podem ser personalizados e filtrados para atender às necessidades do cliente.
El documento describe los procedimientos legales para el conocimiento de infracciones correccionales por el juzgado de paz en República Dominicana. Estas infracciones incluyen golpes y heridas, porte de armas blancas, infracciones laborales y de tránsito. El procedimiento común aplicable consta de tres etapas: procedimiento preparatorio, audiencia preliminar y juicio. La audiencia preliminar evalúa la acusación antes de decidir si procede a juicio.
El documento define el contrato y explica sus características fundamentales. Un contrato es un acuerdo de voluntades que genera derechos y obligaciones entre las partes. Para su perfección, algunos contratos requieren actos adicionales como una entrega o ser formalizados por escrito. Los contratos se clasifican según sean unilaterales o bilaterales, onerosos o gratuitos, conmutativos o aleatorios, principales o accesorios, de tracto único o sucesivo, y consensuales o reales.
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El documento discute la situación económica actual en la Unión Europea. Originalmente se creó para promover la cooperación económica y política entre sus miembros y crear un mercado común. Sin embargo, al adoptar una moneda común sin coordinar adecuadamente las políticas fiscales, se generaron desequilibrios económicos entre los países. Ahora, la zona del euro se enfrenta a problemas como el alto desempleo en algunos países y la deuda soberana en Grecia, Irlanda y posiblemente Portugal, lo que amenaza con provocar una
Este documento presenta un modelo de entrevista tradicional para el análisis de puestos de trabajo. La entrevista recopila información sobre el puesto incluyendo la identificación del puesto, funciones básicas, tareas, responsabilidades, conocimientos y habilidades requeridas, relaciones, condiciones de trabajo y observaciones. El modelo proporciona una estructura normalizada para analizar de manera exhaustiva todos los aspectos clave de un puesto.
Documento de respuesta a las intervenciones de la comunidad de Santiago de Cali en el cabildo abierto realizado en 31 de julio de 2014, en el marco de las discusiones del proyecto de revisión y ajuste del Plan de Ordenamiento Territorial (POT) con el Concejo Municipal.
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 the conventions used in the student's documentary and radio trailer project. It examines how they employed typical documentary conventions like voiceovers, interviews, titles/captions, and stock footage. It also analyzed their radio trailer based on conventions from existing radio programs, such as using intro music/sounds to set the topic and a voiceover to convey information. The student aimed to follow real conventions to make their media products seem professional while utilizing the forms and styles of documentary films and radio programs.
The document discusses the filmmakers' decision on which documentary modes to use for their film on the recession. They initially considered using elements of all modes but then decided to only use those most relevant. They ruled out observational mode as it did not allow interaction with subjects and was too time consuming. They chose to use expositional mode using a narrator to provide facts and explain the recession's human impact. They also opted for participatory mode as the filmmakers would be involved in filming and it enhances realism. Finally, they decided on poetic mode to make the audience feel the recession was ruining lives and allowed creative depiction of the topic.
A documentary aims to inform, entertain, and educate audiences using different perspectives to create public interest. It has a beginning, middle, and end narrative structure. The beginning introduces a central question. The middle examines the issue using various viewpoints. The end resolves complications and persuades the audience of the filmmaker's viewpoint. Conventions like exposition, interviews, archival footage, and reconstructions are used to educate and persuade audiences of a certain opinion. Studying documentary conventions has given the writer ideas for an engaging narrative structure and techniques to attract their target audience.
This document discusses the filmmaking techniques and theories used in the production of a short film titled "CULT". Research was conducted into real media products to identify conventions for shots like close-ups and establishing shots. Character types from Propp's theories and the narrative structure from Todorov's theories were also incorporated while challenging some conventions. Feedback was gathered from peers during different stages of production to improve elements like unclear shots and character engagement. New media technologies like the internet were used for research, creating ancillary materials like a film poster and magazine review, and evaluation through a blog.
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 analyzes the media evaluation of a student's media project that included a television documentary, radio spot, and magazine spread about bullying in higher education. It discusses how the student's documentary employed conventions of the expository documentary mode, including using rhetoric, speaking directly to the audience, and presenting a balanced argument through interviews. It also summarizes how the student drew from other documentaries like "Super Size Me" and "Airline" in their use of camera shots, reconstruction scenes, and addressing the audience to develop a compelling product.
The document analyzes the student's media product which included a television documentary, radio trail, and magazine spread. It discusses how the student's documentary utilized conventions of the expository documentary mode, including the use of rhetoric to present a persuasive argument about bullying in higher education. It addresses how the documentary spoke directly to the audience and used expert interviews and footage to strengthen the spoken narrative. The student also researched documentaries like "Super Size Me" to help develop their understanding and use of real documentary forms and techniques.
The document analyzes a media evaluation for a documentary and accompanying radio and magazine pieces on bullying. It discusses how the documentary draws from the expository documentary mode, using rhetoric, speaking directly to the audience, and presenting a balanced argument. Footage and interviews are used as evidence to strengthen the narrative. Conventions from documentaries like Super Size Me and Airline, such as varied camera shots and addressing the audience, were also employed. The evaluation demonstrates an in-depth understanding of documentary forms and conventions.
The document analyzes a media evaluation for a documentary, radio spot, and magazine spread created for a class assignment. It summarizes that the documentary took an expository approach, using conventions like rhetoric, speaking directly to the audience, and using footage and interviews to strengthen the narrative. Research on documentary styles informed the creative choices. The documentary aimed to persuasively argue that bullying is underreported and needs more attention, particularly in academia.
