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In what ways does your media production use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of media products?
� Adhered to several
conventions
� Interviews
� Establishing shots
� Followed an
argument
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How did I challenge the conventions of a normal
documentary?
Through carefully choosing my library
footage I was able to manipulate my
interviewee¶s content to make the
viewer follow my argument
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How effective is the combination of
the main product and ancillary textFor the ancillary texts to be successful they
must support the documentary.
This meant that they had to create the same
feelings as the documentary itself is designed
to.
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Radio Advert
Which is more suitable
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Newspaper Advert
The newspaper advert allows the reader to
establish the genre and content of the
documentary before they had seen it
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How does this compliment the documentary?
Highlights the
debate around
the subject of
the paranormal
to draw in reader
Darkened
around the
edges to
create spooky
effect
Old fashioned
writing a typical
convention of the
horror genre,
brightened to look
ghostly and to
attract attention
Emphasis on the
detail of the
tombstone to
draw attention to
the topic of the
documentary
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What have you learnt from audience
feedback?
Questionnaire� Most surveyed believe in the
paranormal
� Some were more frightened of
µreal¶ threats such as beingmugged
� Others were on the fence sayingthat they would have toexperience to believe it
Opinions and advice of Peers
� Used results of questionnaire tomake documentary
� Peers then watched andsuggested desaturation tool andediting the contrast to make itdarker
� Cross cutting interviews to
highlight the controversy around
the subject of the paranormal� Sound track can increase tension
and frighten viewers more if usedcorrectly
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Questionnaire
What aspect/s of the paranormal scares you?
Do you believe in the paranormal?Have you ever seen a ghost?
In what situations do you get scared?
What locations do you find frightening?
Name a scary film you have seen
What aspect of films do you find frightening?
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How did you use media technologies in the construction
and research, planning and evaluation stages?
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Construction
� Filmed on my own camera
� Use of effects on camera
� Use of transitions
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Desaturate tool.Black and white istypical conventionconnected with
horror genre
Night shot effect onthe camera allowedme to shoot in thedark. I saw this effecta lot on programmessuch as Most Haunted
Brightness andcontrast enhanced
to make thepicture appear more spooky
Medium close upwith a lot of headspaceshowing thedarkness behind
portraying isolation
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Research
� I used the previously shownquestionnaire on my blog todiscover what my targetaudience want from adocumentary about the
paranormal.� Television programmes such
as Most Haunted and GhostHunters also follow a semidocumentary style structure soI learned a lot from these
shows such as establishingshots
Several point of view shots with
lots of movement giving theimpression of a chase
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Research: Who is my documentary aimed at?
The target audience of my documentary has had a
large effect on the way I shot my documentary
and constructed ancillary texts. My documentary
would be shown on BBC 3. This channel isaimed at a young audience but still addresses
controversial issues.
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Planning
The use of social media
sites such as Youtube
to find suitable
soundtracks andlibrary footage
Vital to planning as it
reinforced the
message of the
documentary
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Evaluation
I compared my text to similar ones on Youtube
and professional documentaries
I used the blog to compare my objectives at the
beginning of the task against the final result of my task
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