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Inwhatwaysdoesyourmediaproductuse,developorchallenge
formsandconventionsofrealmediaproducts?
InordertoproducethetaskIwasset(theopening5minutesofadocumentary),researchwas
neededin
order
to
find
common
codes
and
conventions
of
the
specific
genre
chosen.
In
this
example,itwasmusicpiracy.Inordertomakethedocumentaryincreasinglyrealistic,itwasdecided
thattheoptiontousevariousshottypesandcontentfromexistingdocumentariescouldbeadded.
Thedocumentaryitselfcameaspartofaweeklongseries,namedTeenWeek,andwascalledTo
BuyOrNotToBuy?theseriesitselfwasdesignedtocovervarioussocialtopicsaffectingteens,and
withthepublicviewperceivingthemtobethechiefculpritsofmusicpiracy,itwasdeemedan
appropriateandrelevanttopictodocumenton.Thedocumentaryitselfexplored
theeffectofpiracyonthemusicbusiness,andboththeroleteensplayaswellas
theeffectithasonyoung,upandcomingartists.Thedocumentarywasintended
toaironChannel4,asitpitchesahighpercentageofitsprogrammingto1624
yearolds,whichalsorelatedtotheageinwhichthedocumentaryisfocusedon.
RegularChannel4viewers SocialClassE
Wide
range
of
ethnicities
BothMaleandFemale Teenagers/Studentsaged
1521
AudienceProfile
Throughgeneralanalysisofdocumentaries,itwasdiscoveredthatmostincludeaimagemontageat
thebeginning,asameanstointroducethenexthourtotheaudience,likethesynopsisofabook.All
oftheshotsandimagesinthemontageneedtoberelevant,appealingandeditedwelltoofferthe
audienceapreview
of
whats
to
come,
but
not
revealing
enough
so
they
have
to
watch.
It
is
the
first
impressionoftheviewerthatdecideswhethertochangethechannelornot,sothemontage
neededtobeeditedsmoothlyandquickly,topreventtheattentionoftheaudiencefading.We
includedmanymontageimagessimilartothatoftheBBCsArethenetpolicecomingforyou?This
includedshotsofcomputerscreensshowingillegaldownloadingwebsites,shotsofhandson
keyboardsaswellofsmall,controversialclipstakenfrominterviewwithexpertopinions.Thesewere
addedwiththeintentionofgivingthevieweraninsightintowhattoexpectthroughouttheairingof
thedocumentary.
Arethenetpolicecomingforyou?wasairedonBBCsPanoramaprogram.Thetopicofmusic
piracywas
the
main
theme
of
the
documentary,
and
to
increase
the
professionalism
of
our
own
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documentary,itwasthereforenecessarytofindcodesandconventionsandingrainthemintothe
filmingandeditingsoundofthedocumentary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwoPTYTLcRg
OpeningMontage
and
Title
Abovearetwomontageimagesthatwereusedinordertogivetheaudienceapreviewoftherestof
theprogram.Wehadtomakesuretheywereappealing,eyecatchingandeverchanging,asafast
paceofeditingwouldleadtoahigherlikelihoodofkeepingtheprogramonthetelevision.Wehad
tomakesureeachpieceofthemontagewasrelevantandfollowedastory,tokeeptheaudience
engaged.Forexample,shotsofsomeonetypingonakeyboardwerefollowedbyColdplaybeing
typedinonthescreen.Allmontagefootagewastakenprimarily,insteadofbeingtakenoffthe
internetinordertoaddamorepersonalfeeltotheopeningmontage.OneimprovementIbelieve
couldhavebeenmadetotheopeningmontagewouldbeahigheruseofcantedangledshots,as
theywouldmakethescreenmoreinterestingtolookat.
TheopeningmontageofToBuyorNottoBuy?beganwiththeopeningofadisctrayforaCD
player.Theclosingeventofthemontagewasthesamedisctrayclosing,withthetitleofthe
documentarythenappearingonthescreenoftheCDplayer.Incontrasttothis,thetitleoftheBBC
documentaryappearedinanestablishingshot,justafteritwasintroducedbyapresenter.Asour
audienceresearchindicatedtheywereagainstuseofapresenter,wethoughtitwasnecessaryto
putthetitleintheclosingstagesofthemontage,toallowthedocumentarytomoveonquickly.
BothourdocumentaryandtheBBCsdocumentarypresentthetitleascopyoveranimage.
