Assignment 12 (ii) planning for documentary

Assignment 12 (ii) –Planning for Documentary

Kaya Sumbland

Rahel Fasil

Joanne Aroda

Gledis Dedaj

Structure For Whole SeriesEpisode: Introduction:

(First 2 Mins)Beginning:(15 Mins)

Middle:(15 Mins)

End:(15 Mins)

‘Social Media’ – Part One

- Presenter introducing the episode on social networking and social Media.

- Show supporting footage of YouTube, Google, Facebook, Blogs with voiceover of statistics.

- History of the Web. - How it has evolved.- The way we

communicate has been revolutionised.

- Interviews with older generation on their experiences of how the Web has progressed.

- Social networking sites.- Statistics on how far the

world has become obsessed with them.

- How this makes for a perfect tool, for controlling views and ideologies.

- E.g. Hash-tag : ‘Twitter’ on TV

- What algorithms are and how they work.

- How algorithms

are used to subtly control or manipulate society.

‘Social Media’ – Part Two

- The different types of social Media platforms.

- The way that they use algorithms to cater to the individual varies.

- How society is fighting against a hegemonic media platform.

- Wikipedia's and Blogs.- How they generate their

own information. - Blogs are not censored

(Freedom of speech)

- How we think we are being given various choices, however these choices are provided by higher powers who determine your search results.

- E.g. ‘Online Dating’ : Your match is determined for you.

- Does technological convergence aid a democratic media landscape or does it enforce a hegemonic one.

‘Film & Television’

- How are we influenced by the things that we watch?

- How it has been integrated into everyday television.

- Films : Used to install certain ideologies within society or promote these ideologies.

- Examples of specific films that have influence the world the most alongside with statistics.

- How stereotypes have become hegemonic through someone's dictation of script.

- This is liked to the propaganda used in WW1 and WW2 to promote the Nazi Regime.

- The news and how people have no control over what is shown.

- What is shown on the news is specifically chosen for a certain representation.

Choice of Episode

The episode we will focus on is…

We chose this episode because…

• It was intriguing of all our subtopics

• It would be easiest to get footage for

• It’s the most progressive form of media

Social Media

Structure for Episode

Episode Introduction(1st 2 min)

Introduction

(1 min)

Beginning‘Revolution of

The Web’

Middle‘Social

Networking Sites’

End‘Algorithms’

Social Media-

The Hegemonic Puppeteer

• Presenter talking about the whole documentary, the purpose etc... Montage footage of people interacting with different forms of media.

• E.g. internet, phones, TV…Including establishing shot.

• Presenter introducing the episode on social networking (Facebook, YouTube and Twitter) including statistics.

• Show supporting footage of YouTube (Clips of YouTube Celebs), Google, Facebook, with voiceover of statistics.

• First subtopic is the Revolution of the Web.

• This will include public interview at Trafalgar square (older generation) to ask how it changed.

• Show a time line animation of the growth.

• The stages of Web 1, 2 and 3 – How have they developed or progressed.

• Show examples of how they are applied. E.g. Rahel’s Facebook liking pages and its affect on her news feed.

• Public interviews and statistics.

• E.g. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Social News and Vimeo.

• Then introduce algorithms and how they are a tool used to subtly control society.

• We will have expert interviews (technicians) and public ones at Trafalgar square.

• Show examples of how we receive different search results.

Structure for 5 minute Documentary

2 Minute Introduction (Series)

15 secs: Show establishing shot of people walking (fast motion) with statistics followed by shots of Internet café users.

15 secs: iPhone - close up of its uses (Google), shot of the TV showing hashtag to share their views.

15 secs: Presenter introduces herself and what she will be exploring throughout the documentary series.

15 secs: Presenter goes through the different types of media.

15 secs: Presenter talking about how we are influenced by what we watch and how higher powers use this as a form of control.

15 secs: Show case study of the boy who killed his mum mimicking the soap ‘Coronation Street’, with archival footage of news broadcast.

15 secs: Presenter discusses the two sides of the debate. (hegemonic or democratic)

15 secs: She asks 3 rhetorical questions, finishing on the documentary series title question, followed by an animation of the title.


1 Minute Introduction (Episode)

30 secs: Presenter inside Internet Café, gets up and walks out while talking about different platforms of social media.

15 secs: How Facebook also caters to the individual through their ‘News Feed’- With voice-over. (Example of real Facebook page.)

15 secs: Statistics of how far people have become obsessed with social networking, thus making it the perfect tool to control people.