The document provides an evaluation of a media product created for an assignment. It discusses how the product utilized conventions of real media forms, specifically focusing on the expository documentary mode. It analyzed how the product employed rhetoric, spoke directly to the audience, and used footage and interviews to strengthen the narrative. Research on documentary styles informed the direction, and conventions from films like "Super Size Me" and "Airline" influenced elements like camera shots and reconstructing a scene. The evaluation demonstrates an in-depth understanding of documentary conventions and how the student's media product developed real forms for impact.
The document analyzes the student's media project, which included a 5-minute television documentary, a radio advertisement, and magazine spread. The student researched different documentary styles and chose to emulate the expository style, which aims to present a strong argument through rhetoric, footage, and addressing the audience directly. Examples of how the student employed expository conventions included using rhetoric to emphasize the problem of bullying, incorporating expert opinions, and choosing footage that supported the narrative. The student also studied the documentary "Super Size Me" and aimed to replicate how it effectively conveyed a message through expository techniques like directly addressing the audience.
The document provides details about a student's media evaluation project focusing on creating the opening to a film. The student chose to focus on an interview clip using camera shots like medium shots and over the shoulder shots. For the main task, the student created a drama film opening about a teenager with a terminal illness. Shots like close-ups, over the shoulder, and establishing shots were used to add emotion and context. The student researched film techniques and aimed to create a realistic and professional opening through matching shots, camera angles, and natural lighting.
The document analyzes how the media product uses conventions of real documentary forms. It discusses how the expository documentary mode was chosen and how forms like addressing the audience directly, using rhetoric to make persuasive arguments, and including expert opinions were employed. Specific documentaries like "Super Size Me" were analyzed to see how they effectively used these conventions to convey a strong message.
My documentary challenges some conventions of real expository and observational documentaries. While it includes interviews and narration like an expository piece, it does not present the information in chronological order. It also structures footage around interview questions rather than following a story. Additionally, the observational elements differ from a traditional "fly on the wall" approach because the subjects knew they were being filmed so the footage would be natural rather than staged. Gaining consent and making the autistic students comfortable required challenging conventions by explaining the purpose and allowing them to adjust to the camera before recording sensitive interviews.
The document discusses how a student media project used and developed conventions of real media forms while also challenging some conventions. The project involved creating a TV documentary, radio trailer, and double page magazine spread about cyber bullying. While most conventions were followed, such as interviews and camera shots, some were challenged, like using fades between clips instead of straight cuts. Overall the goal was to make the pieces look professional while allowing some flexibility.
Our documentary fits into the expository mode of documentaries as it uses a voiceover and visual aids to present arguments and facts. It also features elements of the reflexive and poetic modes. We studied techniques used in documentaries like Supersize Me such as camera shots, sound, background music, and facts/figures to develop our documentary. Our double page magazine spread and radio trailer employ conventions of those real media formats to advertise our documentary, like layouts, drop caps, and appealing music.
The document summarizes the ways in which the media product uses and develops conventions of real media forms. It discusses how the creator researched documentaries like Bill Nichols' Documentary Modes to understand different styles. It focused on using conventions of expository documentaries, which aim to present a strong argument through rhetoric. Examples of how it employed conventions from documentaries like Super Size Me and Airline through techniques like addressing the audience directly and using varied camera shots are provided. Overall it sought to create a balanced yet persuasive documentary on bullying by developing real conventions seen in other successful media products.
The document discusses seven different narrative structures used in documentaries: closed, open, linear, non-linear, single strand, multi-strand, and circular. It provides examples of each structure and considers which the author would use for their own documentary. The author decides on a closed, non-linear, and circular structure. A closed structure will leave viewers feeling the same as the author. A non-linear structure works for the topic which has no timeline. A circular structure will prove the opening point.
The filming schedule was divided into three weeks. In week one, the filmmakers discussed ideas and obtained establishing shots of the campus locations. They also began conducting interviews with teachers and students. In week two, the remaining interviews were collected and uploaded for editing. A presenter was also added to the documentary. In week three, filming was completed on the presenting segments and found footage was obtained.
The document outlines interview questions developed by a group to understand how the recession has personally affected different people. For young people and students, questions focus on how rising tuition fees have impacted higher education plans and employment prospects. For experienced professionals, questions examine links between unemployment, crime, causes of the recession, and impacts on university enrollment and young people's views of rising tuition costs.
The documentary explores how rising tuition fees, unemployment, and fewer university applicants have affected young people in the UK. It interviews students and professionals to understand their perspectives. Many students are reluctant to pursue higher education and are seeking alternatives due to increased tuition costs. With unemployment at a 50-year high, some youth have turned to crime. The documentary also interviews students at a sixth form college about how their views of university have changed in light of these economic factors.
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This documentary explores the increasing problem of teenage heroin use in the UK. It profiles several teenage heroin addicts and how their lives have been impacted by drug abuse. The documentary aims to educate teenagers and the public about the dangers of heroin use through these personal stories. It follows the addicts in their daily lives and shows the harsh realities and health consequences of heroin addiction. The documentary takes a disapproving stance towards heroin and hopes to discourage viewers from using drugs.
Our team brainstormed potential topics for a documentary and chose three ideas to further explore. We outlined the advantages and disadvantages of each topic to determine if they were worth pursuing for our documentary. The document discusses narrowing down topic ideas for a documentary project by evaluating the pros and cons of several potential subjects.
The document discusses a student group's decision to create a documentary about the recession and its impacts on young people. Some of the topics they plan to explore are the rise in university tuition fees, youth unemployment figures, challenges of progressing to higher education, and rising crime rates among young people. The group believes the recession is an important current issue affecting many in the UK and globally. They aim to interview professionals and discover public opinions to understand how the recession has personally affected seeking employment or higher education.