However,inourdocumentaryitclosestheopeningmontagewiththetitle,andtheBBC
documentarystitleisintroducedwithanestablishingshot.Ifeltthatthiswassimplybecausethe
Panoramaseries
is
well
established
and
has
its
own
opening
credits.
The
sizing
of
each
title
is
similar,
butagainthatisbecausetheBBCdocumentaryintendsyoutofocusontheestablishingshot.Ours
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wassimplybecausethatwastherightsizetofitonthescreenoftheCDplayer.Iftherewasanything
Iwouldchangeaboutthistitlesectionitisthattheoriginalshotcouldhavebeentakenclosertothe
CDplayer,asfurtherzoomwouldhavedistortedtheimagequality.However,Ibelievethatthetitle
shotisonethatisveryunique,thereforeeyecatchingtotheviewers.
ExpertInterviews
Inadocumentary,itisimportanttogainthespecificviewsofindividualsthatareexpertsinthe
topic.Thisisbecauseafamiliarfacetotheaudiencewouldpresentthecasetheyhavetosaymore
truthful,revealingviewspeoplecansidewithandthereforeshapetheirownviewsonthetopic
from.Alackofexpertisewouldmeanthatthecasebeingpresentedhadnoproofandcantherefore
beeasilydismissed,makingthedocumentarycompletelypointless.Topresentthemasimportant
peopletotheaudience,weaddedacaptiontoeachinterview.
KERRANG!Radio
AlexBakerisamediaexpertcurrentlyworkingasHeadofUnsignedatKerrang!Radio.Danielle
PerryisaDJcurrentlyhostingaweekdayshow.Kerrang!isanationalradiostationwithalargefan
base,anditsvibrantstaffmakesitleantowardsayouthfulaudience.Bothdocumentariesuse
captionstointroducetheexpertinterviewees.Theyarefollowedbythebalancedargumentofthe
voiceover,asthemakersofthedocumentarycommonlyseektofindthetruthbehindatopic.Both
documentarieshavesimilarshotcomposition,wefeltitwasimportanttohaveAlexandDanielle
lookingattheinterviewer,asthatisacommonconventionofdocumentaries,enhancingthe
documentarysprofessionalism. Bothareshotatamediumcloseuprangeinordertoconveya
senseof
closeness
to
the
viewer,
emotions
and
face
expressionsarealsocaptured,tomaketheexpert
opinionmorepowerfulthanavoxpopforexample.
Wealsofelttohaveafairargumentitwasimportant
tohavetheviewsofbothmalesandfemales.The
miseensceneoftheinterviewswasalsoimportantin
bothdocumentariesasitreinforcedthestatusofthe
interviewee,againvalidatingtheiropiniontothe
viewers.
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JaysonBurns
JaysonBurnsisaMediaStudiesteacheratTheSixthFormCollege,Solihull.Wefeltitwouldbe
importanttointerviewsomeonewhoworkscloselywithpeopleofthetargetaudiencesagegroup
becauseitwouldaddasenseofrealismtotheargumentathand.Intheactualinterview,Jayson
givesanoverviewoftheeffectsthatpiracyishavingonthemusicindustry.Onceagaintheshot
compositionis
similar
to
that
of
the
BBC
documentary.
However,
if
any
improvement
could
have
beenmadeitwouldbethatthecaptionwasaddedtoacolouredbackgroundinordertoprevent
clashingwiththecreamwallbehindJayson.
EstablishingShots
It isimportant inadocumentarytogainestablishingshotsthatconveyaclearchangeofsettingto
theaudience.Weusedvariousslowmovingshotstoelongatethetiminginorderforthevoiceover
tospeakandexplainthingstotheaudience.Varioustypesofshotssuchastiltsandpanswereused
inordertocreateavarietyinestablishingshots,aswithoutbackmusicastillshotofabuildingcan
seemboring.Zoomingwasalsousedeffectivelyas itallowedus to transitionbetweenshotswell.
However, if I could have improved the establishing shots, I
would
have
made
them
more
creative.
The
BBC
documentary uses an intimate acoustic session with
ScoutingForGirlsinordertointroducethem,withavariety
of shot types and fast editing. Our establishing shots were
eithertiltsorpans,andavarietyofshotswouldhavemade
thedocumentarymoreinteresting.
