The document provides information on documentaries including their history, conventions, genres, and examples. It discusses how documentaries began with Robert Flaherty's 1922 film Nanook of the North, which staged scenes for entertainment. This led to debates around objectivity in documentaries. Modern social issue documentaries have origins in direct cinema techniques from the 1960s that aimed to present issues with minimal interference. The document also outlines common documentary conventions like voiceovers, interviews, and archival footage. It provides examples of documentary genres and proposes treatments for two hypothetical documentaries.

1. Documentary Research

7. Documentary Companies They are many companies today who produce and broadcast documentaries (BBC, C4) such as channel four’s most recent documentary ‘The Worlds Greatest Musical Prodigies’ and ‘The Monkey Baby’. Byron documented children on gaming addiction. In Byron’s investigation into addiction, she compared obsession with gaming to heroin addiction and labelled computer fantasy games as being "childish".

14. Continued Documentary Research This screenshot shows the classic convention of documentaries, the interview with the expert. The shot is classically portrayed in a close up with the expert sitting. The location can range from a library study, a GP’s office or a theatre, it relies on the context. Documentaries also display subtitles for the experts who do not speak the target audience’s language. This shot shows another convention of a documentary, secondary data. In this example it is of a concert but secondary data can range from CCTV footage to home made family videos. The clip would usually be edited down to show the most amount of information in the shortest time available, sometimes the presenter on a quest will be shown watching this secondary data on a screen to relate to the audience’s idea of ‘we’ are going on a quest.

15. Print Research - Adverts These adverts of documentaries are a indication of what to create for our own product. This picture has classic natural colours to reflect the context of the documentary as well as its genre, which is nature. This advert is a close up of a guy eating some chips which exaggerates the notion that eating fast food is bad for you. The caption ‘A film of epic portions’ also boasts how good the documentary is going to be, and it is eagerly anticipated. Super size me (2004) Life in cold blood (2008)

16. This advert has strong vivid colours to stand out from the page, but also it shows the quest leader holding the globe which connotes that he is going to take you through the worlds issues. Bowling for columbine (2002) Print Research - Adverts

17. Cloudy and dark mise en scene to connote a magical and perhaps dark magic atmosphere. Browns body language is stern and staring directly into the camera to influence intimidation, the suit he is wearing is majority black which anchors the mystical theme and his persona. Fingers crossed is a typical hand gesture to suggest luck, which signifies his suppose trick of predicting the lottery. Channel four symbol is a recognisable and main stream logo that people distinguish, thus wanting to watch the trick. This font is again a reoccurring feature of channel four’s programs advertising, so it hopes to bring a bigger audience. Print Research – Adverts ( guardian 9th September)

18. Print - Research The house style for this again is the colour around the top edges and the date written in white. The colour of this page has changed from blue to red to show the readers the listings on this page is for another day They also have another house style of always putting the day on the listings and television. This is useful for the reader if they are flicking through quickly to find a particular page. By having main digital channels on the side this is useful for people with digital TV and they don’t have to flick to another page. One problem of this however is some people may want other digital channels and not just these ones Again a small image is used alongside text. The image is useful because it can help jog readers memory if they cant exactly remember the program. Again there is small film strip icon signifying to the readers it is a film, without them having to search through titles to find films Bold text is used for titles of programmes and the times to make then clearer for readers to see and distinguish them from programme descriptions

19. Today's choices is written in bold this will sway the reader to look what are the most popular viewed programmes and they might find one that will interest them and they watch it Throughout the magazine they use a different colour for each day. This makes it easier for the reader. For example any colours that are blue around the edges they will know its Sundays listings They also have another house style of always putting the day on the listings and television. This is useful for the reader if they are flicking through quickly to find a particular page. A small image is used alongside text. The image is useful because it can help jog readers memory if they cant exactly remember Bold text is used for titles of programmes and times to make then clearer for readers to see and distinguish them from programme descriptions. The name of the editor is used so readers know who edited the magazine. Also the editor could get called for a editing job There is a large image of ‘the stig’. this is the highlight of the show as he may be revealed. His body language is secretive and un-amused as him arms are folded. There is small film strip icon signifying to the readers it is a film, without them having to search through titles to find films Throughout the listings magazine columns are used. This help make the text more user friendly and easier to read and looks neater

20. The date on this listing magazine is smaller to the other one. It is not as bold as the others By putting terrestrial is informs the readers straight away there is no digital listings on the page The house style of this magazine is to have a semi circle with the day in it. Each day is coloured in a different colour to signify the readers it is a different day By telling the readers the story so far it helps them to remember what has been happening in case they missed the last episode. The image also help the reader to remember in-case they forgot Page numbers are used so in the contents they can flick to the page they want Each column is headed with the channel this makes it easier for the reader Compared to the other listings magazines this one only has two plain colours. Bold text is used for titles of programmes and the times to make then clearer for readers to see and distinguish them from programme descriptions again columns are used. This help make the text more user friendly and easier to read and looks neater