The document discusses a group's decision to create a documentary about the recession and its impact on young people. They will explore major topics like rising university tuition fees, higher youth unemployment, challenges to higher education, and increased crime among youth. The group believes the recession has led to issues like unemployment that can cause public unrest and rising crime. They plan to interview professionals and survey the public, especially young people, to understand personal experiences with employment and education challenges due to the recession.
The document discusses a group's decision to create a documentary about the recession and its impacts on young people. Some of the topics they plan to explore are the rise in university tuition fees, increased youth unemployment, challenges of pursuing higher education, and higher crime rates. They believe the recession has led to issues like unemployment, public unrest, and increased crime. Through interviews with professionals and their target audience, the group aims to understand how the recession has personally affected people seeking jobs or education, and to learn about alternative options besides higher education, such as apprenticeships.
The document discusses a group's decision to create a documentary about the recession and its impacts on young people. Some of the topics they plan to explore are the rise in university tuition fees, increased youth unemployment, challenges of pursuing higher education, and higher crime rates. The group believes the recession has led to interlinked issues like unemployment, public unrest, and increased crime. They aim to interview professionals and investigate how the public feels about the recession's personal impacts, such as on employment and education prospects, and what alternatives exist besides higher education.
The document discusses the target audience for a documentary about the recession. The target age group is 18-25 year olds to focus on their current problems. Both males and females will be affected by topics like higher education and employment opportunities. The target social classes are working classes C2 and D, as they will be most severely impacted financially. Higher social classes B and C1 will be discussed regarding rising tuition fees. The target lifestyle includes those with full or part time jobs who enjoy spending on gyms, concerts, movies and clubs, and how the recession has impacted those financially and activities. Hip hop music will be included to appeal to the target audience's music preferences.
The document discusses four documentary styles: poetic, expositional, participatory, and observational. It provides details on the history and key aspects of each style. Poetic mode aims to evoke subjective interpretation, while expositional uses narration for explanation and persuasion. Participatory involves direct engagement between filmmakers and subjects, and observational merely observes without interaction. Each style is examined through examples and evolution over time.
The document discusses the modes and channel that will be used for a documentary. It was concluded that the poetic, expositional, and participatory modes will be used as they suit the documentary. It was also concluded that BBC Three would be the most suitable channel to broadcast the documentary. BBC Three's target audience and themes of prior documentaries align well with the aims of this documentary. Broadcasting at 7pm also places it in prime time viewing hours for its target 18-25 year old audience.
BBC Three was concluded to be the most suitable channel to broadcast the documentary for several reasons:
1) BBC Three regularly broadcasts documentaries that share the same theme of focusing on social problems affecting young people as the documentary aims to do.
2) BBC Three has the same target audience of 18-25 year olds from social classes B-D that the documentary aims to target.
3) BBC Three begins broadcasting at 7pm, targeting a mature audience able to understand the content, and placing the documentary in primetime viewing hours for higher ratings.
BBC Three was chosen as the best channel to broadcast the documentary for several reasons:
1) BBC Three regularly broadcasts documentaries with themes similar to the one focusing on the social problems facing young people due to the recession.
2) BBC Three has the same target audience of 18-25 year olds from social classes B through D as the documentary.
3) BBC Three begins broadcasting at 7pm, targeting a mature audience able to understand the content, and placing the documentary in primetime viewing hours.
The document discusses why BBC One, BBC Two, ITV/Channel Four, and E4 were not chosen to broadcast the documentary. BBC One does not frequently air documentaries of the same genre and target audience. BBC Two also seldom broadcasts documentaries, and when it does they are nature-focused rather than business-focused. ITV only airs documentaries during scandals and does not fit the genre. Channel Four focuses more on programs than documentaries. E4 does not broadcast any documentaries. BBC Three was chosen instead as it airs documentaries of the same genre and is favored by the target audience.
The document discusses why BBC One, BBC Two, ITV/Channel Four, and E4 were not chosen to broadcast their documentary. BBC One does not frequently air documentaries of their genre and their target audience does not watch BBC One. BBC Two's target audience is too mature and they rarely air documentaries. ITV only airs documentaries during scandals and their target audience prefers BBC Three. Channel Four focuses on entertainment over documentaries. E4 does not broadcast any documentaries. BBC Three was chosen as it airs relevant documentaries and was favored by their target audience in surveys.
The document discusses various online sources that provided information about the recession for a documentary project. These sources included websites like CNBC and This Is Money that explained what a recession is and its impacts. Newspaper articles from The Guardian discussed how the recession has negatively affected young people. PDF files explored topics like youth unemployment and perspectives from young people on how the recession has impacted their lives. All of these sources helped give the authors greater understanding and knowledge about the recession to incorporate into their documentary.
The document discusses how the author used the internet to research the recession for a documentary project. It outlines several websites and articles that provided useful information, including explanations of what causes a recession and its effects on society. Specifically, it describes websites that gave facts, figures, and illustrations to understand the recession's impacts on Britain and how people's lives have been damaged. Newspaper articles highlighted rising youth unemployment and how young people have "lost out" due to the recession. PDF files about youth unemployment and volunteering during a recession added first-hand perspectives from young people. This research aided in creating a realistic and informative documentary about the recession.
The document summarizes the results of a survey distributed to the target audience of a documentary about the recession. The survey aimed to understand preferences around gender, age, occupation, TV channels watched, viewing times, documentary topics of interest, and reasons for watching or not watching documentaries. The results showed that BBC Three would be the best channel to broadcast the documentary, with a preferred air time of 6-8pm. Business/economics was the most appealing documentary topic. Respondents wanted the documentary to be both educational and entertaining.