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VoxPops
Alldocumentarieshavesectionsinwhichtheyaskthe
public about their topic and their views on that
specific topic. The members of the public usually
asked are normally those that fit into the target
audience category. Therefore we asked various
people around college whether or not they illegally
download. Another interesting factor was that
membersofourtargetaudienceareactuallyseen to
bethemainculpritsofillegaldownloading!Therefore
askingthemembersofthepublicdoordontillegally
downloadallowstheviewerstogaugethatstereotype
for themselves. Of our 20 clips, 15 admitted to
illegallydownloading.
To
make
this
representative
in
thedocumentary,5clipswerechosen,3sayingIdo
and 2 saying I dont. The additional benefit of vox
pops it that they allow you to speak to all genders/
ethnicities,makingourdocumentaryunbiasedinthat
respect. The main reason we had our vox pops talk directly into the camera was because our
researchindicatedthatapresenterwasntwantedinthedocumentary.AstheBBCdocumentaryhas
apresenter,atwoshotisused inordertoshowtheconversationbetweenpresenterandmember
of the public. We decided to use medium closeup shots for the voxpops as this is a common
conventionof interviews,becausecloseupsare too intimatewhereas longshotsarenot intimate
enough.If
the
vox
pops
could
have
been
improved,
Iwould
have
asked
either
all
of
them
to
look
at
thecameraortheinterviewer,asamixtureofthetwolooksunplannedandunprofessional.
Voiceover
Alldocumentarieshaveavoiceoverinordertoestablishstructureand
Music
a balanced view to the audience. As we did not have an onscreen
presenter, the voiceover was more important. Throughout the
documentary, the voiceover gives facts and figures to the viewer as
well as conveying settingjust before an interview. However, most
voiceovers have sound of some sort playing behind their voice, in
order to keep audience attention. If we could do the documentary
again,wewouldhaveaddedsoundbehindthevoiceover,asitwould
makethedocumentaryseemmoreprofessional.
All documentaries include nondiegetic music in order to add a tempo during the montage or
stimulatetheaudiencethroughouttheprogram.Inorderforustoincludemusichowever,wehadto
use noncopyright music. This is because the time frame and the size of actual record companies
wouldmakeinitialcontactandwaitingforareply,atimeconsumingpractise.Wecouldnotusethe
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workofanotherartistwithoutpermissionalso,asthiscouldbedeemedasCopyrightinfringement.
Therefore we used http://freeplaymusic.com/ in order to find an upbeat, lively
sound that could be used in the opening montage. The sound levels were then
alteredinordertoaccommodatevoiceoversandclipsfrominterviews.IfIcoulddo
thisagainhowever, Iwouldusearangeofmusicthroughoutthedocumentary,as
weincludednoneaftertheopeningmontageandtitles.
FactsandFigures
Asthisisadocumentary,itneedstobebasedona
TitlesandCaptions
factual topic. In our case, facts were presented to
givetheaudienceanoverviewastowhatthe issue
is with the music industry. The facts themselves
need to be short and memorable, as long winded
methodscanbecometiresomefortheaudience.In
order to do this, we presented them over the
moving montage images, so the audience could
associatethefactwiththepicturetheysaw.Thisis
anentertainingandstimulatingwaytopresentfacts
longertime frame,a longer factual introductionwouldhavebeen introduced,withvisual facts for
theaudiencetoactuallysee.
thatcanberemembered.Ifdoneagainwitha
All
documentaries
include
captions
in
order
to
introduce
n
ChannelIdent
expert interviewees and titles to end the opening
montage.Ourdocumentarywasnodifferent inthiscase.
The titles and captions were added in the editing stage,
with the sizing of captions being made the same to add
consistency.Thetitlewasmadetoitfitintothescreenof
the CD player, to add variety to the documentary. All
captionswerealsomadethesamecolourandput inthe
same position, as this is another conventionof document
would have introduced a background to the
captions,
as
they
were
hard
to
place
in
exactly the
sameareaduetoclashing.A lightcaptiononadark
g,whichwouldaddconsistencyandprofessionalism
tothisareaofthedocumentary.
aries. If I could do thisagainhowever, I
backgroundwouldpreventthisfromhappeni
AllprogramsonChannel4itselfnormallyhaveavoicedident,
showing the channel logo before introducing the program
which is due to follow. The voiceover itself was improvised,
and
if
done
again,
would
have
been
slightly
longer,
scripted
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andwitty.TheChannel4identvoiceoverneverreallysayswhattheprogramyoureabouttowatch
is,theyjustdescribeit.Soalthoughthiscodewasused,itwasnotaddedprofessionally,inmyview.
