Task 4: Case Study 4
- 1. Additionally, I had to carry on with the development of research and to ensure that I have watched as many as documentaries as I could to pick up on new ideas that I can portray for my own production of the documentary that I’m hoping to make. So I had another look at a different documentary which was called ‘Behind the scenes with a top referee’. The short video was about the referee Xavi Estrada Fernandez who gives us an insight of how his normal day routine plans out and what procedures he has to go through in order to manage a game. In the video we follow his every move leading up to the UEFA European under 21 Championships where he refereed quite a few games. However, when we talk about the camera shots I feel like they done an impressive job in terms of the way they captured certain movements from different angles. During the interview there was basic camera shots e.g. medium shots and once the archive footage came into play then the camera started to pick other various camera shots. Also, there was fast tempo soundtrack which kept the documentary flowing rather than it being tedious and dull. The content that they used felt all relevant to the subject and was appropriate for all audiences. The product was put together to showcase a referee’s normal day life and this visualized and put into a short video which I thought turned out well. The reason for them putting together this way is because they only had 5 minutes to add all of the footage to and ensure that all the suitable had not been left out. So they did their best to edit and add in a 5 minute video. The audience can take a lot from this video in terms of lifestyles and how much hard work it takes to be earning high wages. They can reflect on how you have to sacrifices certain things in order to work in a good job like we see in this video with the referee Xavi. The product was made by UEFA and uploaded on their YouTube channel called UEFA TV. Who are the governing body for the football association in Europe so it is regarded as a very big organization? The product was funded by the company themselves as all the content and copyrights are owned by UEFA as we see in the documentary itself with all the logos and themes which are partners of UEFA. Initially, the product was shared on all social media platforms, but was then uploaded to their own YouTube channel. The target audience for this particular product is football fans who want to know how the lives of referee’s plan out and what they have to do in order to cope with the pressure of managing 90 minutes games week in week out. I feel like they were successful in reaching out to their audience from all of the positive comments I saw and how much support there was to UEFA for creating and documenting something important like this. Also, football fans not only in Europe, but all over the globe are aware that referee’s play a big role in the footballing world so they were eager to find out how they live their ordinary day lives with this short video. Here is a shot of Xavi himself who was the main character in this short video as the camera follows his every single throughout this Under 21 European Championships.
- 2. Bibliography The link to the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEplAy8Q8P4&t=12s Camera: This is a long shot where we can see a group of referees discussing what they need to do and how they need to prepare for the game that they are going officiate. Long shots are usually used to show the scene setting or in other words an exterior shot which showcases that. Structure: The short film has started off by introducing referee Xavi Estrada Fernandez and giving a story of how his life and programme schedule’s out as a referee. Mise-en-scene: As we already know it’s a long shot we can see that this scene is shot in a meeting room / dining room where referees come to eat and have a conversation with one another.