The document discusses a questionnaire created to determine audience interest and opinions about a planned documentary on the recession. The questionnaire included both open and closed questions and would be distributed to 20 males and females. Using a mix of question types would provide both direct yes/no answers as well as more detailed responses to gain a deeper understanding of the target audience's views on the recession, which is important for producing accurate content that appeals to viewers.
1. Media evaluation:
In what ways does your media products use, develop or challenge conventions of
real life products?
At the beginning of our A2 Media Studies course we were briefed that for the contents of
our coursework we would be required to produce a five minute documentary extract, a
forty second radio trailer as well as a double page spread based on my group’s chosen
topic. After discussing possible topics we came to the conclusion that our chosen topic
would be the recession and its impact of young people.
I was then introduced to the documentary theory ‘documentary modes’ developed by
American critic and theorist Bill Nicholas. Nicholas believed that all documentaries fit
into a certain ‘mode,’ or can have different aspects of a mixture of documentary ‘modes’
which are poetic, expository, observational, participatory reflexive and performative.
Poetic mode aims to stress a specific mood or tone in order to persuade the audience to
lean towards the filmmaker’s subjective viewpoint of the subject. Expository mode uses
a narrative voice over also known as the ‘voice of God’ to reinforce the views of the
filmmaker in the documentary as it strengthens their argument of the subject,
something noteworthy about these two modes is that although they are clearly different
they work hand in hand together in order to support to view that the filmmaker is
attempting to emphasis in their documentary. Observational mode is what the public
would most associate documentary with as they are used heavily in wildlife
documentaries. This documentary mode uses the fly on the wall perspective as the
filmmaker cannot interactive with the characters and can only film their actions. This
documentary allows the characters to have a greater sense of power that all over
documentary modes. Reflexive mode demonstrates consciousness of the process of
reading documentary, and engages actively with the issues of realism and
representation, acknowledging the presence of the viewer and the modality judgements
they arrive at. Participatory mode is another popular documentary mode used in
numerous documentaries today and involves the filmmakers moving away from behind
the camera and becoming the subject of the documentary an example of this is Morgan
Spurlocks ‘Super-size me’ documentary. Performative documentaries stress subjective
emotional responses through personal, unconventional means in order for the audience
to create their own interpretation of the documentaries events and often
autobiographical in nature.
When applying these documentary modes to my own documentary I believe it
predominately mode my documentary uses throughout is the expository mode. The
reason why I decided to use the expository mode is because it is extremely popular in
professional documentaries on television and therefore by using a well-known
convention in our documentary will allow our documentary to mirror previous
professional documentaries that have used this convention and therefore will create
greater realism for our documentary prompting our target audience to watch our
2. documentary. The expository allowed the documentary to seem more factual as a result
of the statics as well as dates and figures we included. This documentary mode also
tends to be rhetorical throughout in terms of the way the narrative communicates to the
audience, in order to appeal to their emotions of the recession which overall it proved it
by very effective and allows our documentary to have a greater sense of professionalism
which we ultimately invite our target audience to watch our documentary. However,
although we predominately use the expository mode there is an element of poetic mode
within our documentary. My evidence for this is my documentary throughout aims
stress and provides a strong argument that ‘rising tuition fees are unfair.’
In order to ensure that my own documentary would be a
success, I began to research and critically analysis
professional documentaries. Some examples of
documentaries I analysed are Supersize me, Teenager
heroine epidemic and Panorama recession crisis.
I first documentary I analysed was a documentary that
revolves around renowned filmmaker and television
producer Morgan Spurlock consuming solely a McDonald’s
diet for 30 days. From watching his documentary I
discovered a wide variety of codes and conventions, I and
felt I could incorporate some of their conventions into my
own documentary.
From the two images present the similarity isSuper-Size Me Documentary:
evident.
Firstly the rules of thirds apply to both documentaries. The rule of
thirds is a principlethat an image should be imagined as divided
into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and
two equally-spaced vertical lines, in order for the image to
proportioned equally on the page or in this case the
screen.Another similarity in codes and conventions between my
documentary and the real life documentary ‘Super-size me’ is that
both documentaries have their characters looking into ‘dead space’
this was crucial to have in our documentary as not only does it
create realism but it doesn’t make the documentary seem pre- My Documentary:
structured and rehearsed which would result in making our
documentary look fake and unrealistic.
Moreover, from the same images it is also clear at the persona
which they both aim to create. In Morgan Spurlock’s ‘Super-size me’
to individual to revealed to be a professor at a university, the
documentary helps to build this identity as prop use of glasses have
intelligence and sophisticated connation’s helping the audience
believe that this man is a university professor. I aimed to display
mise-en-scene in my documentary also and did so in many aspects.
Firstly the women’s prop, an ID card immediately makes it evident
3. that she is a professional in the college and helps reinforce and establish her position in
the documentary as a mentor for young people. The use of the prop which got its
inspiration for ‘Super-size me’ aids in making the women look specialized and
professional which in turn results in the documentary seeming to appear realistic and
believable. In addition, the women’s clothes also aid the documentary is appearing
genuine as similar to the gentlemen on ‘super-size me’ they are both clothes for a
working environment which have a sense of authority and expertise which helps
reinforce the idea that the individual being interviewed is a relevant and qualified to be
apart and give input and advice in our documentary. Furthermore, the setting also plays
a vital role in establishing the believability of the documentary as like the professional
documentary my documentary has books, folders and leaflets stationed around my
interviewee. This again assists in making the documentary seem realistic as the use of
books in the background aid the interviewee once again to seem professional and
qualified to be in this documentary which helps the documentary seem authentic which
will appeal to our target audience, enticing them to watch our documentary.