CodesandConventionsusedintheAncillaryTasks
RadioTrailer
In order to create a clear brand identity, the main convention used in radio
a
ListingsPage
trailers is sound clips from the documentary itself. Once again, our radio
trailer isnodifferent.Theclipsweusedweretakenfrombothvoxpopsand
expert interviewees, and this was to engage the audience with hardhitting
quotesofwhichtheycanlookforinthedocumentary.Thevoiceoveritselfgives
balanced preview before telling the audience the time, date and channel of
airing.
Theheadlinegrabstheattentionof
ouldmake
Furtherquotesandquestionswere
r
dthis.
Captionswereaddedtothetheaudience.Weuseda
controversialquoteasitw
thereaderfeeltheurgetoreadon.
putinadifferentcolourfontinorde
tomakethemstandout.The
differenceinsizingalsoenable
imagestodescribetheir
purposetotheaudience.
Adropcapwas
opy
s
usedinorderto
indicatethe
beginningof
totheaudience.
Thisisacommon
featureoflistings
pagesandimprove
professionalismof
thepage.
c
Amainimagewas
eused
usedtograbthe
audiences
attention.W
thisspecificimage
asit
is
quite
impactful.
Thetextwasputintocolumnsasthis
isacommonfeatureoflistings
pages,onceagainincreasingthe
professionalismofthepage.
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How effective is the combination of your main product and
tary,twoancillarytasksneededtobecompletedinordertocreateabrand
identityandpromotethedocumentary.
ancillarytasks?
Apartfromthedocumen
ListingsPage
Theinitialtaskwastocreateadoublepagedarticleinthestyleofatelevisionlistingspage.
In
order
to
create
a
brand
identity,
we
decided
to
take
actual
quotes
from
the
footage
as
well
as
stills.Anexampleofthiscanbeseen inthetop lefthandcornerofthesecondpage,the imageo
theanswersratherthanattheend.This
f
KERRANG!studiosisactuallytakenfromtheestablishingshotusedinthedocumentary.Inorderto
create attract the audience, we took the most hardhitting, eyecatching quote from the
documentaryanduseditastheheadline.WeobtainedtheimageofAlexBakerfromapieceofover
spilled footage from his interview. We decided to use this image as it interests and involves the
audiencedirectly,makingtheminclinedtoreadthepage.
Inordertocreateabrandidentity,moreselectedquotesareusedintheactualarticle.Howeverto
interesttheaudience,theyaretakenfromthebeginningof
was
in
order
to
create
the
idea
that
to
gain
the
full
answer,
they
need
to
watch
the
program.
This
wasalsoaneffectivepromotiontechniquewhichwefeltwouldbesuccessful.
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Ifthispagecouldbe improved, Iwouldhavechangedthecolourschemetoonethatmatchesthe
actualdocumentary(BlueandBlack)asthiswouldhaveheightenedthebrandidentity.AlsoIwould
haveedited thecolouringof themain image tomake itstandoutmore,aswellascut it from its
background more tidily. Finally I would have made the page more imagebased and used canted
anglesasthedocumentaryisaimedatayoungeraudience.
AudienceFeedback
Strengths
Appropriatefontusedforthemainarticle. Thepagewasclearlysetout. Theoveralllookofthepagewasgood. Effectiveuseofdropcaps.
Weaknesses
Editingofmainimagecouldbebetter. Textistoobig. Imagesweretoosmall.
AverageMark:7/10
RadioTrailer
Thesecondancillarytaskwastocreatea3045secondtrailersettobeairedonradio.
In order to create a brand identity, we took quotes from both voxpops and expert interviews
featured in the documentary, as the comment previewed would give the audience something to
lookand listenout for.Wealsodecided touse thesamebackingmusicasthedocumentary itself
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(Psychosirrus.mp3) and it was important to use noncopyright music in order to keep the
documentaryinregulationwithcopyrightlaws.
Hereisthelinktothewebsiteinwhichweobtainedourbackingmusic:http://freeplaymusic.com/
The
image
also
shows
how
the
radio
trailer
was
36
seconds
long,
meaning
it
was
professional
AudienceFeedback
Strengths
Voicesareclear.
eactors.
ndconventions.
LowmusiclevelCouldbehigher.dhavebeenmoredramatic.
