My Media product was created to match the style of Channel 4 documentaries. To do this, the documentarian researched Channel 4's visual style and conventions. Their newspaper advert followed Channel 4's typical layout of including the logo, a text box, and a relevant photo [END SUMMARY]

2. My Media product was created to fit into the
stylistic elements and the visual expectations of
Channel 4. To do this I had to research what makes
the Channel 4 documentaries, posters and radio
adverts so discernable from the rest.
From my research into newspaper adverts for Channel
4 I discovered that there was a specific style and if I
was going to create a Channel 4 documentary then I
had to stick to the specific conventions of the
Channel.
This is a newspaper advert for a Channel 4
documentary and this is the template that
I had to follow. My product had to have
the Channel 4 logo, some form of text box
with the colours white and black used for
text or the box itself and I had to have a
picture that represents the theme of my
documentary

4. As you can see my newspaper advert displays the
same layout as the real Channel 4 documentary
adverts.
It has a picture which is relevant to my theme which
was sandwiches. Also my advert has the traditional
Channel 4 black or white text and text box .Also it has
the ever present Channel 4 Logo.
So my product matched with these ancillary ones is
very effective as it shows the audience of my
documentary what Channel it will be showed on and
also it allows them to have an understanding of what
to expect as Channel 4 documentaries also have a
specific style on screen as well as print.
My other products were the documentary itself and the radio advert. The radio advert for my
documentary did not really need to follow many codes and conventions as there is no specific
style for Channel 4. However there are some conventions that needed to be followed so that I
could make it sound like a real radio advert to my audience, and to do this is researched real
radio adverts on the internet to find out the structure that they follow.

5. Here is an example of a real radio advert for a
documentary:
BBC Radio 4 advert - History This radio advert has information from the
of the World documentary, when it is on, what it is about
and also it has music from the documentary
so that it links the two together and also so it
will be recognisable to people who hear the
advert and then want to watch the
documentary.
My product follows the same path as it has
information about the topic of the documentary
and also what time it is on and the date. Also it
features sound clips from the documentary and
the music used so that it creates a link between Perfect Filling
the two and also it makes it more entertaining. Documentary
Here is my radio advert so you can see how they
compare:
As you can hear the real advert follow a similar pattern to one
and other and this makes the combination of a real radio adverts
structure and my advert is very strong as it has created a real
feel to the advert and from my research that I gathered as
feedback on my project my audience members found it hard to
discern between a real advert and my own

6. Once I had created a radio advert and a print advert that suited and matched
the typical codes and conventions of Channel 4, I had to make sure that these
codes and conventions of a real documentary were visible within my own
production.
As you can see the picture of an
interview from real documentary I believe that the use of the
on the left and the still from my conventions in my own product based
own production on the right are on other media productions is very
not to dissimilar as the both use the effective as the two documentaries
3rds rule and they both use plain follow a pattern and also use the same
white graphics in the bottom left codes and conventions which creates a
corner so that the audience is less realistic look to my own production
distracted.