Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Monday, 13 December 2010
Sunday, 12 December 2010
Evaluation
Question 1.
Our documentary consisted of many forms and conventions of a typical documentary that you would see on Television. Our documentary on phobias included many techniques including Voxpops, archive footage and suitable graphics. Our previous research into the media product of documentaries helped up with all aspects that we had to consider. When filing our voxpops we always made sure that the lighting was correct, the framing and positioning was acceptable and that the subject was never looking directly into the camera lens. When filming voxpops we always ensured that me manoeuvred the camera about so that all the subjects were positioned correctly.
We also tried to keep in the lines of the conventions when it came to our interviews. We always made sure that we followed the rule of third (where the interviewee’s eye line is roughly a third of the way down the frame). We always made sure we asked the person being interviewed to look comfortable by taking off their jacket or coat, sitting relaxed and made sure they never looked directly into the camera lens, but always towards the interviewer. We always made sure that the person who was interviewing was sat down so that when it came to editing the interviewee was never looking up or down but always at the same thing directly opposite. When we asked the questions we couldn’t reiterate enough that they needed to answer the question by repeating the question, so that we never had to include the interviewers voice or unprofessional graphics before they answered. We also made sure we had made sure we had no ‘jump cuts’. As we were creating a documentary on phobias, we made sure that the background and Mise en scene was appropriate to what the person was talking about. For our interview with Joe (a fear of the dentist) we used the blue screen provided so that when we edited we could use a photograph of a dentist going into somebody’s mouth.
We included a lot of archive footage in our media product to keep within the lines of codes and conventions. We used footage of Gillian McKeith on ‘I’m a celebrity…get me out of here’ to show what can happen when people confronted their fears, people putting their fears into practice, such as a man bungee jumping to get over his fear of heights, and a clip from ‘Friends’. All of this archive footage was totally relevant to what we were trying to produce and some parts of the footage were used as cutaways to remove all of the jump cuts in our interviews.
When we were looking into our voice over we knew that we had to find the right voice for our type of documentary. We recorded our voice over more that 3 times to find the right voice. In a documentary, the voice of the voice over is always important to suit the type of documentary you are creating- e.g. A documentary about Men, would have the voice of a man. When looking at different documentaries, and once we studied them in detail, we saw that graphics were simple and never took the attention away from the interviewee. E decided as a group to use red graphics and a simple size and font. The positioning of the graphics is always important and from what we had learnt we placed ours at the bottom left of the interviewee.
Question 2.
All three of my productions combine together to create a clear and coherent piece. I included the title ‘ Face The Fear’ in everything and made them visible, or so that you could hear them clearly. The Radio Advertisement and my actual product linked together through the voice over. The voice was kept the same to keep continuity. The same slogan was included in both the Radio Advertisement and the Newspaper Advertisement. We also used The Channel 4 Indent in both the production and the Newspaper Advertisement. As a group we decided to use parts from the production in our Radio trailer, which gives the audience an understanding of what the topic of the documentary is linked with. For the print advert we also used relevant pictures so the audience would understand what the topic of the documentary was.
Question 3.
The audience feedback helped me realise what was wrong with our three products, and it also enabled me to see what the main reaction was towards our documentary. The audience feedback also helps us in future if we ever make a documentary again. Questions were asked to our main target audience, and they also gave their opinion on the three products.
I posted the documentary onto Facebook to gather reactions and collect critisism and also Facebook allowed people to comment. One person said that ' The documentary worked really well with the other tweo peices. The opening credits set the scene for what the Documentary is about. Also the interviews were relavant to the topic, but you could have used a wider range of professionals to give the audience more of an idea on what phobias there are, and what type of help their is.' From this we can say that we attempted and got in touch with more professionals including a Childs entertainer, and a Hypnotist.
Another person said 'alot of archive footage was used and it seemed to take away alot from the actual topic.' A few people said this and it really helped us think about our time management.
Question 4.
