This document provides instructions and content for an induction project on documentaries and factual television. It includes questions for students to introduce themselves, outlines working in teams and producing a final major project, defines what a documentary is and provides examples for analysis. It discusses key elements of documentaries like mise-en-scene, camerawork, editing and sound. It also lists potential project themes and tasks like researching topics, analyzing an example documentary, creating a blog, and designing a magazine poster.

1. Who are you?
What do you want to do in the future?
What was the most exciting thing you did in the summer?
What has been in the news that has caught your attention over the summer?
Introduce your neighbour.

2. Induction Project
Assignment brief
Working in teams
Final Major Project

3. What is documentary?
Analysing documentary and factual TV

4. Inside Death Row – Trevor McDonald

5. What is documentary
In your groups briefly identify 5 things that you think documentaries and factual TV
have in common – 5 min

6. What is documentary
1. Documentary is factual
2. Documentary is not fiction
3. Documentary is true
4. Documentary is ‘real’
5. Documentary can be controversial
6. Documentary looks real
7. Documentary sounds real

7. Image and Sound
1. Mise en scene
Choice of locations, what people wear, what objects are around
2. Use of camera
Types of shot, camera movement, angles
3. Editing
How are shots put together in a sequence
4. Sounds
Voices, ambient sound, music

8. Types of documentary
Exposition – a narrator explains the events presented
Observation – events are observed as they come without a narrator
Interaction – the interviewer is in front of the camera interviewing the subject or
interacting with events
Reflection – the documentary shows events but also shows how the documentary
was made

9. Induction project themes
1. Law and Order
2. Reality TV
3. Children and Diet
4. The Use of Social Networking

10. Catfish (2010)

11. about Catfish: The TV ShowFrom the producers of the acclaimed documentary film, "Catfish," comes a new MTV series that brings together couples who've
interacted solely through their LCD screens. Over the course of months or years - these romantics have become smitten - but
what will happen when they meet in real life for the first time?
In each episode, with the guidance and help of the star of the "Catfish" movie, Nev Schulman, and his filmmaking pal, Max
Joseph, a hopeful romantic partner will go on an emotional journey to discover the truth about their significant other. Has that
object of affection been telling the truth? Will true love truly blossom? When that fateful knock on the front door finally comes -
only one thing is certain - that these incredible voyages will be filled with mystery, uncertainty, forgiveness, joy, and sometimes,
even shocking revelations.
catfish [kat-fish] verb: To pretend to be someone you're not online by posting false information, such as someone else's pictures,
on social media sites usually with the intention of getting someone to fall in love with you.

12. Stacey Dooley Investigates: My
Hometown Fanatics (2012)

13. Super Size Me (2014)

14. Educating Essex (2014)

15. Create a Wordpress blog
1. Go to wordpress.com and create an account
2. Choose the theme ‘Shoreditch’

16. Analyse a documentary
1. Choose a documentary with one of the four themes
2. Who is the director, when was it made, where was it shown (TV channel, cinema, both),
how long?
3. What type is it and why do you think this? (exposition, observational, interactive,
reflective – it could be a mixture)
4. What ‘message’ is the documentary presenting?
5. Explain how mise en scene, use of camera, editing and sound present the message within
the documentary?
6. Why do you like this documentary?
7. Upload your analysis onto your blog

17. Research
Choose one of the 4 topics in a pair:
1. Law and Order
2. Reality TV
3. Children and Diet
4. The use of social media

18. Sources
Carry out online research to find 3 research sources each with interesting facts that
interest you.
a. Compare your research.
b. Together decide on the most interesting piece of research.
c. Explain the research to the group.
d. Record all of your researches on your blog

19. Tidy up your blogs
Have you named your site?
Do you have a welcome message?
Do you have something about who you are?
Is your blog organised with menus and classified posts?
Have you uploaded your research?
Have you uploaded your review of a chosen documentary?
Have you uploaded pre-production planning?
Have you reflected on progress, problems encountered, solutions in several posts?
Have you uploaded video reflections?
Have you completed filming?

20. Magazine and poster
Research posters for documentaries
What makes an effective poster:
a. Choice of image
b. Choice of text
c. Colour scheme