evaluation question 1

In what ways does your product use/develop/challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
I have created for my A2 portfolio a 5 minute opening of a documentary, about Teenagers and subcultures in society today along with a radio trailer and print advert to advertise it.

To begin with, I personally think that the three texts I and my group members have created, do not challenge or develop the codes and conventions of documentaries, radio trailers and newspaper adverts. I have followed the codes and conventions for each of the texts and have tried to make them just as professional as the real ones.

My documentary



This is A screen grab from a real documentary

I have followed the codes and conventions of a real documentary because the framing of the interviewee is on the left or right hand side of the screen. Also I have followed the codes and conventions because I used graphics to show the audience who the interviewee is. Also the graphics are conventional as they are placed on either the left or right hand side of the interviewee.

This is the same throughout the world; all countries follow these codes and conventions.

I have followed the codes and conventions by using a mise-en scene in the background which associates with all of the interviewees.

Screen grabs from my documentary:

Screen grabs from a real documentary:

In the background behind dean in my documentary I have used a mise en scene consisting of a can of fosters, a bottle of after shave and his top which relates to football to show that he is a "scally" as well as a young male teenager. On the other hand the real documentary screen grab shows the gentleman’s class and his occupation because of the books in the background, it also shows his intelligence.

A screen grab from my documentary of Mr Qiunn(Sociologist):

A screen grab from a real documentary

The mise en scene of Mr quinn is used to show his occupation because of the books and the computer shown in the background. On the other hand the real documentary’s screen grab shows that this actress may be getting interviewed about the Harry Potter movie 'Order of the Phoenix'; the reason for this is because the poster demonstrates a preview of the film.


J.R.R Tolkien Documentary - On wraiths and the Ring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1ibL8Pc5NA&feature=PlayList&p=379B50119325DBCA&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=25

ARCHIVE MATERIAL



My documentaries archive:

A real documentaries archive:

The archive I used was for the cutaways for the interviewees in the documentary and it followed the codes and conventions of a real documentary because the cutaways linked in with the interviewees subcultures and also what they where talking about. The screen grab I have used of Marylin Manson, was used at the beginning of our documentary when the voice over was talking.

A screenshots from a real documentary showing a dissolve: shot before/dissolve/ shot after.

Shot before dissolve:

Dissolve:

Shot after dissolve:

Screengrabs from my documentary showing a shot before/ fade in /shot after
Shot before:

Beginning of Dissolve:

End of dissolve:

Shot after:

I have followed the codes and conventions of a real documentary as you can see the shot fades in to another shot, slowly so that you can see the other shot coming through.

Print Advert:

I have followed the codes and conventions of a real channel four print advert because I have used the channel 4 logo, and have made it stand out so that it is recognised as a channel 4 documentary. I have also followed the codes of conventions by using the same coloured text boxes for the slogan and the same sort of font for the scheduling. I have also made the picture of my print advert look different as the majority of the channel 4,s real print adverts also look unusual which catches the audience’s eye. So I made mine like that too.

If my recording for any does not play,please read this below its is what I have said

"While doing the voice over for the documentary I and my group made sure we followed the codes and conventions of a real vioce over. We did this by using teenager, Jonathan Dutton as we thought that it would be a good idea to use a male, so that it would link the programme together, with the documentary being based on teenagers. We have followed the codes and conventions of a real documentary because the voice over has to be appropriate to the genre of the programme. For example you wouldn’t have a happy cheery character doing a voice over for a sad programme. It has to fit in!".

Radio trailer:

While editing our documentary we have followed the codes and conventions documentary because we have edited out all of the questions which had been asked to the interviewees, so then in the programme the audience would not hear the questions which had been asked.