My Documentary:
I also decided to use an establishing shot of the college, I
decided to do this as it was a convention I found in all of
the documentaries I had critically analyzed and research
and seemed only logical to have a familiar convention in
my documentary so that the audience can relate this
documentary to previous documentaries they had
watched. The use of the establishing shot will also help set
the scene for my documentary and is useful as it helps
My Documentary:
breaks the sections between my interviews and
voiceovers
My documentary has a presenter, I found this a relevant
convention to use because when I watched ‘Super-size
me’ I found the presenter to be welcoming and friendly.
I believed that if my documentary used the same
approach it could improve my documentary
significantly as the warm, hospitable approach will
entice and invite my target audience to watch my
documentary which will increase the number of rating
my documentary achieves resulting in my documentary
becoming a success.
4. However, one way in which my documentary challenges
codes and conventions are that in Morgan Spurlock’s ‘Super
–size me’ a hand held camera is used. I decided not use a
hand held camera in my documentary for various reasons
firstly, when I researched why hand held camera are used I
discovered that they are predominately used to make the audience see the events of the
documentary through the events of the main character. Or they can be used to reveal
the character’s feelings for example fear. Initially I thought of possible ways in which I
could use the hand held camera in my documentary but when reviewing my storyboard
and the way I wanted to shoot the documentary I decided it would not be relevant for
my documentary and therefore decided to leave it out as I thought it would neither
benefit or improve my documentary.
My Documentary:
The most obvious convention to use in my
documentary is the interviews. Our interviews were
spilt between young people and experienced
professionals which is similar to the way ‘Super- size
me’ filmed their documentaries as throughout it was a
mix between McDonald enthusiast and experienced
food expertise. Firstly, a for my research and watching
documentaries in my own time it is clear that the
mainstream of documentaries have interviews, I felt
that this code and convention had to be used and
should not be ignored as it may alienation our target
audience because without interviews that
documentary may seem amateurish and ill thought of.
I decided to mirror ‘super-size me’ me interviewing
two sets of groups, one group affected by the topic –
the recession and the other giving advice on how to
combat and resolve the problem. I decided to shoot the documentary in this way so that
so the target audience can get both sides of the subject. Nevertheless, on way it which
my documentary’s interviews challenge codes and conventions are that for all of the
students I interviewed they were all males. If given the opportunity to create another
documentary I would alter this as I believe there should be a mix of both male and
female students in order to display that this is a problem for all young people regularly
of their gender in order to seem not biased and focuses solely on one side of the
argument.
5. Another convention we used which once again used and developed media codes and
conventions was the use of found footage. I decided to use found footage because I
believed it to be a useful way of splitting my documentary away from my interviews and
presenter as using solely these two conventions could make my target audience feel
bored and they would therefore lose interest in my documentary. However, the use of
the found footage gives my target audience something new to look at and will maintain
my target audiences’ interest and attention on my documentary. My found footage was
used to give statics and illustrations of the recession; I believe the statics used through
my found footage will benefit my documentary as these will make my documentary
appear more professional and will therefore draw not only my target audience to watch
my documentary but also others who are interested in watching a professional, well
explorer topic which are affecting people across the UK.
Another convention I used and paid particular interest to when construction my
documentary was sound. From my research I discovered sound fell into certain
categories such as background music, presenter, voiceover, diegetic and non-diegetic. I
decided to use background music as from the documentaries (Super-size me and
Teenager Heroin addiction) I discovered that they both use background music. The
background can also benefit the documentary as the type of music used can portray the
style of the documentary, for example in ‘Teenager Heroin addiction’ the music was
heavy and fast paced in order to depict the sinister and evil aspects of drug use. For our
documentary we used soft music, we did this particularly in the opening of our
documentary as we wanted music that would be appealing to our target audience and
invite them to watch and continue to watch my documentary in addition, my evidence
that soft music will appeal to my target audience is through my questionnaire.
I also decided to use special effects in my documentary, I first decided to use special
effects because I discovered they were used heavily in super-size me and therefore I
wanted my documentary to be just as good as the documentary I am basing it on. I
numerous special effects in my documentary, some examples include a cross dissolve.
The cross dissolve allowed me to create a slight gap between interviews, the presenter
and voiceover which made sure that my documentary was not just a block of text
without any gaps which made sure boredom did not occur to the audience.
6. Magazine Double Page Spread:
Thesecond piece of my coursework was to
produce a double page spread magazine article
revolving around my topic- the recession. Once again I researched and critically
analysed magazines double page spread articles in order to gain an understanding of
them. From this I discovered a variety of codes and conventions which I planned to
instrument in my own documentary. The first convention I used in my doublepage
spread was the masthead. The masthead is a crucial part of not double page spreads but
many types of publications such as newspapers and leaflet. The masthead acts as a title
and also gives information on the topic it is based on.
Another code and convention I used was
the drop caption, I decided to use this as
it was on all of the double page spreads i
analysed and would aid in making my
double page spread seem more professional.
I decided to use a pull quote as once again
it was in all of the magazine articles I
analysed plus it is a way of getting the
attention of my target audience as it is
something that is affecting them which
therefore my appeal and attract them to reader my article.
We also used images all of students in a college
environment, I did this because of target audience are
predominately students and will be in a similar college
as this on and will therefore attract them to read about a
topic that is affecting them.
7. I also decided to display the time; date and
channel the documentary would be
broadcasted. I decided to use this convention
as without it our target audience would not
know when or where to watch our
documentary and it therefore crucial to the
success of our documentary.
