My products did not challenge or develop the codes and conventions of a documentary, my product only follows the codes and conventions of documentaries, this can be shown by comparing my documentary to professional documentaries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C1uW-v4_O4&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ_7UICPvTo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C1uW-v4_O4&feature=fvw
Question Two: How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
I feel that the content is followed through all three products well, they all link and are consistent with tag lines, and the way they catch the audience’s attention. Our title is simply what the documentary is about, as it is a seven part series, one for each of the deadly sins we chose to call it ‘Seven Deadly Sins: Pride’ changing each week for each different sin.
Our slogan ‘What’s your poison?’ is carried through both our print and radio trailer lining the two advertisements. The seven deadly sins are also listed in all three productions.
In our opening title sequence we chose to fade in the seven deadly sins one at a time, listing them to the audience.
This is also shown in our Print advert, as we have photoshoped the seven deadly sins into drops of poison which link with our slogan ‘What’s your poison?’Our main image in our print advert links with our slogan, and asks the audience a question making them interested to find the answer and therefore watch our documentary.
Our print advert would be shown in newspapers such as News of the world, Daily telegraph, Daily mail, Daily mirror, Metro and the Sunday mirror, below are some example of how my print advert would feature in newspapers.
This is also in our radio trailor as the seven deadly sins are whispered by our voiceover at the very start of the trailer, ‘What’s Your Poison’ is also said to link the three products. (whispers) greed, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth, lust … pride
We’re all guilty of carrying out at least one sin everyday, a lot of the time without even realising it. This upcoming month, a new series of documentaries dives deep into the depths of each sin and explores just how deadly they are. Starting with the sin from which all others arise. Pride is the excessive belief in one's own abilities.
What’s your poison?
Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, starting May 10th on 4
The last thing the audience will hear is the channel that the documentary will be shown on.
Our radio trailer would be played on a variety of radio stations to advertise our documentary, for example, Virgin radio, Heart FM, Galaxy FM (south/south west eng) Capital FM (London and links to our target audience) Radio city.
Question Three: What have you learned from your audience feedback?
1. How do you think the camerawork and editing compares to a professional documentary?
Why?
Interesting content / topic
Editing looks professional because it flows and can tell it has been ‘thought through’
2. Do the first 5 minutes make you want to watch the rest of the documentary?
Why?
Cutaways, the cutaways are mixed; videos of bands are used as well as still images make it interesting to watch.
Interviews are natural
Good reaction (makeup off manda)
3. What do you think is the strongest point of this documentary?
Why?
Editing is ‘done well’, images being brought into interview ‘reinforces our argument’ (cutaways)
4. What do you think is the weakest point of this documentary?
Why?
“‘Robbie Williams’ is too loud during 1st interview
Cutaway of pictures in Amanda’s interview does not link to questions or topic
Cutaways on Luke’s interview could be longer
Archive footage in beginning does not come into focous”
Wind in voxpop makes it hard for the audience to hear the answers given, not as professional
5. If you saw our print advert and listened to our radio trailer would it make you interested in watching the series?
Why?
Print – interesting to look at
It is a striking image
Style of how the words are on screen (in the poison drops)
Yes it would make you want to watch the series as it catches the interest of the public
Alex Whyte 18: ‘Yes it would make me want to watch the documentary because I would want to know which sin best describes me’ this can be linked to our slogan.
Radio – interesting to hear a boy talk about this topic
The beginning is scary and makes the audience ask ‘what is this about’
Attention grabbing.
Whispering is good and interesting
6. Do you think this documentary is appropriate for channel 4 and the chosen target audience of 16-25?
Why?
Yes it appeals well to target audience
Appeals well to audience because they will be experimenting with makeup.
Yes, it will appeal to your target audience because of the content.
Question Four: How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
Video Camera
Digital Camera
