Assignment 17 – similar products and conventions complete
- 1. Assignment 17 – Similar products and conventions Chelsea Fashole Luke Rosalin Zein Marisha Inoke Russ Monocillo
- 3. Similar Products Date Chelsea Name of documentary TV or film Genre and mode How much watched Where/when watched What did you learn from this documentary that you could apply to your documentary 1. Ladyboys Tv Observational All Sky Living 2. Come fly with me (mockumentary) Tv Expository All Watch 23/8/13 Used humour to entertain 3. Americas stoned kids Tv Participatory All BBC2 24/8/13 Presenter travelled to Colorado and participated in documentary 4. Hotel of mum and dad Tv Observational All BBC3 4/11/13 Non-formal interviews with couples 5. Crazy about one direction 4od Observational All 4od 6. tiger: spy in the jungle Tv Observational/ex pository All BBC4 Good use of narrator Found footage – music videos etc 24/8/13 Establishing shots of scenes filmed in
- 4. Chelsea Similar Products Name of documentary TV or film Genre and mode How much watched Where/when watched Date What did you learn from this documentary that you could apply to your documentary 7. The culture show: youtube – the future of tv? Tv Participatory All BBC2 4/9/13 Mode – relflexive 8. City beneath the waves: Pavlopetri Tv Expository 10 mins BBC4 9/9/13 Background music to fit the mood & theme 9. Child of our time Tv Participatory/o bservational All BBC1 9/9/13 Case studies 10. My tattoo addiction Tv Observational All Channel 4 11. My big fat gypsy wedding Tv Observational All Channel 4 5/11/13 narration 12. Dr J Money and the boy with no penis Tv All BBC2 4/11/13 Archival footage 13. Miley: the movement Tv All MTV 5/10/13 Handheld camera Observational Titles/credits were relevant to theme
- 5. Similar Products Rosalin Zein Name of documentary TV or Film Genre & Mode How Much Watched Where/How Watched Date What could you apply to your documentary? 1. The Culture Show – YouTube : the future of TV Online Reflexive All Youtube 01/09/2013 Presenter Voiceovers Credits 2. Don’t Blame Facebook TV Expository 1 Episode Channel 4 08/09/2013 Narrator Cutaways Non-Diegetic Background Music 3. Food Inc Film Expository All Online 06/06/2013 Use of narrator 4. Catfish TV Relfexive / participatory All Online October Use of presenter Credits Sense of realism 5. Food Unwrapped TV Participatory 2 Episodes 4oD 31/08/2013 Use of sound effects Transitions 6. Never Sorry Film Expository Short Cllp Online October Expert interviews Case study 7. Breaking the Taboo Film Expository All Online June Archival footage
- 6. Similar Products Rosalin Zein Name of documentary TV or Film Genre & Mode How Much Watched Where/How Watched Date What could you apply to your documentary? 8. Out There TV Participatory 2 Episodes BBC Iplayer 16/10/2013 Use of presenter Case studies 9. One Born Every Minute TV Observational 1 Episode TV September Use of narrator Camera shots/angles 10. Educating Yorkshire TV Observational 30 mins Online 19/10/2013 Expert interviews Credits 11. The Human Mannequin TV Observational All Online 4oD 20/10/2013 Sense of realism through natural lighting. 12. We are Legion – story of Hackers Film Expository Trailer Online October Archival footage
- 7. Russ Name Of Documentary TV or FILM How Much Watched Where/ How Watched Date What did you learn from this documentary that you could apply to your documentary? I lost My Job Film Documentary Full Film Top Documentary Films/ Online April 14 2012 That music needs to match to various shots to create fitting documentary Future Intelligence Documentary Film Full Film Top Documentary Films/ Online January 30 2009 Inspires desires to have physical presence of narrator. Building Gods Documentary Film Full Film Top Documentary Films/Online November 4 2011 An animated introduction that uses various sounds images, archived clips or snippets of the film can help grab audience attention. Google Me Documentary Film Full Film Top Documentary Films/Online April 25 2008 The constant use of actors are very eye appealing and would help create an more interesting documentary Technology: World War 2.0 TV Film Documentary Full Film Top Documentary Films/Online March 27 2009 Technologies are useful, having various equipment allows your documentary more information and resources.