Moreover, I used headlines, due to the
fact they were in every double page
spread I analysed. This was useful as it
gave who give the target audience
information on the topic our
documentary was about.
However, one way in which my magazine double page spread differs from other double
page spreads is the layout. Coventionally the layout would be a large image that reflects
the topic on the left hand side of the page and text on the right hand side on the page. I
chose to ignore this covention and have a greater mixture of text and images because I
felt using only one image would seem ameturish and rushed but using more that one
would show that I had put thoght and effort into it plus, this allowed me to have a
greater amount of text on both pages as this is a topic that must have great detail in it as
it is a wide and extensive topic.
8. Radio trailer:
Before contruction my radio trailer I watched a variety of
professional ones in order to gain an understaning of them
and filled out my findings on my ‘radio trail analysis’ grid.
Although my topic is a
serious one affecting
many people in the UK I
did not want to have a
grim voiceover as this
will be an unattractive
quality and may lead to
our target audience not
watching our documentary. Therefore I decided to use a calm, relaxed voiceover, as the
audience can recieve all of the information about my documentary and a more
composed voiceover will seem more appealing and make the radio trailer and the
documentary seem more professional prompting my target audience to watch the
documentary which will led to it becoming a success.
I also mentioned the time, date and channel of my documentary, due to that fact that
this is the most common convention used in radio trailers and would therefore only
seem logical to have it in our radio trailer. This is important to have in our radio trailer
as without it my target audience would not know when to watch our documentary.
Overall, i believe I used numerous codes and coventions of documentary, radio trail and
double page articles and although at times I also challenged them i still believe this not
only aided but improved my coursework pieces and will lead to them becoming a
success with my target audience.
9. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillarly texts?
Along with my television documentary I also produced a radio trailer along with a
double page spread magazine article. The finally two coursework units were contructed
to help sell and advertise my television documentary, and therefore it was crucial that
they blended and worked well together. Our target audience for my documentary is
males and females as the recession will ultimately affected everyone regardless of their
gender. In terms of age I am targeting an age range of 18-25 as this is the age who I feel
will be affected by the rising university tuition fees and rising youth unemployment due
to the recession. My target audience’s social class will be stationed on the C2/D border
line as these are the two classes who will feel the full force of the recession and the
affects that have followed. When discusing lifestyle we discovered through research that
young people have an interest in music, going to the gym and cinema. We decided to
incorprate some of this in our documentary in order to display the problems our target
audience are having in managing their fiances and being unable to do the things they
enjoy due to the recession.
My radio trailer consisted of our footage from our
documentary and both contain similar aspects such as
revealing facts, young peoples and experienced
professionals opinions, ways to resolve the recession
and the impact the recession has had on our society e.g.
rise in crime, unemployment and tuition fees, it is for
this reason that I believe they link and blend well together as they both convey the same
message throughout. In addition I also used the same background music and voiceover,
this will definitely create a strong relation between the two mediaproducts and help
create a musical slogan. Having the same background music and voiceover on both
media products will help my target audience remember my documentary due to the
beat they hear on my radio trailer.
I decided that my radio trailer should be on radio 4 as from my discussion with my
target audience through focus groups I discovered that it is a popular radio station with
them. My other evidence that radio 4 would be the ideal radio station to promote my
radio trailer is because on average radio 4 capture 10.83 million of our target audience
every week. Due to the popularity radio 4 has with our target audience I believe that
once our target audience listens to our radio trailer they will then be enticed to watch
our documentary on channel 4.
The magazines article on the uses the image of a student, I did this to show the audience
of someone they will expect to see and hear in the documentary. I felt this links the
documentary well with the magazine article as it directly shows something that the
10. audience will see when they watch it. However, I felt the magazine double page spread
does not appeal to my target audience as much as my radio trailer as it was a lot harder
to build a relationship between it and my documentary, something I would change if I
had the opportunity to do it again.
What have you learnt from your audience feedback?
In order to gain feedback on all of my media products I conducted a small scale pilot
study through the use of a questionnaire and get it to 20 individuals, and posed the
following questions:
Feedback for my documentary:
The results from this questions
show that a large percentage of
Were The Sound Levels Consistent
the 20 individuals that took part
30% in this small scale study pilot felt
that the sound levels were
Yes consistent. I paid particular
No emphasis on this as it was an
important part of the
documentary. However the
remaining 30% felt it was not
70%
consistent, this is useful
information to know and can aid
me if I had the opportunity to
create another documentary.
From the results it is evident that
Can You Hear All Of The Dialogue a large percentage agrees that
they can hear the sound dialogue
15%
Clearly clearly. I am satisfied with this
85% result as it shows a large majority
Yes
are pleased with the sound which
No I focused on heavily when
constructing the documentary.
11. Does The Documentary Flow? I am very pleased with the results of
this question as it evidently shows
that my documentary was a success
with my target audience which was
Yes the purpose of its creation.
No
100%
Are all Of The Interviews Relevant
To The Topic Of TheDocumentary This question shows that a
19% large proportion of the people
who completed my
questionnaire believed that my
Yes interviews were relevant to the
No documentary, this was very
important to get right because
if it were not my documentary
could have suffered and may
81%
have led to it becoming a
failure
Does The Music Suit The
Documentary
11% This was a crucial to achieve as
Yes it is a key convention of
No documentaries, from the
results it is evidence that my
89%
12. documentary is successful in accomplishing this.
This was the most vital
How Successful Would You Say The question to get a positive result
Documentary Is? 60% 20% on due to the fact that this
question determined whether
10% 8% my target audience felt my
documentary was a success.
