This document discusses various techniques used in documentaries about cyberbullying and the internet. It analyzes shots including voice of narration, talking heads, close-ups of devices, montage footage, titles, lighting, locations, examples, social networking sites, interviews, landscapes, photos, questions, and archive footage. Many of these techniques are used to convey messages about addiction, isolation, lack of control, suffering, impact, and seriousness of the topic. The document suggests how some of these techniques could be applied to a documentary about web 2.0 and cyberbullying.

1. Textual Analysis
The Virtual Revolution

2. Voice of Narration
• The voice of narration is introduced immediately to inform
the audience. Medium shot connotes an introduction to the
narrator allowing the audience to meet and understand she is
the narrator.
• We think the voice of narrator would be more effective for
our documentary as we want to force our message in our
documentary onto the audience.

3. Talking Head
• The documentary uses a convention of a documentary – the
talking head. Medium close up connotes intensity relating to
the sternness of the topic, combined with the talking head
convention, it signifies to the audience that there are people
who care and take an interest into the topic.
• We could use talking heads in our production with victims or
people who work with victims to gather information to notify
to our audience.

4. Converged Device
• The use of extreme close up on this converged device
connotes its power and strength reinforcing the message
notified in the documentary, converged devices are influential
and dominant.
• As we are focusing on web 2.0, we could have extreme close
ups on laptops, as they provide access to social networking,
this would connote its control and power.

5. • The long shot of random footage, acting as montage is
effective as it connotes loneliness and isolation, which are all
effects on victims of cyberbullying.
• Using montage footage will be effective in our documentary
as it is effective and emotional, which may potentially move
our audience.

6. Title
• Dark colouring surrounding the title connotes
threat, and gives an ominous feel to the
documentry. This informs the audience that
the topic is difficult and serious which might
potentially capture their attention and
understanding.

7. Lighting
• The use of dark lighting surrounding the narrator
connotes intensity and concentration, this combined
with a medium close signifies the desire to spread
awareness of the shocking power of the web.

8. Location
• This establishing shot has a buzzing city like feel to it, it is
conventional for cities to cause people to get lost, this may
link in with the idea of cyber bullying, how one thing can lead
to another and sooner or later it gets taken too far.
• During this shot, the narrator explains facts about the
increasing use of technology in South Korea, progressively
teaching the audience.

9. Examples
• This two shot is used as an example to force the information
into the audience. By using examples, the relevance of the
topic increases as the audience sees true models which
reinforce the reason behind the documentary.
• The focus on the childs face connotes attention and
concentration suggesting he is addicted to converged devices.

10. Social Networking
• The ability to recognise all of these social networking sites
would cause the audience to understand they spend too
much time on the internet.
• The size of the circle represents the amount of visits the size
gets each month, Facebook and Google received the most,
this should be relevant to audience members who visit these
sites considerably more, connoting an addiction and a sense
of reliability on social networking.

11. Interview
• This medium shot two shot suggests an
interview feel, if is effective as it connotes an
interest in both peoples opinions.
• As we will be interviewing in part of our
documentary, a two shot is valuable.

12. • The birds eye view landscape shot connotes
freedom and independence. This may
represent the freedom on the internet – there
is not rules, and no control. However, this can
be a negative connotation, as this lack of
order and control increases the risk of cyber
bullying.

13. • The close up on the list of Facebook friends
connotes force and intensity, as the shot
focuses on one name in the friends lists it
suggests the idea, that many people are
“friends” on Facebook, but not in real life.

14. • The black and white photo suggests it was
taken a long time ago, this connotes the fact
that cyber bullying has been going on for a
long time.
• The males stern facial expression connotes
anger and his glasses connote intelligence.

15. • “Whats on your mind?” – the questions
suggests that too much information is posted
online. The delivery of personal information
onto the web is dangerous, as it once it has
been done there is no going back.

16. Shots
• The extreme close up connotes intensity and
frustration suggesting the female is deep in
thought. This suggests the idea that the
internet can really effect you.

17. Montage
This series of shots of outside landscapes such as open fields, leaves and trees connotes
isolation and freedom. The montage technique involves various editing optical effects
such as fades and dissolves which connote a passing of time, this suggests the impact of
the web on many people continues for a long time and the slow pace creates emotion
and connotes weakness and suffering, which may act as a result from cyber bullying.

18. Archive footage
• The use of archive footage is conventional for
documentaries, however this particular shot is
an explosion – this connotes the impact and
power the web can have on people and the
extreme long shot acts as a lack of control.

19. The office set location connotes buisness and intelligence
suggesting the information the narrator is passing on to the
audience is knowledgeable and relevant and implies the narrator
is smart.
The medium close up shot connotes intensity, highlighting the
seriousness of the topic and supports the significance of the
topic.