Our documentary consisted of many forms and conventions of a typical documentary that you would see on Television. Our documentary on phobias included many techniques including Voxpops, archive footage and suitable graphics. Our previous research into the media product of documentaries helped up with all aspects that we had to consider. When filing our voxpops we always made sure that the lighting was correct, the framing and positioning was acceptable and that the subject was never looking directly into the camera lens. When filming voxpops we always ensured that me manoeuvred the camera about so that all the subjects were positioned correctly.
We also tried to keep in the lines of the conventions when it came to our interviews. We always made sure that we followed the rule of third (where the interviewee’s eye line is roughly a third of the way down the frame). We always made sure we asked the person being interviewed to look comfortable by taking off their jacket or coat, sitting relaxed and made sure they never looked directly into the camera lens, but always towards the interviewer. We always made sure that the person who was interviewing was sat down so that when it came to editing the interviewee was never looking up or down but always at the same thing directly opposite. When we asked the questions we couldn’t reiterate enough that they needed to answer the question by repeating the question, so that we never had to include the interviewers voice or unprofessional graphics before they answered. We also made sure we had made sure we had no ‘jump cuts’. As we were creating a documentary on phobias, we made sure that the background and Mise en scene was appropriate to what the person was talking about. For our interview with Joe (a fear of the dentist) we used the blue screen provided so that when we edited we could use a photograph of a dentist going into somebody’s mouth.
We included a lot of archive footage in our media product to keep within the lines of codes and conventions. We used footage of Gillian McKeith on ‘I’m a celebrity…get me out of here’ to show what can happen when people confronted their fears, people putting their fears into practice, such as a man bungee jumping to get over his fear of heights, and a clip from ‘Friends’. All of this archive footage was totally relevant to what we were trying to produce and some parts of the footage were used as cutaways to remove all of the jump cuts in our interviews.
When we were looking into our voice over we knew that we had to find the right voice for our type of documentary. We recorded our voice over more that 3 times to find the right voice. In a documentary, the voice of the voice over is always important to suit the type of documentary you are creating- e.g. A documentary about Men, would have the voice of a man. When looking at different documentaries, and once we studied them in detail, we saw that graphics were simple and never took the attention away from the interviewee. E decided as a group to use red graphics and a simple size and font. The positioning of the graphics is always important and from what we had learnt we placed ours at the bottom left of the interviewee.
Question 2.
All three of my productions combine together to create a clear and coherent piece. I included the title ‘ Face The Fear’ in everything and made them visible, or so that you could hear them clearly. The Radio Advertisement and my actual product linked together through the voice over. The voice was kept the same to keep continuity. The same slogan was included in both the Radio Advertisement and the Newspaper Advertisement. We also used The Channel 4 Indent in both the production and the Newspaper Advertisement. As a group we decided to use parts from the production in our Radio trailer, which gives the audience an understanding of what the topic of the documentary is linked with. For the print advert we also used relevant pictures so the audience would understand what the topic of the documentary was.
Question 3.
The audience feedback helped me realise what was wrong with our three products, and it also enabled me to see what the main reaction was towards our documentary. The audience feedback also helps us in future if we ever make a documentary again. Questions were asked to our main target audience, and they also gave their opinion on the three products.
I posted the documentary onto Facebook to gather reactions and collect critisism and also Facebook allowed people to comment. One person said that ' The documentary worked really well with the other tweo peices. The opening credits set the scene for what the Documentary is about. Also the interviews were relavant to the topic, but you could have used a wider range of professionals to give the audience more of an idea on what phobias there are, and what type of help their is.' From this we can say that we attempted and got in touch with more professionals including a Childs entertainer, and a Hypnotist.
Another person said 'alot of archive footage was used and it seemed to take away alot from the actual topic.' A few people said this and it really helped us think about our time management.
Question 4.
Evaluation question 4
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Saturday, 11 December 2010
Audience feedback
Once our documentary was completed, we wanted to find out what our target audience thought. I held a viewing and made questionnaires for the audience to fill in whilst they were watching:
Result of the questionaire-
Q1.
Q2.
The answer to this was commonly to do with the pace and energy of the opening sequence.
Q3.
Q4.
Q5.
Q6.
Q7.
Q8.
Q9.
Q10.
Q11.
Q12.
Q13.
Q14.