Overall,Ibelievetheancillarytaskswerecombinedwell inordertocreateabrand
Ialso
believed
that
the
construction
of
both
ancillary
tasks
were
smooth
and
were
lieve that both
becauseitfittedintothestandardtimingofradioadvertisements.
Alotofvariety. Musicwasgood. Effectivemusic. Outstandingvoic Musicgoeswellwithclip. Followedstandardcodesa Senseofbrandidentity.
Weaknesses
Toomuchchat. Soundbitescoul
AverageMark:8/10
identitywiththerealdocumentary.However,Ibelievetheactualmediumsusedfor
advertisingareoutdatedfor1521yearolds,whichofcourseistheagegroupofour
target audience. Somemembersofouraudience revealed to us that theydidnot
really listen to radio adverts or read listings magazines! Therefore this form of
advertisementshouldhavebeenused foranolderaudience. Ibelievea television
advertandsocialmediaadvertisingwouldhavebeenmoresuitableforanaudience
whichnowwatchmoreTVandbrowsetheinternetmoreoftenthaneverbefore.
professional,butaudiencesuggestsotherwise inotherareas,suchasthesizingof
images on the listings page and lack of drama on the radio trailer. But I still be
ancillarytasksservetheirpurposemorethanadequately,astheaverageaudiencefeedbackmarks
wouldsuggest.
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Whathaveyoulearnedfromyouraudiencefeedback?
The documentary was aimed at a student audience (1624) with an
interestinthemusicindustry.
Therefore
to
gain
valid
feedback,
other
members
of
the
class,
all
of
which fitted into our target audience, watched and reviewed our
documentaryonhandouts.Thehandoutsaskvariousquestionsandthe
audience responded to these with Excellent, Very Good, Good,
SatisfactoryorPoor.
Thefeedbackwasasfollows...
Thisgraphshowsthattheoverallrating
ofthedocumentarygivenbythe
audiencewasmostlyExcellentorVery
good.TherewerenoPooris
Satisfactoryratings,thereforeour
audiencefeedbackshowsthatthe
documentaryitselfwasenjoyableand
accurate.
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4
Excellent
VeryGood
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
Overall,HowWouldYouRateTheDocumentary?
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
Excellent
VeryGood
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
TheChoiceofTopicforTVThisgraphshowsthat50%ofthe
audiencedeemeditaVeryGoodtopic
choice,with30%brandingitan
Excellenttopicchoice.Again,no
SatisfactoryorPoorratingssuggest
thatthetopicchoicewaseffectiveand
wellreceived
by
arepresentative
of
our
targetaudience.
AllmaterialshotwasdeemedVery
GoodorExcellent.Thisagainwould
showthattheactualfootagewas
professionallyshotandwellreceivedby
thetargetaudience.
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
Excellent
VeryGood
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
Filming/ShootingofAppropriateMaterial
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0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4
Excellent
VeryGood
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
EditingSo ViewerCanUnderstandMeaningThisgraphshows40%oftheaudience
deemedtheeditingasExcellent,once
againthisshowsthattheeditingwas
donewell
enough
to
present
the
documentaryasprofessionaltothe
audience.
However,theeffectsusedhadan
inconsistentrating.
This
would
show
thatifthedocumentarywasdone
again,morecouldbedonetomake
transitions/captionsmore
professional.
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
Excellent
VeryGood
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
AppropriateUseofEffects
70%oftheaudiencesaidthattheuseof
soundandmusicwasVeryGoodbut
furtherfeedbacksaidthatmusicneeded
tobeadministeredduringvoiceover
pieceswithinthedocumentary.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Excellent
VeryGood
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
UsingSoundandMusicAppropriately
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
Excellent
VeryGood
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
ProfessionalismoftheDocumentaryThis graph shows that 40% of the
audience said the documentary had
Excellent professionalism. This would
show that the codes and conventions
wereappliedwe ltomake heprogram
seemlikeadocumentary.
l t
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0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
Excellent
VeryGood
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
AppropriatenessforTargetAudience
Thisgraphshowsthat50%oftheaudience
believed the documentary to have Very
Good appropriateness for the target
audience.
This
would
show
the
documentarycouldbeairedbecauseithas
beenreceivedwellbyitstargetaudience.
OverallIampleasedwiththeaudiencefeedback.Noaspectsofthedocumentaryweredeemedas
Poorbytheaudience,andonly3membersoftheaudiencegaveaSatisfactoryrating.Thisshows
thattheopening5minutesofthedocumentarywasverywellreceivedandappealedtothedesired
targetaudience.