2 Minute (To Focus On First Subtopic Of Episode)

15 secs: Animation of a time-line of how the internet has progressed – Web 1.0 qualities (sociological theory ‘upsurge’) how it was hegemonic (Information comes out but none come in)

15 secs: Presenter talks about examples – Social news, online dating, Wikipedia etc…

15 secs: Animation moves to Web 2.0 () Montage footage of ‘YouTube’ celebrities (online videos) – Animation of number of views increasing. Alongside will be a voiceover by presenter.

15 secs: Public interview – quoted significant things they say on Web 2.0

15 secs: Lastly Web 3.0 (Future)Presenter informs on the filter bubble with a ‘bubble’ animation to show them Example of two different people typing in the same thing into Google and receiving different search results.

15 secs: Expert interview on the future of Web 3.0 and algorithms.


Last 10-20 Seconds (preview to next episode)

5 secs: Examples of audience fighting back, via, blogs, wiki’s and social news

15 secs: show clip of voting on social news sights to show democracy – Presenter explains how society is fighting against a hegemonic media platform.

Script

Storyboard

Shotlist

Time SceneShot

DescriptionLocatio

nCharacte

rs

Art dept

/Props

Costume

15 secs

‘Liking’ a page on Facebook, showing how it affects your feed, and information given on FB

Screen Recording from the Mac using Quick Time

Media Room - Mac

Presenter voiceover describing the effects and what its doing

• Mac N/A

5 secs

The presenter is flowing talking on the statistics from the public

Mid shot Living space internet cafe

Presenter • N/A • Brown/beige coat

• Skirt• Converse• cardigan

10 secs

Statistics are written on the screen on hegemony and democracy

Statistics are written in Facebook comment boxes, uploaded on blogs…

Media Room - Mac

Presenter Voiceover

• Mac N/A

15 secs

An animation starting from Web 1.0 , with sociological theory – including visuals it and information coming out of a computer and none going in

Close up of drawings being moved around in fast motion to show it visually

Media Room

• Presenter voiceover

• Hand model - Gledis

• Pictures

• Clear beige nail varnish

Shotlist

Time SceneShot

DescriptionLocatio

nCharacte

rs

Art dept

/Props

Costume

5 secs

Examples of upsurge in the 90’sshowing picking boxes for online dating sight


Media Room - Mac

Presenter voiceover

• Mac N/A

5 secs

Followed showing someone clicking to edit on Wikipedia


Living space internet cafe

Presenter voiceover

• Mac N/A

5 secs

Lastly writing or publishing story on social news sites


Media Room - Mac

Presenter Voiceover

• Mac N/A

5 secs

Timeline animation moves to Web 2.0


Media Room



• Pictures


10secs

An edited video of YouTube subscriber's and views increasing and many video’s coming on the screen

Screen Recording from Mac using Quick Time

Media Room

• Presenter Voiceover

• Mac N/A

Shotlist

Time SceneShot

DescriptionLocatio

nCharacte

rs

Art dept

/Props

Costume

4 secs

Public shot significant ‘quote’ from interview on Web 2.0

Two shot with public and presenter

Trafalgar square

Public

Presenter

N/A • Brown/beige coat


6 secs


Close up of the public

Trafalgar square

Pubic N/A N/A

5secs


Mid shot of the public

Trafalgar square

Public N/A N/A

2 secs

An animation introducing and followed from Web 2.0 – to Web 3.0


Media Room



• Pictures


3secs

Presenter is explaining to the audience what a filter bubble is

Full body shot Living Space

• Presenter • N/A • Brown/beige coat


Shotlist

Time SceneShot

DescriptionLocatio

nCharacte

rs

Art dept /Props Costum

e

3secs

Information coming out of a bubble surrounded by many others

Screen shot Media Room

Presenter voiceover

Mac • N/A

7 secs

Two Google searches presenting two different search results

Split screen of screen recording using QuickTime

Media Room

Presenter voiceover

Mac N/A

15secs

Expert interview on web 3.0 and algorithms

Mid shot with name and profession in left corner

Convent Professional technician

• Paper• Desk• computer

N/A

5 secs

how audience are fighting back on blogs , wiki’s and social news

Screen recording using QuickTime

Media Room


• Mac N/a

5secs

Clip of voting on a social news site

Screen recording using QuickTime

Media Room


• Mac N/A

5secs

Presenter carry’s on explaining how audience fight back

Long shot – walking into a mid shot

Living Space

• Presenter • N/A • Brown/beige coat

• Skirt• Convers

e• cardigan

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