2. Documentary series which
follows the men and
women tasked with
looking after the growing
needs of our ever-
expanding nation. We
meet the ambulance
teams, fire crews,
equipment specialists,
builders and carers who
service Britain's big
society.
3. Mode
Big Body Squad is a narrative documentary
produced in a observational style. The camera
man is observing the journey of emergency
teams, carers in aiding the special patients
whilst remaining as unobtrusive as possible. The
narrative is provided as a synchronous voiceover
to the scenes occurring on screen.
4. Interviews
Interviews are an effective insight into the
thoughts and experiences of both patients and
the emergency teams and carers. The interviews
are effective in a observational documentary
because with no presenting character the
audience begin to understand the people in the
documentary. This is the aim of an observational
documentary type as the idea is to follow the
journey of a subject.
5. Documentaries
Channel 5 airs a large variety of documentaries.
Documentaries covering people, nature,
education, arts, religion and crimes have all
appeared on Channel 5 in the past ten years. It
is important for Channel 5 to support a wide
range of topics in order to remain competitive
with other large television companies that
screen documentaries.