Aswellasstatisticaldata,theaudiencegaveusqualitativefeedback.
Strengths
Useandrangeofshots
Useofexpertopinions/interviews
Relevanttopic
Useoftransitions
Openingmontage dramatictoneconveyedseverityofmusicindustry'ssituation
Mise
en
scene
in
interviews
Balancedrangeofgender/ethnicities
Weaknesses
Poorlightingattimes
Variablesound
Highfactconcentration
Addmusictovoiceover
Overlappingclips
The
criticisms
the
audience
picked
out,
I
found
hard
to
understand.
I
believe
to
increase
the
vagueness of some of these, this exercise should ask for reasoning when done in the future. The
issue of lighting is merely down to the screen in which it is played on. During the editing and
completionphase, the lightingseemed fine throughout. Itwasdifficulttogauge indifferentsound
throughouttheeditingphase,asthroughtheeditingphase,thesoundwasfinewhenplayedback
throughtheiMacsspeakers.Itwasonlywhenplayedoutloudcouldallthesoundissuesbenoticed.
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Howdidyouusemediatechnologiesintheresearchandplanning,
constructionandevaluationstages?
ResearchandPlanning
To lookforcodesandconventionswecouldusetoaddprofessionalism inourdocumentary,radio
trailerandlistingspageweusedvariousinternetsitestohavealookatexistingmedia.
For the documentary itself, we viewed and analysed the
BBCs Are the net police coming for you? and The great
fuelrobbery.InordertostreamthisweusedBBCiPlayer,
whichallowedustoviewthedocumentariesmultipletimes
to gain insightful, indepth analysis. As well as this, we
viewed and analysed two Dispatches documentaries aired on
Channel
4.
This
allowed
us
to
watch
and
analyse
Channel
4
programming,andthereforetailorourdocumentaryaccordinglytobe
aired on Channel 4. We used 4od in order to gain access to these
programs. This analysis allowed us to notice certain aspects of
documentaries which we ourselves could use, in order to boost the
professionalismofourproduct.
FortheradiotrailersweusedYouTubetofindeffectiveradio
trailers in which we could base ours around, as well as find
variouscodesandconventions.ThebenefitofusingYouTube
isthat
we
gained
access
to
aseemingly
unlimited
stream
of
radiotrailers,andwerethereforeabletolistentomanymore
thanweneededtocompare.Thisallowedustospot further
codes and conventions, as well as to see how to create a
brandidentity.
Inordertoanalysethelistingspages,weusedacopyofRadioTimesmagazine.Thisallowedusto
noticedifferentaspectsof listingspagesandthus incorporatecodesandconventionswesaw into
ourownlistingspage,againtoincreaseitsprofessionalismandquality.
As
thiswas
agroup
effort,
we
had
to
use
adigital
media
page
in
which
we
couldinsertallofourresearchandplanning.Inordertodothis,wecreateda
blog (http://e07documentary11.blogspot.com/ ) in which we could store
previous work and add new work, as well as regularly check for progress.
Usingthebloginsteadofclassicprogressandworkingmethods
and it helped us all to learn new skills, as well as an
enjoyable way of working. The use of the blog also
allowedthewholeteamtoseehowmuchworkwasdone,
aswellashelptodistributetheworkamongstourselves.
This meant that the work was always done on time;
otherwisethewholegroupwouldbehindered.
waseffective
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ConstructionandEditing
e were going to film, we
usedadigitalstillscamera to take imagestostoryboard.The
wantedtoincludeandhowtoorderit.
ocreatethestoryboard itself,weusedaprogramcalled ComicLife.
This allowed us to structure and arrange the photos, write detailed
ll of the editing and storyboarding was actually done on iMacs. This
wasagreathelptothegroupastheshareddriveontheiMacsallowed
he filming itself took place on HD cameras
providedbythecollege.Wehadtobookaccessto
hootanotherinterview
y loudly in order to gain
In order to create a plan of what w
stills were taken on site of interviews, as well as around
college, and it enabled us to gain a clear idea of what we
T
captions on how the footage would be used. We created minuteby
minutestoryboardsinordertoadddetail. Thesoftwareitselfwasfairly
easy to use and enjoyable, which meant that it allowed us to gain
furtherskillsbyusingComicLife.
A
us to use two computers at once, and have a draft documentary in
whichwecouldpractisecertaintransitionsandhowtoaddcaptionsetc.
