2. The documentary genre is fairly
broad which give great scope for
creativity.
There are two types interactional
and observational. Out of these we
chose to do a combination of the two
so that we can look at the subject
from a far and close up and in depth.
To get to this decision we had to look
at current examples of
documentaries made by the
distribution channel we selected
‘Channel 4’.
Channel tend to have unique and
original print work which we sort to
alienate. Also their documentaries
are normally about people
themselves
3. There were a few media conventions we felt we
necessary to maintain the feel of the
documentary
We decided to try and keep the stock characters
used in many documentaries.
The stock characters in many documentaries
are:
Expert
Presenter
If we had changed or developed these roles I
think the format may not have been as clear as
we would have liked.
4. Another convention we felt should be
maintained was the iconography
This meant keeping the main structure of the
documentary i.e. using cutaways, interviews
and voice over.
This again added to how, generally, the text
was received by viewers.
5. The way we developed some conventions
were the way we conducted our interviews
and the constructed the text around the
opinions of the various people.
We decided to base our documentary around
the various opinions rather than using
theories and looking into a single person or
group of peoples opinions
6. By tweaking the standard convention of
using multiple experts in a field and
incorporating more opinions we feel we are
being fairer to more groups.
No group can be offended as it is based on
just opinions and everyone is entitled to their
own opinion.
This also allows the audience to make up
their mind on their own and not be as
influenced by interlectuals.
7. To attempt to challenge normal conventions
of the documentary genre we have tried to
make our target audience as broad as
possible and use a topic which hasn’t been
done before.
This in itself is not challenging the genre,
however, we have tried to include the subject
of the documentary in our demographic to
try and hold a mirror up to society
8. We decided to use a younger presenter who is
part of the subject.
This gives a new spin on the presentation of a
groups as it is normally someone impartial
and not an expert on the subject.
We used a young presenter as we felt it would
help to challenge the current stereotype