Q15.
Q16.
Q17.
The main response to this was to make the font bolder and make the message more apparent by adding an image that is brought up in the interviews in the documentary such as heights or horseflies.
Q18.
Q19.
20.
Result of the questionaire-
Q1.
Q2.
The answer to this was commonly to do with the pace and energy of the opening sequence.
Q3.
Q4.
Q5.
Q6.
Q7.
Q8.
Q9.
Q10.
Q11.
Q12.
Q13.
Q14.
Q15.
Q16.
Q17.
The main response to this was to make the font bolder and make the message more apparent by adding an image that is brought up in the interviews in the documentary such as heights or horseflies.
Q18.
Q19.
20.
Friday, 10 December 2010
Scripting voiceover
To follow the codes and conventions of all documentaries, our voice over must be relevant to the topic and the target audience, therefore we got a well educated person with a soothing and relaxing tone to their voice. The voice over had to be calming to the audience but not too patronising, as this is a serious topic.
When it came to writing the voice over script, the group had to take into account that it would be harder recording a voice over before actually completing the editing, so we decided to finish the editing and then record the voice over, which allowed us to cut parts of the voice over and insert them onto the time line where necessary.
VOICEOVER SCRIPT-
From small spaces to mushrooms and mice, Phobias affect around 2.5 million people in the UK alone. However the majority of people on this planet have a fear in some shape or form - whether it’s a fear of heights, spiders, rollercoaster’s, or even death.
Phobias come under three categories- agoraphobia, social phobias, and specific phobias, which can effect all ages.
Hereditary and environmental factors are regularly blamed for Phobias and research suggests that a mixture of these can seriously affect a person’s lifestyle. The media massively influence how people behave and how they feel about particular things, the 9/11 attacks naturally caused many to fear flying. Other fears can just come naturally or maybe because of a reaction or allergy to certain things, such as peanuts, wasps, or even milk.
All different types of people have a fear or a phobia, even celebrities such a Gillian Mckieth- who has many. Recently, she passed out whilst taking part in a trial on ‘ I’m a celebrity... Get me out of here!
Films may also have a particular effect on a persons mind and play on their emotions. Depending on the genre, most films are produced in a certain way to scare the audience.
Many people attempt to overcome their fears in extreme ways. And there are many people that can help and many paths to choose.
When it came to writing the voice over script, the group had to take into account that it would be harder recording a voice over before actually completing the editing, so we decided to finish the editing and then record the voice over, which allowed us to cut parts of the voice over and insert them onto the time line where necessary.
VOICEOVER SCRIPT-
From small spaces to mushrooms and mice, Phobias affect around 2.5 million people in the UK alone. However the majority of people on this planet have a fear in some shape or form - whether it’s a fear of heights, spiders, rollercoaster’s, or even death.
Phobias come under three categories- agoraphobia, social phobias, and specific phobias, which can effect all ages.
Hereditary and environmental factors are regularly blamed for Phobias and research suggests that a mixture of these can seriously affect a person’s lifestyle. The media massively influence how people behave and how they feel about particular things, the 9/11 attacks naturally caused many to fear flying. Other fears can just come naturally or maybe because of a reaction or allergy to certain things, such as peanuts, wasps, or even milk.
All different types of people have a fear or a phobia, even celebrities such a Gillian Mckieth- who has many. Recently, she passed out whilst taking part in a trial on ‘ I’m a celebrity... Get me out of here!
Films may also have a particular effect on a persons mind and play on their emotions. Depending on the genre, most films are produced in a certain way to scare the audience.
Many people attempt to overcome their fears in extreme ways. And there are many people that can help and many paths to choose.
Codes and conventions of radio trailers
-Date, Time and channel must be made apparent to the listener, which will result in more viewers.
-Audio clips from the original documentary are also used to show the audience what the topic of the documentary is and also what they should expect from it. Most commonly it is answers from voxpops.
-A music bed is mostly always used in a radio trailer and usually sets the mood or atmosphere. It should be a melody rather than lyrical, as the information should be the central concentration.
-The radio station it is played on must fit in with the target audience because there is no point advertising your product to someone who it was not intended for.