ThequicknessandlargememoryoftheiMacitselfwasalsoveryhelpful,
as
we
could
work
with
a
high
workload
and
lots
of
files
without
the
worryofthemcrashingandlossofwork.
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these and were given a tripod, headphones and
an external microphone every time we were
scheduled for filming. The camera was fairly
simpleto
use
and
gave
none
of
us
any
issues,
how
to upload footage to the iMacs was clearly
explained to us at the beginning of the project
and we never faced issues with this. The only
issuewehadwaswiththeexternalmicrophones.
Thiswassimplybecausewedidnotknowhow to
actualfact,wehadtodeleteaninterviewandres
justbecausewewerenotusingthemicrophonesproperly.Buteventhrou
still not adequate. For certain areas of voiceover, John had to speak ver
decent quality sound.The best soundwe had was through the internal microphoneof the Canon
use themproperly. In
ghproperuse,theywere
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camerawehadfortheKerrang! interview,howeverthismayhavebeenbecauseofthesettingof
theinterview(aprofessionalstudio).
Fortheeditingstage,weusedFinalCutExpress.Thisallowedustoreviewallthe
footage we had gained before log+transfer where certain areas of clips were
addedto
be
used,
and
noted
down.
Once
all
clips
had
been
edited
and
deemed
usableornot,weadded themonto the line,where theycouldbesequenced.
Thisareaalsoallowedustoaddtransitions,music,captionsandeditsound.My
skillsimprovedvastlywiththetaskbecausebeforethisprojectIhadneverusedFinalCutExpressin
mylife.Althoughitwasasteeplearningcurve,Iamnowverycoherentwiththetechnology.
Thisiswhereloggedclipsandsound
arestored.Hereyoucanarrangethem
intobinswhichhelpsdecidedwh
minuteyouwouldlikeeachcliptobe
in.Hereitisacaseofdraggingtheclip
intothelineinordertoaddtheclipto
theactualdocumentary.
ich
Hereiswhereyoucanviewandedit
clips.Thissectionshowsyouthe
wireframeofthescreen.Youcanmove
theactual
position
of
the
piece
of
footage,zoominonitandevenadd
captionstoit.Italsobecomesan
effectstimelinewhenaddingeffects.
Thisistheareainwhichthefootageon
thelinecanbeviewed.Thisplayback
allowsyoutoviewwhatyouhaveand
whetheritissufficientorinneedof
editing.
Thisistheline.Itallowsyouto
arrangeallvideoclips.Thereare
variouslevelssoyoucanlayerthem
accordingly,allowingformanual
transitionssuchasfades.Clipswith
overspillonfootagecanbearranged
forothertransitionssuchaswipes.
Thisisthesoundlineitallowsyouto
view,editanddeleteclipsontheline.
Soundcanbeeditedtogolouderor
quieter,whichwaseffectivebecauseit
allowedustosilencemostmontage
imagesandhavebackgroundmusic.
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In order to burn the final product to a disk, we used iDVD. This allowed us to
createamenuwhichwecouldaddournamesto.Havingneverusedthisprogram
before,Ifounditeasytouseandnowdeemmyselfcoherentwithit.
WeusedGarageBandtocreateourradiotrailer.Havingusedthisbefore,Iwasawareofitsabilityto
addand
edit
sound,
which
helped
the
documentary
as
the
sound
levels
of
each
clip
could
be
altered
inorderforthesoundtoremainconsistent.
Thisistheareainwhichsound
levelscanbechangedand
equalized.
Thisisasoundfile;itcanbe
arrangedandcutonthis
area.Theclipcanalsobe
looped.
Thisis
where
the
name
of
theclipcanbeedited,which
wouldhelpwith
organisation.
Thisiswheresoundwavescanbe
seen,thisiswherethequalityofthe
soundcanbedeemedacceptableor
not.
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WealsousedAdobePhotoshopandInDesigninordertocreate
the listings page. Photoshop was sued to edit the images and
InDesign was used to arrange and structure the Double Page
Spread. This allowed us to also add copy, as well as standard
magazineconventionssuchasdropcaps,headlines,grabquotes
andcolumns.
Evaluation
I used Microsoft Word to create my Evaluation, this allowed me to add
arrows and text boxes to analyse images. I also used Microsoft Excel to
createthegraphswhichwereusedtoanalyseaudiencefeedback.
Finally,IusedScribdtoembedtheevaluationontotheblogitself.
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