2%
From the results it is clear my
Very Successful documentary was a success
Successful and it did appeal to my target
OK audience which was the
Just About purpose of its creation
Not At All
The editing was another
How Successful Would You Say The crucial convention to master
and be performed correctly
Editing Is? 89% 15% 10% in order for my
documentary to have a
Very
Successful professional appearance.
Successful From the results I feel I
achieved this which
OK
strengths the previous
evidence that my
documentary was a success
13. Feedback for my radio trailer:
Were The Sound Levels Consistent The sounds levels were a top
31% priority to get correct as the
audience can only hear the
content on the radio which
Yes
No was therefore extremely
important to get it right in
order to make our radio
trailer a success, which from
69% the questionnaire results
evidently shows we did.
How Successful Would You Say The When constructing the
Editing Is? radio trailer I paid
75% 15% 10% particular concentration to
Very the editing. I did this
Successful
Successful
because from my research
into radio trailers I
OK discovered that the editing
had to be strong in order
for the radio trailer to be
successful. From the
results it is evident that
my target audience
believed my radio trailer’s editing to be strong which therefore shows that my radio
trailer overall was strong and successful.
Does The Radio Trailer Flow From the results
shown it is evident
15% that a large
majority of my
target audience
Yes believed my radio
No trailer did flow and
evidently
demonstrates that
75%
14. it was a success. Although 15% of my target audience believed it did not flow this is only
a small percentage and the 75% outweighs this small minority greatly. This shows that
overall my target audience believed my radio trailer was successful in blending and
flowing together.
From the results shown it
How Successful Would You Say The is evidently that in a
certain degree my target
Radio Trailer Is? audience did believe my
radio trailer to be
successful however, it is
evident that they believe
there is room for
Very Successful
improvement. If given the
Successful
opportunity to construct
OK the radio trailer again I
Just About would put my emphasis
Not At All on the radio trailer in
order to ensure a greater
level of a successful rating from my target audience.
Feedback for my magazine double page spread:
Did The Language Fit The Style Of When researching double
page spread articles I
The Magazine Article discovered that the language
80% 15% used is very important in
attempting the lure and
5% entice your target audience
Very Successful
to watch your documentary.
Successful From the results I believe it
OK is evident that my target
audience do find the
language used suitable which
will in turn attract them to
watch my documentary as
15. Does The Images Used Support The
Style/Genre Of The Documentary ultimately make it a success.
It was very important to
stress the genre and the style
Yes No of the documentary in the
magazine double page spread
95% 5%
in order for my target
audience to be appealed to
watch the documentary and
from the results it clearly
shows that I achieved this.
However, we did receive
feedback in ways that we could have improved the use the double page spread through
use of images which was ‘using experienced professionals not only young people’
although young people are a main focus point of my documentary it also focuses on
experienced professionals also therefore, if given the chance to attempt to reconstruct
my double page spread I would add images experienced professionals to strengthen my
magazine article and ensure of wider range of my target audience and others audiences
watch my documentary.
How Successful would you rate the From the results it is clear
75% that are large proportion of
magazine article
my target audience believed
20%
my magazine double page
5% spread was successful in its
Very successful message to appeal them to
Successful watch the magazine.
OK
Not at all
After Reading The Magazine Article
Would You Watch The Documentary From the results it is evident
that the majority of my target
audience would watch my
documentary after reading my
Yes No
double page spread this was
the main purpose of the
98%
2%
16. creation of the double page spread and clearly demonstrates the it was a overwhelming
success. Although 2% of my target audience would not watch the documentary this is
useful information because I can use their criticism and make sure I do not make the
same mistake again if I have the opportunity to produce another double page spread.
Overall this 2% in a small minority and does not have much effect on the overall success
of my double page spread.
To conclude I believe all the results show that all three of my media products were
successful and I have also received constructive criticism which I can use to my benefit
if given a chance to produce any or all three of the media products again.
How did you use media technologies in the construction and research,
planning and evaluation stages?
Research and planning was critical in order form my construct a successful television
documentary as well as a radio trailer and double page spread. Although I would later
use media technologies I began simply using paper and plotting ideas for my
documentary. I did this through the use of mind maps and by creating a storyboard to
depict the events of my documentary. Once my topic was selected and how I would go
about depicting my documentary I began to research my topic. I first began about doing
this by using a variety of newspapers and article websites such as BBC, The Guardian,
The Daily telegraph, The Times and The Sunday Times through the use of the internet.
These websites were extremely beneficial for our research and planning into the
recession and it gave me facts, figures statics as wells as the public’s personal stories on
how the recession has affected them. This allowed me to strengthen my knowledge and
outlook on the recession and equipped me with a variety of information which I then
planned in incorporating in my documentary.
After gaining insightful knowledge on the recession I then turned my eye to television
channels in order to establish which television channel would be the most suitable to
broadcast my documentary. I then began going to various television channels and
looking on their documentary channels, I then began to look for any documentary
programmes that were similar or were is some way compatible to my topic – the
recession. The television channels I researched were BBC One, BBC 2, ITV, Channel 4
and BBC Three. I discovered that BBC three was the most suitable and most compatible
television channel to broadcast my documentary, I came to this conclusion as all of
the documentaries I found on their website and by watching BBC Three
documentaries through YouTube and BBC iplayer that their documentaries focus on
social issues in our society that are affecting young people, this is the exact genre of
our documentary and therefore I believe this makes it evident that BBC
Three was the most suitable choice.
17. All of the coursework that I or a member of my group had done was then to be
uploaded onto Blogger.com; this is where the group first started their journey
into researching and constructing documentaries, radio trailers and magazine articles
and shows the process we have all made from the beginning. This website was useful as
it allowed us all to work together, share ideas and strengthens each other’s
coursework.