- 8. Russ Name Of Documentary TV or FILM How Much Watched Where/ How Watched Date What did you learn from this documentary that you could apply to your documentary? Failed Inventions TV Film Documentary Entire Film Top Documentary Films/Online March 19 2009 Having expert interviews is very important for creating and interesting and informative documentary. How TV Ruined Your Life TV Series Documentary 1 Episode Top Documentary Films/Online January 2011 Editing various clips to fit your subject matter is interesting. Poor Us: An Animated History – Why Us Documentary Film 30 Minutes Top Documentary Films/Online November 20 2012 That animation can play an effective role in progressing a point of interest.
- 10. Chelsea Inspiration from similar products Reflexive mode: cameras are not hidden from view of viewers. Allows audience to see from more than one point of view (the main camera) Titles: titles and credits fit the theme (social networking) of the documentary and make reading them more fun for the viewers.
- 11. Chelsea Inspiration from similar products Titles in large, bold font, making it eye catching to the viewer Expert interviews: musician Pharrel is interviewed about Miley. Interviews: throughout the documentary, pieces of Miley’s interview is shown Archival footage: images from her twitter page are shown
- 12. Inspiration from similar products Rosalin Zein Expert interviews with YouTubers. Reflexive mode – as the construction of the documentary is exposed through the cameras and the presenter having direct address with the audience Archival footage / Found footage: e.g. the footage of the man jumping from space
- 13. Inspiration from similar products Rosalin Zein – Don't Blame Facebook The transitions that are used in this documentary are really unique. The effect resembles a fuzzy TV screen which relates to the topic of the documentary which is social media. Throughout the documentary there are cutaways to Facebook & Twitter posts as evidence for their case studies. What I liked about this was the way in which their cutaways appeared on the screen and the use of sound effects. In this documentary there would be different angles/shots of a single piece – for example, in this clip the man being interviewed has a long shot and a close up shot.
- 14. Inspiration from similar products Russ Monocillo statistics (captions) subtitles are easy to read Archival footage
- 16. Chelsea Conventions of Documentaries Conventions Example from a documentary Titles/captions My tattoo addiction: tattoo style font in titles and captions Social actors Crazy about one direction: many fans were interviewed about the band Mode theory Tiger: spy in the jungle: observational & expository. Watches the lives of a tiger family through secret cameras Archival photos/videos Dr J Money and the boy with no penis: showed photos and videos from David’s childhood Narrative structure
- 17. Conventions of Documentaries Rosalin Zein Conventions Example from a documentary Presenter Nev Schluman – ‘Catfish’ Found Footage ‘Breaking the Taboo’ – Found footage of news. Background Music ‘The Woman who woke up chinese’ Statistics ‘Food Inc’ Close up shots ‘Don’t Blame Facebook’
- 18. Conventions of documentaries Russ Monocillo Conventions Example from a documentary Conventions of Narrator Poor Us: An Animated History - Why Us uses animation to set the story for their narration and continue the progress of the documentary. Archival editing How TV Ruined your life is TV Show Documentary that uses various achieved clips to create sketches on attempts to place the fine line between reality and television. Convention Of Location A Gift for a Hacker uses locations like buildings , websites and convention for various businesses as well as companies Convention Of Music/Sounds Google Me uses various comforting music and sounds that fit the setting and set the mood of either the scene or progression towards the next subject.
