Saturday, 16 January 2016
Monday, 4 January 2016
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
In the production of our documentary we used common conventions of documentaries in all aspects of it; editing, cinematography, use of sound and mice en scene. Establishing shots were important as they set the scene and create a more detailed atmostsphere for interviews to take place, whereas medium shots and close ups were used for the actual interviews to ensure the audience is focusing on what they're saying (shallow focus was also enforces this - whereas deep focus is better for establishing shots). Editing is vital for any sort of film/documentary , here are some examples of the way we followed the conventions of documentary editing.
- Fading into a colour: this marks the ends of a certain sequence of information, leading way for another sequence/piece of information.
- Dissolves were used to transition two shots together, often linking the two shots together.
- We used the censor effects to create a highlight effect to signal to the audience that certain sections on the screen were important.
- Wipes are used to show a quick change in topic, without changing the main topic.
SOUND
- We decided to break the convention of using Diegetic sounds and instead used mainly non diegetic sound; diegetic sound is normally used to send signals to the audience that the visuals are important to the topic. However we decided to use NON Diegetic
- Fading into a colour: this marks the ends of a certain sequence of information, leading way for another sequence/piece of information.
- Dissolves were used to transition two shots together, often linking the two shots together.
- We used the censor effects to create a highlight effect to signal to the audience that certain sections on the screen were important.
- Wipes are used to show a quick change in topic, without changing the main topic.
SOUND
- We decided to break the convention of using Diegetic sounds and instead used mainly non diegetic sound; diegetic sound is normally used to send signals to the audience that the visuals are important to the topic. However we decided to use NON Diegetic
Friday, 11 December 2015
What have you learnt from your audience feedback?
QUESTIONS:
- Is it clear that this product is a documentary? If so what was the main impact on you personally of it;
Educate
Entertain
- Did the documentary change your opinion/insight into the representation of youth in the media? If so how..
- How well did the documentary hold your attention/interest?
- Was the music used appropriate for documentary?
- Do you think this documentary would be better suited for a mainstream broadcast channel such as BBC Three or a more rogue alternative such as the VICE channel.
- Do you think the choice of interviewees suited the nature of the documentary?
- Quality of cinematography?
Excellent
Good
Satisfactory
Unsatisfactory
Poor
- Quality of editing?
Excellent
Good
Satisfactory
Unsatisfactory
Poor
- Location of filming?
Excellent
Good
Satisfactory
Unsatisfactory
Poor
- The purpose of our documentary is to prove to the audience that the media isn't a clear representation of the general public's views of young people, and also to make people question their own judgements/prejudices.
Ask them what they thought the purpose of the documentary was BEFORE telling them our purpose.
- What three words would sum up the documentary for you?
- One way in which the documentary could've been improved.
INTERVIEW FEEDBACK:
- We used both an online survey and a live feedback session filmed on the DSLR camera used to film the documentary, we felt that using two different formats for the audience feedback would be useful as we could receive large amounts of feedback via the online survey and more in-depth responses on the live feedback video. In terms of the actual feedback we received it was mostly positive, with people praising the realism of it and describing it as both educational and informative. What was especially good from the feedback was the choice of music, which we chose in order to captivate our target audience, with under 10% of the online survey feedback being negative. Quality of editing and cinematography were both praised, with the live feedback participants focusing on the scene of the Arnold Oceng interview saying the focus wasn't great. We recognised this fault and unfortunately we weren't able to get another interview with Arnold in order to correct our mistakes, if we had been able to use a professional viewfinder during the filming this could've been avoided but we didn't have the budget for this sort of equipment.
Our main objective was to inform people of the misleading stereotypes of young people portrayed by the media, in our feedback around half were informed by our documentary and the other half said they were already aware of this but said the documentary was still interesting and told them things they didn't know.
In terms of which broadcast channel our documentary should be featured on we made the options VICE and BBC Three - the majority of respondents agreed that it would suit BBC Three more due to its informative style.
One more important point that we received from the audience feedback was that it held their attention well, which meant that not only did we educate the audience but also supplied a form of entertainment.
- Is it clear that this product is a documentary? If so what was the main impact on you personally of it;
Educate
Entertain
- Did the documentary change your opinion/insight into the representation of youth in the media? If so how..
- How well did the documentary hold your attention/interest?
- Was the music used appropriate for documentary?
- Do you think this documentary would be better suited for a mainstream broadcast channel such as BBC Three or a more rogue alternative such as the VICE channel.
- Do you think the choice of interviewees suited the nature of the documentary?
- Quality of cinematography?
Excellent
Good
Satisfactory
Unsatisfactory
Poor
- Quality of editing?
Excellent
Good
Satisfactory
Unsatisfactory
Poor
- Location of filming?
Excellent
Good
Satisfactory
Unsatisfactory
Poor
- The purpose of our documentary is to prove to the audience that the media isn't a clear representation of the general public's views of young people, and also to make people question their own judgements/prejudices.
Ask them what they thought the purpose of the documentary was BEFORE telling them our purpose.
- What three words would sum up the documentary for you?
- One way in which the documentary could've been improved.
INTERVIEW FEEDBACK:
- We used both an online survey and a live feedback session filmed on the DSLR camera used to film the documentary, we felt that using two different formats for the audience feedback would be useful as we could receive large amounts of feedback via the online survey and more in-depth responses on the live feedback video. In terms of the actual feedback we received it was mostly positive, with people praising the realism of it and describing it as both educational and informative. What was especially good from the feedback was the choice of music, which we chose in order to captivate our target audience, with under 10% of the online survey feedback being negative. Quality of editing and cinematography were both praised, with the live feedback participants focusing on the scene of the Arnold Oceng interview saying the focus wasn't great. We recognised this fault and unfortunately we weren't able to get another interview with Arnold in order to correct our mistakes, if we had been able to use a professional viewfinder during the filming this could've been avoided but we didn't have the budget for this sort of equipment.
Our main objective was to inform people of the misleading stereotypes of young people portrayed by the media, in our feedback around half were informed by our documentary and the other half said they were already aware of this but said the documentary was still interesting and told them things they didn't know.
In terms of which broadcast channel our documentary should be featured on we made the options VICE and BBC Three - the majority of respondents agreed that it would suit BBC Three more due to its informative style.
One more important point that we received from the audience feedback was that it held their attention well, which meant that not only did we educate the audience but also supplied a form of entertainment.
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