-Audio clips from the original documentary are also used to show the audience what the topic of the documentary is and also what they should expect from it. Most commonly it is answers from voxpops.
-A music bed is mostly always used in a radio trailer and usually sets the mood or atmosphere. It should be a melody rather than lyrical, as the information should be the central concentration.
-The radio station it is played on must fit in with the target audience because there is no point advertising your product to someone who it was not intended for.
Scripting radio trailer
We decided that for our radio trailer, we wanted simplicity but enough information to make the theme clear. We thought that people who have fears or phobias often panic when they come into contact with their fear, consequently their heartbeat get faster and faster - we then decided that we would incorporate that idea into the trailer.
We thought that we would have a heartbeat playing, with the documentary's voxpop answer breaking them up. This would also fit into the typical codes and conventions of a typical radio trailer, as we have added original footage from the documentary into it.
As the heartbeats and voxpops build to a gradual climax, we would end the sequence by having a straight monotoned bleep. This would portray the heart stopping.
Then the voice over will appear and say:
"Face the Fear, Friday 13th May 2011, Channel 4, 9PM, Are you brave enough?!"
We thought that we would have a heartbeat playing, with the documentary's voxpop answer breaking them up. This would also fit into the typical codes and conventions of a typical radio trailer, as we have added original footage from the documentary into it.
As the heartbeats and voxpops build to a gradual climax, we would end the sequence by having a straight monotoned bleep. This would portray the heart stopping.
Then the voice over will appear and say:
"Face the Fear, Friday 13th May 2011, Channel 4, 9PM, Are you brave enough?!"
Codes and conventions of newspaper advertisements
-slogan must be catchy and memorable for the audience. It must be associatable with the topic.
-channel ident placed at the bottom right side of the page.
-usually just one image that gets theme across clearly.
-must contain the title, date and all the necessary information so the audience know when and where it is on.
Examples.
-channel ident placed at the bottom right side of the page.
-usually just one image that gets theme across clearly.
-must contain the title, date and all the necessary information so the audience know when and where it is on.
Examples.
Drafting newspaper advertisement
For the newspaper advertisement, we decided to follow the typical codes and conventions of all print ads. We decided that we wanted a clear image that would portray the theme. An image that is associated with fear.
Firstly, we thought about having a simple image of a spider. Spiders are one of the most common objects that people fear and therefore would get the audience's attention.
After thinking about this in more depth, we realised it was too plain and the spider would not get the whole idea of phobias and how they affect people in everyday life. We then decided on creating something like this:
We acknowledged that it would be both too expensive and hard to find the means or equipment. Therefore, we changed the idea completely.
We explored the idea of having other fears like rollercoasters but again we felt like they didn't show the connection.
We thought that having something like the image below would be effective, as it shows why people can build a fear of a certain object, whilst showing the link between both humans and fears. Unfortunately, we realised it would be far too dangerous trying to get an image similar and someone may get injured.
We then came up with the idea of having someone's lower part of their face with their tongue sticking out. On the tongue, we thought it would be effective if we placed an fearful object on it like a spider. After trying this we, as a group did not like it atall, so we decided to transform the tongue into a snake by using photoshop.
Firstly, we thought about having a simple image of a spider. Spiders are one of the most common objects that people fear and therefore would get the audience's attention.
After thinking about this in more depth, we realised it was too plain and the spider would not get the whole idea of phobias and how they affect people in everyday life. We then decided on creating something like this:
We acknowledged that it would be both too expensive and hard to find the means or equipment. Therefore, we changed the idea completely.
We explored the idea of having other fears like rollercoasters but again we felt like they didn't show the connection.
We thought that having something like the image below would be effective, as it shows why people can build a fear of a certain object, whilst showing the link between both humans and fears. Unfortunately, we realised it would be far too dangerous trying to get an image similar and someone may get injured.
We then came up with the idea of having someone's lower part of their face with their tongue sticking out. On the tongue, we thought it would be effective if we placed an fearful object on it like a spider. After trying this we, as a group did not like it atall, so we decided to transform the tongue into a snake by using photoshop.
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