Fixing mistakes Project review
- 1. I realised that the ‘i’ in ‘in’ was suppose to be in capitals. Spell check picked this mistake up and enabled me to correct it Our research process consisted of watching lots of different types of documentaries. For example we watched documentaries which use archival footage in order to get its message across rather than using voiceovers. This is a good convention to use as it shows historical footage without needing to do additional filming. A documentary which uses archival footage is the Tupac and Biggie documentary; in the beginning it shows photography of the bullet holes in the car. This works well as it shows audience real footage of the actual murder scene which certainly will grab their attention especially as it was shown in the beginning of the documentary. Grabbing the audience’s attention from the start is essential in order to have a successful documentary. In order to understand how to make a successful short documentary we watched the documentaries; Apology line and Pong. Apology line is a documentary which has voiceovers through the whole video. The strengths of voiceovers are that it gives people a better understanding of what is happening and gets the message of the documentary across. A weakness of voiceover is that if it is used throughout the documentary people may lose interest. One thing I believe is that for a voiceover to work effectively it needs to consistently have visuals such as pictures relevant to what is being said in order to maintain interest. The strengths of our documentary is defiantly the fact that our aim of educating the audience on our theme; the origins of the Lewis Chessmen was defiantly achieved. The documentary had footage and interviews which explain lots about the origins. Also the shot types which we used such as the close up of the chess pieces and the establishing shot of the museum seemed to have gone down well with the people who have seen it. Overall the professional look on our documentary is extremely high. Our documentary was appropriate for the target audience as it had appropriate images, footage and music to it. Should be ‘definitely’ rather then defiantly. This mistake I found myself and corrected it Things which went well for my planning and research was planning the interview questions and creating a story board. They went well as I saved a lot of time; I did not film any footage that was not needed due to my story board. Planning interview questions went well as it helped the documentary by getting answers out of the experts which were needed and relevant to my documentary theme. I changed it to ‘Things that went well for my planning and research’ instead because it sounds better. Shots like this gave our documentary an extremely professional look and improved our visuals as this was a unique shot. One shot which definitely needed to be improved on was a shot of the chess pieces however in the background there was a crisp packet which made it seem less professional and in all honestly made it seem as if we rushed in to taking that shot. Grammar check picked up this mistake. Should have had a comma. ’visuals,’ Text and titles allow the audience to know what is being talked about or shown, whether it’s the history of the chessmen or whether it’s where they were found. This all makes it easier for the audience to understand what is going on in the documentary. Who would want the audience to not understand? I removed ‘’who would want the audience to not understand’’ because It was unnecessary