- 19. Individual SIMILAR PRODUCTS AND THEIR CONVENTIONS
- 20. Which documentaries? Name Documentaries Chelsea • Ladyboys • My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding • Miley: The Movement Rosalin • ‘Don’t Blame Facebook’ • ‘The Culture Show – YouTube : The future of TV’ • ‘Food Unwrapped’ Russ Marisha
- 21. Chelsea Similar Products and their Conventions Convention Use Develop Challenge Narration ✔ A present is not used, instead a narrator informs the viewers of events which take place. Case studies ✔ The documentary follows ladyboys living in Thailand and how they deal with issues in their everyday lives. Professional interviews ✔ Interviews with doctors who perform surgeries and procedures on ladyboys. Ladyboys Explanation
- 22. Chelsea Similar Products and their Conventions Convention Use Develop Challenge Explanation Interviews ✔ Non-formal interviews with gypsies are shown throughout the show Titles ✔ Titles are shown throughout the documentary, usually adopting the familiar series font Case study ✔ Follows the case of many gypsy brides to be and their families My big fat gypsy wedding
- 23. Chelsea Similar Products and their Conventions Convention Use Develop Challenge Explanation Handheld camera ✔ A handheld camera is used to film the whole programme and is evident throughout Sound bridging ✔ Sound bridging used when sound is continued over a switched scene Use of music ✔ Music is used when dialogue or sound is not in use Miley: the movement
- 24. Similar Products and their Conventions Rosalin Zein - Green Level Convention Use Explanation ✔ Archival footage Develop Challenge Instead of archival footage s they wouldn’t have been able to have this – they have reconstructions of events Narrator ✔ There is no presenter in this documentary instead they use voiceovers of a narrator Case Studies ✔ The show is based on the publics experiences with social networking so they have a variety of case studies with different stories. ‘Don’t Blame Facebook’ – Channel 4
- 25. Similar Products and their Conventions Rosalin Zein - Green Level Convention Use Develop Challenge Explanation Expert Interview ✔ They have many expert interviews with YouTubers and people that work within the social media Presenter ✔ The presenter is very laidback and converses with the cameraman from time to time Credits ✔ Credits are used to identify the presenter and the various ‘experts’ from the interviews ‘The Culture Show – Youtube : The future of TV’ – Channel 4
- 26. Similar Products and their Conventions Rosalin Zein - Green Level Convention Use Develop Challenge Explanation ✔ Archival footage Archival footage is not used in the documentary. Presenter ✔ In the documentary there ae four presenters who do research on different/similar topics e.g in an episode 2 of the presenters researched grapefruits while the other researched yogurt. Sound Bridging ✔ Sound bridging is used for the voice overs when there are cut aways and also when there is background music. ‘Food Unwrapped’ – Channel 4
- 27. Russ Similar products & their convention Convention Use Develop Challenge Conventions of Music/Sound Usingvarious fitting sounds/music to progress the story and create a setting for each person that shares a similar name around the world. When the narrator visits his similar named counterpart in Australia, fitting accents, sounds and music were used to fit the setting. Stand By Statistics The use of statistics with a plain background that has correct text to strengthen the subject’s material. In Vanguard the Mayor Of New York states statistics to strengthen his argument that the city is now better due to strict Tobacco laws. Effects/Transiti ons Smoothing out the shift between clips by using various effects and transitions Vanguard uses sharp cuts of various clips rapidly to create a constant source of new interest content to keep interest. Documentary: Google Me, April 25, 2008 Top Documentary Films Vanguard Sex lies and Cigarettes June 28 2011 Top Documentary Films Explanation
- 28. Group YOUR PRODUCT & CONVENTIONS
- 29. Conventions in our documentary Convention Where in documentary? Use/Develop or Challenge Inspirational Documentary How does this relate to Mode theory? Presenter In the 2 minute intro to episode USE Catfish Presenter is used in participatory Voice Overs Montage of whole documentary USE One born Every minute Most modes use this Statistics 2 minute intro to episode USE Breaking the Taboo Presenting evidence Public Interviews Within montage of whole episode USE Food Unwrapped Background music Throughout the 5 mins USE Crazy About One direction Montage Editing 2 Minute montage USE The Human Swarm Sound Bridging Of voice overs when there is montage editing and background music USE Miley:The Movement