When all our researching and planning
was completed we then began to put our
theory into action by using all of the information we had collected to
actually produce the documentary. To film the footage for our documentary we used
a Canon HG20 High Definition Camera, this was a very useful and had integrate
design making it was easy to take shots as well as filming our characters. The
camera allowed us to zoom in and out which was useful when we wanted to frame a
shot or make the shot apply to the rule of thirds. We were also able to manipulate
the lighting, we did this because in some areas where we took our shots the lighting
was very bleak and the camera allowed balancing the lighting which aided
in our documentary to appear professional and well planned. Moreover, we
also took photographs with this camera which allowed us to manipulate
and edit them when producing the magazine double page spread. The
camera was relatively light and easy to hold and we did this was taking
shots for our magazine article however, when it came to filming our
interviews and voxpops it was essential that we used a tripod. The tripod
allowed centring the camera in order to get a straight shot which from our research
suggest we key to get right, it also allowed us to use a variety of other shots such as
panning and zooming in and out without the camera moving or shaking. The only
negative aspect of using the tripod was that it was difficult to keep moving to different
locations to film different setting as at first it was difficult to fold up after using it and
was fairly heavy.
Moreover, as wells as using a camera and a tripod it was crucial that we
used recording equipment for the sound, because from our research and
general knowledge of documentaries it is essential to get the sound right
otherwise the documentary will lack and will look amateurish and
unprofessional. The equipment we used was a directional microphone for our voxpops
and interviews to record the sound and used Sennheiser headphones to ensure that the
sound levels were correct and to ensure that no unwanted noise mixed in with our
interviews such as background noise or other students talking who
were no needed. Our environment
being a college was loud for most
18. of the time when filming therefore we came up with a solution which was using a quiet
empty classroom and conducting our interviews there.
When all of our filming was complete we used an Apple iMac to editing our footage to
form our documentary. At first we found the editing quite complex however, after
repetition and instruction by our teacher is some became easy and second nature. To
editing our footage we used Final Cut Express and used this programme constantly from
the beginning to end of our documentary. To begin to edit our footage we would have to
‘log and transfer’ the totality of our documentary footage and then watch and sort out
all of the footage that we wanted and did not want for our documentary.
We then renamed all of the footage that we wanted to use in our documentary so that
we did not become confused by the numerous amounts of footage and then went onto
begin to edit. Below is an example of our documentary of what it looked like during the
editing stage.
A window to watch
My group’s unedited footage
our documentary
Timeline for
documentary
Editing tools
Visual footage
Audio footage
Whilst using final cut express we all we given the opportunity to edit and become
familiar with its tools, throughout the editing process we used a variety of tools such as
transitions. We used this tool a lot through firstly because it was a major convention
used in documentaries which we discovered through ‘Super-size me’ ‘Teenager Heroin
addiction’ and various other documentaries we watched. Moreover, it was a useful way
of breaking up the interviews, voxpops, presenters and establishing shots which made
19. sure of audience would not get bored and encourage them to continue to
watch our documentary.
An additional tool we used frequently was the razor blade tool particularly for
our interviews and voxpops. For our interviews that we some points were not
valid or relevant to our documentary or were too long,
the razor tools allowed us to select the section of the
interview that we wanted to use and discard any
unwanted footage. This was a useful tool and allowed us
to adjust our clips easily with little effort.
The sound levels tool was another valuable tool we used
throughout the editing process, it was essential that the sound levels were correct and
this tool allowed us to pan, centre and balance the sounds levels to the frequency that
we wanted. This was a simple tool to use however, it was crucial that we used it so that
we could produce a high standard documentary.
Moreover, we also used the text tool often, we decided to use this tool because from
watching our model documentary ‘Super-size me’ we discovered that the professionals
or people of note or importance to the documentary were named visually. We decided
to adopt this to our documentary as it helped in making our documentary seem more
professional and raise a high level to our documentary.
To produce music for our documentary we decided to make it from scratch by using a
programme called ‘Garage band.’ We create simple background music for our
documentary by used it predominately for our radio trailer.
When using media technologies for our radio trailer Garage band was the main
programme we used for its construction. Garage band gave us a variety of sounds to mix
and play with until we were happy with the sound we produced. The music options we
were given were ‘cheerful, urban, electronic, guitar, piano, drums etc. The controls were
easy to use and once we were happy with the music we created we simply transferred it
into an mp3 file and added it to our radio trailetc.
Our magazine article required use to use two pieces of software which were Adobe
Photoshop CS6 and Adobe InDesign CS6. To begin to create our double page spread on
Adobe InDesign we open a double page spread and then began to import all the images
we wanted to use. After all of our images were selected we then used Microsoft Word
2010 to begin to attempt our text for our article. Once our text and images were
arranged and complete on the double page spread we then began to add codes and
conventionsof double page spreads which we had learnt from our research
such as masthead, pull quote, headlines, caption etc.
20. Once my double page spread was complete I then wanted to edit my images because
some of them had people in the background looking at the camera and or in other shots
I wanted to add an effect. For both circumstances I had to use a tool of Adobe Photoshop
CS6 known as the magnetic lasso. This was a useful tool that ensured that any areas of
the images that I wanted removed could be done so easily with minimal effort. From my
research editing the images correctly was an important convention that must be done
correctly, and when I look at my double page spread I feel I have achieved that.
To conclude, I feel my research, planning construction and feedback of my
documentary, radio trailer and double page spread was successful and I am happy and
proud with the coursework me and my colleagues produced and I believe it has be
accomplished to a high standard.