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The documentary will explore black youth crime in London by interviewing current and former gang members about why they joined gangs and how the media portrays them. It aims to find out if black boys are mostly targeted and give those involved a chance to share their perspectives. The opening of the documentary will set up these goals and topics through establishing the historical context of London's issue with gangs and an outline of what the filmmakers intend to uncover.
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The document discusses how the media product uses conventions of real thriller films. It used a cliffhanger ending when the main character received a mysterious text message. It also used an enigma element, originally a bag of drugs but changed to a mysterious device to generate questions. Additionally, it opened with suspenseful music similar to films like Psycho to build tension at the end of the opening scene and start of the thriller.
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John Grierson coined the term "documentary" in 1936 to describe films that document real people and events. A documentary uses actual footage or narration to reconstruct and present factual information about social issues and invite audiences to draw their own conclusions. Central to the genre is focusing on and questioning real individuals and situations in a social context so viewers can form opinions on what they see. Documentaries are presented as factually accurate through labeling and context that lead audiences to believe the people and events are real.
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Mest 4 Research & Planning Pitch
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- 1. The Black Hood. By Sharnece, Yasmine and Nicola
- 2. Brief Our task was to produce a 5 minute documentary, we’ve chosen to do the opening of a documentary, we we’re allowed to choose from a variety of genre’s, our genre that we choose was “Black Youth Crime”
- 3. Type Of Documentary Black youth crime.
- 4. Historical Background London was the first city documented as the world's gang capital.
- 5. What are we trying to find out? Within our documentary we are trying to find out o Are black boys mostly targeted o How the media portrays them o Why they join gangs
- 6. Script
- 8. Unique Selling Point What makes our documentary unique? We actually give gang members the opportunity to voice the opinions about gang life and what made them be part of it.
- 12. Locations
- 13. Props
- 14. Shot List